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Section Lecanidæ.
Genus Lecanium, Illiger.

This genus is cosmopolitan.

Lecanium Acuminatum, Signoret.—Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 397. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 219.

Hab. In Sandwich Islands, on Psidium sp.; in Europe, on hothouse orchids.

Lecanium Alienum, Douglas.—Douglas, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1886, p. 77.

Hab. In Europe, on Asplenium bulbiferum (New Zealand fern).

Lecanium Anthurii, Boisduval.—Boisduval, Ent. Hort., 1867, 329. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 435. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 219.

Hab. In Australia, on Asparagus sp. (Victoria); in Europe, on hothouse epiphyte.

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Lecanium Baccatum, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1891, p. 20; ib., 1892, p. 217.

Hab. In Australia, on Acacia armata (South Australia), Acacia calamifolia, Acacia longifolia (Victoria).

Lecanium Cassiniæ, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1890, p. 15.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Cassinia leptophylla (Wellington).

Lecanium Filicum, Boisduval.—Boisduval, Ent. Hort., 1867, 336. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 436. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 220.

Hab. In Australia, on Lomaria (?) sp. (New South Wales); in Europe, on hothouse fern, Pteris argirea.

Lecanium Frenchii, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1890, p. 17.

Hab. In Australia, on Banksia australis (Victoria).

Lecanium Hemisphæricum, Targioni-Tozzetti.—Targioni, Stud. sulle Coccineglie, 1867, p. 27. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 436. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 29; ib., 1894, p. 59; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887 p. 80.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Camellia japonica (Wellington); in Europe, on Dracæna australis; in North America, on various greenhouse plants; in Australia, on hothouse plants (South Australia).

Lecanium Hesperidum, Linnæus.—Linnæus, Syst. Nat., 1735, ii., 739. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 399. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1878, p. 205; ib., 1892, p. 218; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 80.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Laurus, Ilex, Hedera, Citrus, Camellia, Myrtus, Buxus, &c.; in Australia, on Citrus, Laurus, &c.

Lecanium Hibernaculorum, Boisduval.—Boisduval, Ent. Hort., 1867, p. 337. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 437. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1878, p. 207; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 81.

Hab. In New Zealand, on various greenhouse plants (Canterbury); in Europe, on hothouse plants.

Lecanium Longulum, Douglas. Lecanium chirimoliæ, Maskell.—Douglas, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1887, p. 97. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1889, p. 137; ib., 1890, p. 16; ib., 1892, p. 221.

Hab. In Fiji, on Annona tripetala; in Sandwich Islands, on Psidium, Bambusa, Citrus, Acacia, &c.; in Demerara, on Annona muricata, &c.

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Lecanium Maculatum, Signoret.—Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 400. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1878, p. 207; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 81.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Bavardia (Canterbury); in Europe, on Hedera.

Lecanium Mori, Signoret.—Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 407. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 29; ib., 1893, p. 75; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 82.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Alsophila colensoi, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Asplenium flaccidum, &c.; in Europe, on Morus albus.

Lecanium Nigrum, Nietner, var. depressum, Targioni-Tozzetti.—Nietner, “Enemies of the Coffee-tree,” 1861. Targioni, Stud. sulle Coccineglie, 1867, p. 29. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 439. Douglas, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1887, p. 27. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1878, p. 206; ib., 1892, p. 220; ib., 1893, p. 73; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 79.

Hab. In New Zealand, on various greenhouse plants; in Australia, on Hakea sp., and on “unnamed plant,” and on “cultivated vine” (New South Wales); in Sandwich Islands, on Psidium sp., Bambusa sp.

Lecanium Oleæ, Bernard.—Bernard, Mem. d'Hist. Nat. Acad., 1872, p. 108. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 440. Comstock, Ent. Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric., 1880, p. 336. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1884, p. 28; Scale-Insects of N.Z., 1887, p. 82.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Camellia japonica, and on “native trees” (Wellington; Hawke's Bay; Auckland); in Sandwich Islands, on Citrus, Psidium, &c.; in North America, on Citrus, Olea, &c.; in Europe, on Olea.

Lecanium Patersoniæ, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1894, p. 57.

Hab. In Australia, on Patersonia glabrata (New South Wales).

Lecanium Pingue, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1894, p. 58.

Hab. In Australia, on Dillwynia juniperina (New South Wales).

Lecanium Ribis, Fitch.—Fitch, Trans. New York Agric. Soc., 1856. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1876, p. 624. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1890, p. 16; ib., 1891, p. 22.

Hab. In New Zealand, on Ribes sp. (gooseberries and currants); in North America, on the same.

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Lecanium Rosarum, Snellen van Vollenhoven.—Snellen van Vollenhoven, Tijdschrift voor Ent. v., 94. Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent, de France, 1873, p. 427. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1891, p. 22.

Hab. In Australia, on Ribes grossularia (gooseberry), and on Rosa; in Europe, on Rosa; perhaps in New Zealand, on Vitis.

Lecanium Scrobiculatum, Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 221; ib., 1894, p. 58.

Hab. In Australia, on Acacia sp. (New South Wales).

Lecanium Tessellatum, Signoret.—Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 401. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1892, p. 219; ib., 1894, p. 59.

Hab. In Australia, on Laurus nobilis (New South Wales); in Europe, on palms in hothouses; in South Australia, on palms.

Lecanium (?) sp., Maskell.—Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 1893, p. 72.

Hab. In Australia, on Casuarina sp. (New South Wales).

Note.—The following have been omitted from the foregoing list, as nobody seems to know anything about them or their food-plants, beyond the original names: Lecanium Australe, Walker (Tasmania); Lecanium Orbiculare, Targioni-Tozzetti (Australia); Lecanium Virgatum, Targioni-Tozzetti (Australia).

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