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July 1807.1 PSYCHE. 89
A common and widely distributed
species found tl~rougl~out New England
from early July to late October in bushy pastures and barren grounds on dry
upland soil.
27. Scirtetica marmorata Harr.
Figs. 27-27 b.
Locustu marmomfa. Harris, Re-
port, p. 145, (1841) ; Treatise, 31-11 ed., 179.
Qedipoda marrnorata. Scudder,
472; Smith, Conn., 372; Thomas, 111.
Dissosteim marmorata. Saussure,
141 ; Fernald, 44.
Scirtettka inamorata. Morse,
IOj ; Beuteniniiller, 303.
Antenna : f , 10.5-12.5 ; 9 ,9.5-10.5.
H. fern.: f, 9.3-10.7; 9, 10.5-13.5.
Teg. : f .17-20 ; 5 ,20.j-22.5.
Body :
f , 15-19 ; ? , 22-25. Total length :
8, 21.5-25 ; 9, 25-29 mn~.
While usually recognizable by the
markings of the tegmina this species is
extremely vai iable in color and widely
so in markings even in the same locality, some examples being chiefly ashy, more
or less maculate with black; others
chiefly blackish fuscous, marked with
white, yellowish, or reddish-brown ;
others again entirely bright rufous,
sometimes of the tint of red hematite.
It is one of the handsomest of our
locusts, bul next to ffipfiscus rqosus
is probably the least known of our
Oedipodinae, since, though widely dis-
tributed, it is extremely local.
Like the species of the preceding
genus it is a wide-awake and rather shy
locust, best secured by marking down
and cautiously approaching, capturing
it with a swift sweep of the net as soon as within striking distance. Its stridu- lation and flight are very similar, per- haps indistinguishable, from those of
SfJzamgemon hoZZ1.
I have met with it in but three local-
ities ; in each of these it is common and is found on sandy barrens but scantily
clothed with vegetation. My specimens
were secured between the dates of Aug.
2 and Sept. 5 at Provincetown, Mass.,
West Chop, M. V., and North Haven,
0.
NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN COCCIDAE FROM FLORIDA. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. AGR. EXP. STA* ~h~ Coccidae herein recorded were (I) PSBUDO~HILIPPIA, n. g. -A Lecaniine sent to me by M~. A. L. ~~~i~~ ante,
Coccid with, in the adult ? , rudimentary legs and aniennce; secreting a profusion of cot- gives belOvr "'' P ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ as to tony matter, bvhich coInp~e~e~y cox~~rs and their occurrence. hides it. Skin not chitinous. Apparently



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90 PSYCHE. [July 1897.
allied to Fitz$$ia (or PItilippla) of Targioni Toxzctti, a European genus, which, however, has well-formed legs and antennae.
PseudopJi//;'p?>ia yudifi-fancii, n. sp. - Light yellow, bright yellow when boiled in caustic soda, drying brownish: oval or broad pyriform, about 2 mm. long, secreting a
mass of snow-white cottony material, about 4 by y3^ mm., which completely covers and hides it.
Skin not chitinous; very thickly crowded on the dorsal surface with round glands. Antennae rudimentary, stout, little more than twice as long as broad, segments indis- tinct, sometimes there seem to be but two, of which the first is the longer; sometimes four, the first very short, the second longer, the third shorter than the second, the fourth about as long as the second, and beset with numerous bristles. The legs are small conical stout claw-like protuberances. Anal plates pale yellowish-brown, short and broad, with rounded ends: there is a finger-shaped chi- tinous process on each side of the anal ring, pointing candad. Anal ring with few bristles these stout.
A half-grown individual shows a few short simple marginal spines. In this the legs and antennae are rudimentary, practically as in the adult.
At buses of leaves of pine (Pinus), April 10, 1897. (Quaintance No. 2.)
(2.) Lecamum $arvicorne, n. sp.- 9
scale about 5 mm. long, 4 broad and 3 high, of the ordinary Lecanium form, rather shiny; with irregular longitudinal series of conspic- uous pits, one row on each side subdorsally, and two irregular and subconfluent rows lat- erally. Color of scale ochreous often with a pinkish tinge, with irregular black spots accompanying the rows of pits. Sometimes there are suffused blackish longitudinal bands in place of the spots. Under surface of Ej? dull pink.
The 9, boiled in caustic soda, turns the liquid crimson. The eggs inside her tun' bright crimson, strongly contrasting with heryellowish-brown skin. Mouth-partsvery small for the size of the insect. Antennae short and broad, rudimentary, about 24. times as long as broad, tipped with bristles, joints obscure. Legs equally rudimentary. Skin
not tessellate, but with scatteredgland-spots. The skin is very little chitinised, except in the anal region. $ scales ordinary, granular, more or less overlapping.
Newly hatched larva oval, pale pinkish,
with two very faint suffused longitudinal dorsal bands of darker color.
On twigs of pine (Pinus), April 10, 1897. (Qrdntauce No. 3.). A very distinct spe- cies, with austral affinities.
(3.) Lecaniuin tossellatuin Sign., var. per- foraturn (Newst.). 011 leaves of Eugenia in greenhouse, (Quaintance, No. 5.). I will take this opportunity to refer again to the Jamaican species found on lignum-vitas,
which has been considered to be iessellatum. It is larger, and differs in some other par- ticulars, for which see Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. XX. (1893) p. 51. Since this Jamaican insect ap- pears to be at least a distinct variety, I will call it var. Swuinsonue, after the lady-an excellent entomologist -who first collected it.
(4.) Asterolecanium pustulans (Ckll.). On fig, April 5, 1897. (Quaintance, No. I.') (5.) Aspidiotus perseae,'Comst. On Mag-
nolia, April I, 1897. (Qaintance, No. 4.) The 9 after laying eggs becomes reniform. On boiling the females, the contained em- bryos appear colorless, with large globules of the brightest orange imaginable. The
$ becomes light yellow, the month-parts
brownish; and the pygidium, and especially the lateral margins of the hindmost half of the body, remain deep reddish-brown, being chitinous. The dark chitinous margin is
noticeable in the nnboiled females. Newly hatched larva light orange.




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BY A. L. QUAIXTAXCE, FLA. AGR. EXP. STA. (I) Pseudophi/ippia pawtancii.-
I first observed this insect April ic,
1897, at Lake City, Florida. The top-
most branches of a large pine (Pinus
azist~ali.~) that had recently been cut
down was found to be badly infested.
The insects were crowded thickly
around the more tender growth, and
from their abundant excretion of col-
tony substance were quite conspicuous
for some distance away. Abundant
honeydew is excreted, which in some
cases had formed a medium for the
growth of" black fungi " (flfeliola spp.). In several of these instances the entire cottony mass of a colony of these insects was quite black. Since this species was
first noticed, it has been observed on
quite young pines of the same species
as above. It seems to be quite gen-
erally distributed in this locality.
(2) Lecanium ~ar'uicoi~7ze.- This
insect has been collected from Pinus
taeda and Pinus australis here at Lake
City.
A group of young pine trees
(2'. taeda) were observed to be some-
what dwarfed and sickly. A close in-
spection revealed the presence of this
scale in considerable numbers - pos-
sibly the cause of the stunted appear-
ance of the trees. The adult scales
inhabit the more terminal branches,
pobably last years growth. The
young scales were crawling' around in
great abundance when first observed,
April 10. At this date, April zz, they
have become fixed, mainly to the ten-
dcr shoots which have grown during
the present year. These are frequently
quite covered by them.
The scale has been found less abun-
dantly on Pimis anstralis than on P.
faeda. Professors Roelfs and Webber
have observed this scale at Tallahassee, Florida.
(3) Lecanium tessellation ' Sign.,
var. pwforafum (Newst).- Collcctcd
from leaves of Eugeniajambos in the
greenhouse of the Agric. Exp. Station.
Plants infested were recently purchased
from a nurseryman in the southern por-
tion of the State.
(4) Asterolecanizmz pustulans.-
Sent in by a correspondent from Bre-
vard Co. Fla., who reported it as very
injurious to his fig trees. That this
scale is very severe on the fig tree there can be hut little doubt. Infested twigs
were abnormally thickened, and cov-
ered thickly with shallow pits inhab-
ited by the older scales. Scales of
varying ages were to be observed on
the same twig, from crawling young, to
adults.
(5) As-pidiotus 9erseae.-Abundant
on the lower surface of leaves of Mapzo- ZiagZauca. More sparingly found on
leaves of Ilex o-paca.




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