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Genus Chionaspis, Signoret.

This genus appears to be cosmopolitan.

Chionaspis Assimilis, Maskell.—Maskell, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 1887–88, p. 102.

Hab. In Australia, on Eucalyptus, var. sp. (South Australia).

Chionaspis (?) Biclavis, Comstock, var. detecta, Maskell.—N.Z. Trans., 1894, p. 49. Comstock, 2nd Corn. Univ. Ent. Rep., 1883, p. 98.

Hab. In Sandwich Islands, on bark of (?).

Chionaspis Brasiliensis, Signoret.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 210; ib., 1893, p. 68. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1868, p. 444.

Hab. In Australia, on orchid (New South Wales); in South America, on (?); in Ceylon, on ferns.

Chionaspis Citri, Comstock.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 23; ib., 1892, p. 211; Scale-Insests of N.Z., 1887, p. 54. Comstock, 2nd Corn. Univ. Ent. Rep., 1883, p. 100.

Hab. In Tonga (South Pacific), on Citrus; in New Zealand, on Citrus; in Australia, on Citrus; in North America, on Citrus.

Chionaspis Dubia, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1881, p. 216; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 54.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Coprosma, Rubus, Asplenium (Canterbury; Auckland).

Chionaspis Dubia, Maskell, forma minor.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1890, p. 8.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Leptospermum scoparium, Cyathodes acerosa, Asplenium sp. (Wellington; Reefton).

Chionaspis Dysoxyli, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 22; ib., 1889, p. 135; ib., 1890, p. 8; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 55.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Dysoxylon spectabile, Melicytus ramiflorus, Hoheria angustifolia (Wellington; Hawke's Bay; Auckland; Canterbury).

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Chionaspis Eugeniæ, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1891, p. 14.

Hab. In Australia, on Eugenia elliptica, Viburnum sp., Leptospermum lævigatum, Melaleuca ericifolia, &c. (Victoria; New South Wales).

Chionaspis Eugeniæ, Maskell, var.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 211.

Hab. In Australia, on Eucalyptus sp. (Victoria).

Chionaspis Minor, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 33; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 56. Cockerell, Eat. Mo. Mag., 1893, p. 38.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Parsonsia sp., Rhipogonum scandens (passim); in Jamaica, on palm.

Chionaspis Nitida, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1891, p. 15.

Hab. In Australia, on Daviesia corymbosa (Victoria; South Australia).

Chionaspis Prunicola, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1894, p. 49.

Hab. In Sandwich Islands, on “Japanese plum.”

Chionaspis Xerotidis, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1894, p. 50.

Hab. In Australia, on Xerotes longifolia (New South Wales).

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