Insects injurious to fruits . are less than one-hundredth of an inch long; one of themis shown, highly magnified, in Fig. 439. This scale has been found on olive-trees in various partsof California, but it is said to flourish only on trees in an un-healthy condition, and, as it is chiefly confined to the trunkand larger limbs, can be easily removed with a stiff brushdipped in a solution of whale-oil soap. It also infests appleand pear trees on the Pacific coast. 428 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE FIG. No. 266.—The nitida (Linn.). This beetle, which has acquired the local name of
Insects injurious to fruits . are less than one-hundredth of an inch long; one of themis shown, highly magnified, in Fig. 439. This scale has been found on olive-trees in various partsof California, but it is said to flourish only on trees in an un-healthy condition, and, as it is chiefly confined to the trunkand larger limbs, can be easily removed with a stiff brushdipped in a solution of whale-oil soap. It also infests appleand pear trees on the Pacific coast. 428 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE FIG. No. 266.—The nitida (Linn.). This beetle, which has acquired the local name of fig-eaterin the South, is closely related to the Cetonias, Nos. 81 and82, which, in the northern portions of the continent, eat theflesh of ripe pears, plums, and peaches. The fig-eater, whichis shown in Fig. 440, is a very common insect in the South j Fig. 440.
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