Insects affecting the orange . nia; its introduction into Florida upon imported plants is how- THE RED SCALE OF CALIFORNIA. 33 ever greatly to be feared. The following discussion of the species isfound in the Keport of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1880, p. 293:^Scale of Female. —This scale resem bles that of Aspidiotiis ficusui shape,size, and the presence of the nipple-like prominence, which indicatesthe ])ositi()n of the first larval skin ; but it can be readily distinguishedfrom the scale of that si)ecies as follows: It is light gray, and quitetranslucent; its apparent color dependin
Insects affecting the orange . nia; its introduction into Florida upon imported plants is how- THE RED SCALE OF CALIFORNIA. 33 ever greatly to be feared. The following discussion of the species isfound in the Keport of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1880, p. 293:^Scale of Female. —This scale resem bles that of Aspidiotiis ficusui shape,size, and the presence of the nipple-like prominence, which indicatesthe ])ositi()n of the first larval skin ; but it can be readily distinguishedfrom the scale of that si)ecies as follows: It is light gray, and quitetranslucent; its apparent color depending on the colorof the insect be-neath, and varying fiom a light greenish yellow to a bright reddishbrown ; the central third (that i)art which covers the second skin) is asdark, and usually darker than the remainder of the scale; and whenthe female is fully grown the peculiar reniform body is discerniblethrougii the scale, causing the darker part of the outer two-thirds ofthe scale to appear as a broken ring, (Fig. G^.) # * *. Fig. C—Anpidiotvs aurantii Maskpll. 6, scales on leaves of orange, natural size: a, adult male,mucU eularj;ed; b, scales of female, eulargtd; c, scale of male, enlarged. (After Comstock.) ^?Efffj.—I have not seen the eggs of this species, excepting those takenfrom the body of the female. And as I have repeatedly found younglarvae under the scales I am led to believe that the species is vivipar-ous. ^^ Scale of Male.—The scale of the male resembles that of the female,excepting that it is only one-fourth as large ; the posterior side is pro-longed into a flap, which is quite thin ; and the i)art which covers thelarval skin is olten lighter than the remainder of the scale. ?Male.—The male is light yellow, with the thoracic band brown, and6521 o I 3 34 INSECTS AFFECTING THE ORANGE. tbe eyes purplish black. Tlie outline drawiujj, Fig. 6a, represents theshape of the various organs. Habitat.—I have observed this speeies in several groves at San Ga-bri
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