Until the end of 1926 it was not known that Pseudococcus gahani, Green, occurred in South Africa. That it had not been recognised before is perhaps due mainly to the fact that very frequently it is found in association with P. maritimus, Erhorn, and was thus regarded as a form of the latter species. It may be noted here that P. capensis, Brain (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., v, p. 182, 1912) is a synonym of P. maritimus, Erhorn, as previously recorded in “Farming in South Africa” (i, pt. 2, p. 64, May 1926).