Genus Geroplastes, Gray.

This genus has been reported from Europe, North and South America, India, Africa, and Australia.

Ceroplastes Australasiæ, Walker.—Walker, List of Homopt. in Brit. Mus., 1087. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1872, p. 45.

Hab. In Australia, on (?) (New South Wales).

Ceroplastes Ceriferus, Anderson.—Anderson, Monograph of Coccus ceriferus, 1791. Westwood, Gard. Chron., 1853, 484. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1872, p. 40. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 216.

Hab. In Australia, on Melaleuca hypericifolia, Myrica cerifera, Pteris sp., &c. (New South Wales); in India, on Celastrus sp., &c.

Ceroplastes Rubens, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 214.

Hab. In Australia, on Mangifera indica, Ficus macrophylla (Queensland).