Dec. 1897] Townsend: Catalogue of Mexican Coccid^e. 187 
orange, Oct. 14, 1896. Coll. Towns. (A) San Rafael (VeraCruz). On 
orange, June 14, 1896. Coll. Towns, (c) Laguna, on Carmen Island 
(Campeche). On orange, April 24, 1896. Coll. Towns, (A) Izamal 
(Yucatan). On orange and cocoanut palm (on nuts), April 28, 1896. 
Coll. Towns. (<?) Balantam (Yucatan). On Ficus sp., May 10, 1896. 
Coll. Towns. (/) Vera Cruz (Vera Cruz). On rose, May 7, 1893. 
Coll. Ckll. 
Known elsewhere in Jamaica, Barbadoes,Nevis,Trinidad,Demerara. 
Aspidiotus personatus Comst. Acapulco (Guerrero). On 
cocoanut palm. Coll. Craw on plants entering port of San Francisco. 
Known elsewhere in Cuba, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Demerara. “It 
is singular that this species, so common in the West Indies, but seem¬ 
ingly wanting on the Gulf coast of Mexico, should now turn up on the 
Pacific side ” (Ckll.). 
Aspidiotus mimosse Comst. Tampico (Tamaulipas). On 
Mimosa sp. Collector unknown; material found by Comstock in 
Museum Comparative Zoology. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
Aspidiotus (sp. incert. off.) perniciosus Comst . Northern 
Tamaulipas (probably). Occurs abundantly in Lower Rio Grade Val¬ 
ley. On Fraxinus viridis var., at Brownsville, Texas, April to May 31, 
1895. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Lower Rio Grande Valley. A. perniciosus is known in 
California, New Mexico, Florida,Virginia, eastern Maryland, Australia. 
“ Does not look like perniciosus outwardly and surely must be distinct, 
though the microscopic characters of the 9 agree so far as I can see ” 
(Ckll.). 
Aspidiotus, sp. nov. San Luis Potosi (S. L. P.). On avocado 
pear, Oct. 12, 1894. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
Aspidiotus, sp. nov. (?). Hermosillo (Sonora). On tree called 
“bagote ,” probably Parkinsonia sp., Sept. 25, 1894. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
Aspidiotus, sp. nov. (?). Monterey (Nuevo Leon). On rose, 
Oct. 17, 1894. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
Aspidiotus, sp. nov. (?). Tehuantepec city (Oaxaca). On Chil- 
aspis linearis , May 26, 1896. Coll. Towns. 
Peculiar to Mexico. 
