JAN 16 1900 Akticle VII. — Firxf Supplement to the Check-List of the Coceidce. By T. I), A. Cockerell, New Mexico Acjricnl-tural Kxper'nnciit Sini'ion. Since the publication of the Check-List* in 1896 no less than three hundred and twenty-two species have been added. A few of these are old species Avhich had been accidentally omitted or improperly reduced to synonyms, but the number of actually new species is very great, and bears witness to the activity of coccidologists. Forty species, given as valid in the Check-List, are here reduced to varieties or synonyms. As before, I have included a number of names of species (mostly by Green) which I know to be either in press or awaiting very early pul)lication. The group IdiocorciUfC has l)een abandoned and merged into Cocci lue. The Cocciiuc could very well be divided into two subfamilies and perhaps four tribes, as follows : (A.) Cocciiue. Xewdy hatched larva with rows of dorsal spines, and the last antennal joint usually short. (1.) Coccini. Anal ring hairless. {Coccn><, etc.) (2.) Er'wcoccin'i. Anal ring hairy, hairs normally 8. {Ei-iococciia, etc.) (B.) Ddctijlopiime. Newly hatched larva without dorsal spines, last antennal joint usually long. (1.) Sphd'vococc'nii . Anal ring hairless. [Spherococcm^.) (2.) Dacti/lopiini. Anal ring hairy, hairs normally G. (Thictylopuix, etc.) Species which were in the original list, here repeated to indicate varieties, synonyms, etc., have the original numbers. Since the Check-List was written, the following new writers have described and named Coccuhe. To facilitate corre-spondence I give their addresses : Bogue, E. E., Stillwater, Oklahoma. Cooley, E. A., Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. ♦Article Xr.. Vol.VX'.. of this series.
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