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Genus Poliaspis, Maskell.

This genus has hitherto been reported only from Australia, New Zealand, and North America.

Poliaspis Exocarpi, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1891, p. 17; ib., 1893, p. 72; ib., 1894, p. 52.

Hab. In Australia, on Exocarpus cupressiformis (Victoria);

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on Santalum sp. (North Australia); on Oxylobium trilobatum (New South Wales).

Poliaspis Media, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1879, p. 293; ib., 1890, p. 9; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 57.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Veronica sp., Leucopogon fraseri, Cyathodes acerosa, various ferns (Wellington; Nelson; Canterbury).