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508 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Junz, 1898. 
AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SAN JOSE SCALE INSECT. 
[Works referred to in foregoing text by letter. ] 
(A) 1892. A.S. Olliff— 
“Two little-known Scale Insects affecting Fruit Trees,” in “Entomological 
Notes,” Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Vol. I11., p. 698, September, 
1:92. 
[In this, scale insects occurring on fruit, leaves, and twigs of pear obtained 
at West Maitland by A. H. Benson are determined to be Aspidiotus perniciosus, 
Comst.; the significance of the discovery is, moreover, pointed out, and 
remedies, including resin-wash, and lime, sulphur, and salt mixture for coping 
with the pest suggested. | 
(B) 1894. W. M. Maskell— ; 
‘‘ Further Coccid Notes,” &c. Paper read before Wellington Phil. Society, 
4th November, 1894. ‘‘ Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand 
Institute, 1894,” Vol. XXVIL., p. 43. [An insect forwarded by Mr. C. French 
as coming from .................., Bulga (West Maitland), New South Wales (and 
received by him from A. H. Benson), is described under the name <Aonidea 
fusca, sp. nov. No reference is made to Olliff’s paper, and Aspidiotus per- 
niciosus is not mentioned as being possibly identical with Aonidea fusca or in 
any other connection. | 
»(C) 1895. H. Tryon— 
“ Notes on Insect Pests’’—(1) “A Formidable Seale Insect.”’ Paper read 
before the Natural History Society of Queensiand, 21st February, 1895. 
Brisbane Courier, 25th February, 1895 ; Queenslander, February, 1895. 
[Records receipt of speeimens on peach from New South Wales, forwarded 
by A. H. Benson, under the name <donidea. ‘These are identified with 
Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comst., and the full significance of the occurrence 
pointed out. This author also writes:—‘‘As carly as 1892 the same seale 
insect was recorded as occurring in New South Wales, but another insect, as 
has been stated (the above-mentioned Aonidea fusca, Maskell), was then 
mistaken for it.” (The identity between <donidea fusca and A. perniciosus 
not having in february, 1895, been as yet suggested—H. 7.) | 
(D) 1895. A. H. Benson— 
“Some Fruit Pests—A. New Scale on Fruit Trees.”’ Agricultural Gazette 
of New South Wales, Vol. VI., p. 251, April, 1895, 
{A roundish, small, dark-brown almost Black Seale”? from Bulga. near 
Singleton (West Maitland district), and most destructive to peach-trees there, 
but not known to the author to occur elsewhere, referred to (without name or 
further description or reference to the identifications of Olliff, Maskell, or 
Tryon, respectively). Contains also suggested remedies. ] 
(£) 1895. W.M. Maskell— 
“The Pernicious or St. José Scale—A spidiolus perniciosus, Comstock, and 
Aonidea fusca, Maskell: A Question of Identity or Variation.” Agricultural 
Gazette of New South Wales, Vol. V1., pp. 868-870, December, 1895; Canadian 
Entomologist, January, 1896, p. 14. The author expresses himself as being 
“ strongly inclined to think that he had previously made a mistake in separat- 
ing the two insects, at least specifically.” 
(F) 1895-6. W. M. Maskell—_ 
. Rs Further Coccid Notes,” &¢. (Papers read before Wellington Phil. 
Society during December, 1895, and February, 1896.) ‘Transactions and Pro- 
ecedings of the New Zealand Institute,” 1895, Vol. XXVIII. Under Aspidiotus 
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