-- .. those occurring in this area are as follows:
 Aneristus ceroplastae Howard, LA; A. young
 Girault, LA, TX; Aspidiotiphagus citrinus
 citrinus (Craw), cosmopolitan; Coccophagus
 S* fraternus Howard, NY to FL; C. immaculatus
 Ar- Howard, FL; C. lycimnia (Walker),
 Cosmopolitan; C. scutellaris (Dalman), FL;
 Eupelmus coccidis Girault, TX; Metaphycus
 eriococci (Timberlake), FL; M. flavus (Howard),
 FL; Microterys flavus (Howard), FL; Scutellista
 S\ cyanea Motschulsky, cosmopolitan.
 S.According to Bartlett (in Clausen, ed. 1978)
 S brown soft scale is now completely controlled by
 L* E Metaphycus luteolus Timberlake in California.
 t Also, Krombein et al. (1979) indicated S. cyanea
 SP, was a common parasite of brown soft scale. Ad-
 S,, ditionally, Krombein et al. (1979) listed Char-
 Stocerus niger (Ashmead), Encyrtus albicoxa
 (Ashmead), and Gahaniella saissetia Timberlake
 Sas occurring in Florida.
 REMARKS: Coccus hesperidum is one of the
 most polyphagous species in the Coccidae (Gill et
 i," al. 1977). This species is near C. gymnospori
 from India, but C. hesperidum has 7-segmented
 Map X. Distribution of Coccus hesperidum. antennae and C. gymnospori has 8-segmented
 antennae. Coccus hesperidum somewhat
 resembles C. moestus, but C. moestus has clavate
 dorsal setae and C. hesperidum has acute dorsal
 setae.
 MATERIAL STUDIED: FLORIDA: Apopka,
 1(1), Dizygotheca elegantissima, 13-VII-1978,
 D. Remington; Bushnell, 1(1), Senecio radicans,
 1-VIII-1977, A. L. Bentley; Gainesville, 1(1),
 Ilex sp., 3-1-1977, R. I. Sailer; Homestead, 1(1),
 Carica papaya, 26-IV-1978, R. M. Baranowski;
 Killarney, 1(1), Dieffenbachia sp., 28-IV-1978,
 F. L. Ware; Lake Park, 2(2), Tillandsia sp.,
 21-111-1977, M. Tiriolo; Suwannee, 1(1), Citrus
 limon, 22-V-1978, F. McHenry.




 COCCUS LONGULUS (Douglas)

 SYNONYMS: Lecanium longulum Douglas
 1887b:97
 Lecanium chirimoliae Maskell,
 1890:137
 Lecanium ficus Maskell, Ferris
 in Zimmerman 1948:300
Fig. 32. Coccus hesperidum, adult female and nymphs, DPI Photo Lecanium wistariae Brain, Gill
2120. et al. 1977:24, Ben-Dov 1977:
 92
 Coccus longulus (Douglas), Fer-
NATURAL ENEMIES: Numerous parasites are nald 1903:171, Ben-Dov 1977:
listed for brown soft scale in Peck (1963). Some of 89, Gill et al. 1977:24