. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 248.—Common Mealy-bug; 1, a lobe of hind end ofthe body of the female ; la, an antenna of the female ; 16, anantenna of the male ; Ic, a leg of the female; Id, anal ring ofthe female—all highly magnified. The adult male is furnished with two wings, and is of abrownish color. Remedies.—In conservatories use No. 88; on citrus treesseriously infested use No. 50, and pick off all fruit; when thefoliage and fruit are off, spray thorou
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 248.—Common Mealy-bug; 1, a lobe of hind end ofthe body of the female ; la, an antenna of the female ; 16, anantenna of the male ; Ic, a leg of the female; Id, anal ring ofthe female—all highly magnified. The adult male is furnished with two wings, and is of abrownish color. Remedies.—In conservatories use No. 88; on citrus treesseriously infested use No. 50, and pick off all fruit; when thefoliage and fruit are off, spray thoroughly with No. 5 or 7;this should be done before the growing season, when the treeswill send out a new foliage. CHAPTER CLXXV. The Destructive Mealy-bug.(Daciylojnvs dcstrnrfor.—Comstock.) Order, Hemiptera ; I Sub-order, Homoptera ; ^ Family, [Infesting green-house plants and orange trees; a small yel-lowish bug, thinly covered with a mealy powder.] INSECTS INFESTING TEE CONSERVATORY 265 Fig. Fig. 249.—Destructive Mealy-bug,female, greatly enlarged—color, brown-ish-yellow. This species is sometimes very de-structive to orange trees, and also togreen-house pi ;i n t s . The female(Fig. 249) is oj a dull brownish-yel-low color, very slightly covered witha mealy powder; length, nearly twolines. Fig. 250.
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