Dec. 1897.] Townsend: Catalogue of Mexican Coccid^e. 181 
Known elsewhere in eastern United States, Florida, Jamaica, 
Trinidad. 
Dactylopius virgatus Ckll. Northern Tamaulipas (probably)* 
Occurs in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. On Cei'eus pnnceps , guava, 
and Abutilon holosericeum , at Brownsville, Texas, June i to 17, 1895. 
Coll. Towns. 
Known elsewhere only in Jamaica. 
Dactylopius nipae Mask. Jicaltepec (Vera Cruz). On guava, 
July 19, 1896. Coll. Towns. 
Known elsewhere only in Demerara and Trinidad. 
Dactylopius olivaceus Ckll. Cindad Porfirio Diaz (Coahuila). 
In cavities in leaves of Yucca australis , Nov. 25, 1894. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico (so far as known, but doubtless occurs in 
Texas). 
Dactylopius sonorensis Ckll. San Ignacio (Sonora). Hymen- 
oclea monogyra, called “gecotaP Sept. 26, 1894. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
Orthezia insignis Dougl. var. (a) Guadalajara (Jalisco). On 
orange, Oct. 9 and 10, 1894. Coll. Towns. (<£) Agnas Calientes 
(A. C.). On lime, and (accidentally) tomato. Oct. n, 1894. Coll. 
Towns. ( c ) Izamal (Yucatan). On chile, Capsicum sp., May 14, 
1896. Coll. Towns. This may be either the true form or the variety. 
( \d) Vera Cruz (Vera Cruz). Plant not given. May 7, 1893. 
Coll. Ckll. (*) Guanajuato (Guam). Coll. Duges. 
Known elsewhere (typical form) in Jamaica, Trinidad, Antigua, 
Demerara, Ceylon. 
Lecaniodiaspis radiatus Ckll. (sp. n.) Near Salina Cruz 
(Oaxaca). On plant resembling Equisetum , May 29, 1896. Coll. 
Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. “This is the first record of the genus from 
Mexico. The species belongs in the subgenus Prosopophora , and is 
closely allied to others of the genus ” (Ckll.). 
Asterolecanium pustulans Ckll. (a) Pacific Coast of Mexico 
(locality unknown). On climbing plant. Coll. Craw, on plants enter¬ 
ing port of San Francisco, (b) Vera Cruz (Vera Cruz). On potted 
plant, May 7, 1893. Coll. Ckll. 
Known elsewhere in Florida, Jamaica, Montserrat, Antigua, An¬ 
guilla, Grenada, Demerara, Brazil, Sandwich Islands. 
