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[December 1894.
A CHECK-LIST OF AFRICAN COCCIDAE.
BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. MEX. AGR. EXP. STATION, Although the entomology of Africa is at
the present time receiving much attention, both here and in Europe, our knowledge
of the Coccidae of that continent remains singularly deficient. The present list has been compiled for the convenience of those who may be able to add to it; and here it may be remarked that any non-entomologist can collect coccids without much trouble, simply by g-iithering infested leaves and twigs and putting them in boxes or
envelopes. In this way important contri- butions may soinctiines be made by resi- dents in utiworkeci loc~ilitics.
GUERIXIA Sign.
I, G. sewntulae Fab.-Algeria.
MONOPIILKBUS Leach.
2. M. raddoiii Westw.-W. Africa.
OKTONIA Sign.
3. 0. natalemis Doug1.-Xatal.
ICEKYA Sign.
4. 1. frwchasi Mask.- S. Africa.
I;. /. seyctellarum Westw. - Mauritius,
Seychelles, Rodriguez, Bourbon, Madeira. Syn., .wcchari Gu&.
6. I. aegyptiaca Doug1.- Cairo and Alex- andria. Egypt.
GOSSYPARIA Sign.
7. G. manuifen; Hardwick.- Algeria,
Egypt. Syn., ma?tftifarus Sign.
DACTYLOPICS Costa.
8. D. bronzefie " Bouche," Sign.- Zanzi- bar.
9. D. grain-tin's Mask.-Natal.
Coccus Linn.
10. C. cacti Linn.- Algeria, Canaries,
Madeira. Introduced by man.
ASTEROLECAXIUM Targ.
11. A. Samhesae Boisd.-Algeria.
12. A. miliaris Boisd.- Algeria.
KERMES Auctt.
13. K. pcercus Newst. MS.-Africa.
PULVINARIA Targ.
14. R gashrai$ht Icery -Mauritius.
Syn., iceryi Gudr.
VINSOXIA Sign,
IS. V steili~em Westw.- Reunion.
CEIZO~~LASTES Gray.
16. C. ~ti'mostie Sign.- Egypt.
17. C. viiisoui'Sifti. -Mauritius, Reunion. 18. C. myricae Linn.-Cape of Good
Hope.
LECAXIUM Illig.
19. L. hesperidum Linn.- S. Africa.
20, L. gi~ei+fiii' Sign.- Mauri tius.
21. L. us-fiamgi Giard.- Algeria.
ASPIDIOTUS Bouch4.
23. A. de.si~~ctor Sign.-Reunion.
2-5, A. lentisci Sign.- Algeria,
24. A. $em Riley MS,, Ashn1.- Egypt,
fide R. Newstead in lilt.
DIASPIS Costa.
2';. D. asparagt Giard.- Algeria.
PARLATORIA Sign.
26. P. zizy$ftits Lucas.- Algeria, Egypt. AONIDIA Sign.
q. A. bla?achadi Tilrg.-- Sahara.
I think I have collected in this list the whole of the definitely recorded species; and yet the total is less than half that of the single Island of Jamaica, where these insects have been somewhat carefully
sought for of late.
April 30, 1894.
NOTES UPON TOXONEUROK.
The proper spelling of the name is here
restored to the genus. Better sectional . characters than thoae afforded by colour I have found to exist in the breadth ofthe head and in the length of the ovipositor.
Tozonearm viator Say. -A female spec-
imen from Lake Co., Calif. (0. T. Baron) shows variation from the typical form as Ps~cht 7 178-179 tpre-1903). htl():/lpsyclirnilclub org/7i7-178 html



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December i8o-i.J PS?TLYE. 179
follows: spiice including ocelli, the ocelli, the eyes, the antennae, the edge of labrum, the maxillae and palpi black. head otherwise en- tirely reddish ; spot on pleura below, spot on d i ~ of metathorax surrounded by dusky
area, and line on hind eorae iibovc black, hind tarsi du$ky, thorax and legs otherwise entirely reddish. The black ovipositor
sheaths extend but a short distance beyond tip of the reddish abdomen. The head is
wider than high.
To,~oiifu-ro~ fioridami.in Ashm.-The ovi- positor is fully onc-liiilf as long as the abdomen, thelatter is longerand more narrow than in viator. The head is smaller and
much more uan-ow. A female specimen from Florida received through the kindrlchb of Mr. Ashmead. \Vm. ffawiċ´pto Patton.
NOTES ON THE ORTHOPTERA OF
PENIKESE AND CUTTYHUNK.
These two islands sire the outermost of
the Elizabeth group which separates 'Buz- zard's Bay from Vineyard Sound, Penikese being considerably the smaller, somewhat detached. and best known from its having been the site of the marine laboratory
established by Louis Agassiz. The follow- ing lists of orthoptera are but records of the specimens obtained there while on a
short excursion from the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hull on Aug. 9, 1893. While they cannot, of course, be considered complete, it may be worth while to record the species obtained there at this season. The time spent on Cuttyh~ink was but
little over an hour- far too short to allow of even an attempt to cover the islznd. On
Penikcse, I~owet~r, nc:irly two hours were spent, and the island quite well examined. One noticeable feature is the apparent
absence of T'rimerotro$is maritima from
Penikese, where it was expected and sought for; this is perhaps due to the limited area of sandy beach on that island. Although
not seen on Cuttyhunk I have little douht that 21 longer search wo~tld have secured it. A great difference wa& observed between
the two islands in the abundance of indi- viduals. On Cuttyhunk from twenty to fifty specimens could be secured as readily as one on Penikese. This was true particu-
larly of StenobotJi~us aeqzmlis, S. maculi- ċ´peċ´n92i and Melanoplif, fm-rubram, the fields fairly swarming with the young of the latter species. This difference was
chiefly due, without douht, to the large number of sheep and turkeys with which
Penikese is stocked, which ramble over it at will, and by trampling' and feeding upon the young locusts greatly reduce their
numbers.
Nestling in the grass on Pcnikese were
scores of young terns, some in the down
and some nearly able to fly, while the air was filled with the clamor of the parent birds and elder offspring which circled over- head or perching whitened the shore.
Even here,-where they are to some
extent shielded from the persecutions of their arch-destroyer, man -one was pained to witness fresh evidence of the inhuman l~uman hand. Visitors of an earlier date had mutilated numbers of the young terns by severing the wing-tips, carsying them home as trophies, mementoes of their visit, leaving the crippled wretches to flutter help- lessly about, doomed to a lingering death. Shade of Agassiz! Science is called cruel, but science was not guilty of this.
The shadow of a tern's wing is but slight, and its hue is that of the surf along the shore, yet it might well forever cloud the memory and darken the record of the heart- less wretches who practised such devilish sruelty upon the helpless innocents of
Penikese.
Stenobothrus aequalis Scucld Abundant.
' maculipennis Scudd. ' I
Stenobothrus cnrtipennis IIarr. Common.
Dissosteira carolina Linn. Common.




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