. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 18 the scale. On June 18 of the present year an additional lot of speci- mens upon maple leaves was received from Prof. Hunter Nicholson, of Knoxville, Tenn., and with them rmmbers of the larvsB of the Hyperaspis feeding energetically upon the eggs of the scale insect. Drawings were made of this very peculiar and characteristic larva which are reproduced herewith. The striking likeness of the larvje of the Hyperaspis tt> a mealj' bug will at once be noticed. Were it feeding upon mealy bugs instead of upon Pulv
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 18 the scale. On June 18 of the present year an additional lot of speci- mens upon maple leaves was received from Prof. Hunter Nicholson, of Knoxville, Tenn., and with them rmmbers of the larvsB of the Hyperaspis feeding energetically upon the eggs of the scale insect. Drawings were made of this very peculiar and characteristic larva which are reproduced herewith. The striking likeness of the larvje of the Hyperaspis tt> a mealj' bug will at once be noticed. Were it feeding upon mealy bugs instead of upon Pulvinarias (and it fre- quently does feed upon mealy biigs) it would at once be evident that. Fig. 1.—Hypcruftpiii siyjialu: Lju'vlv feeding upon Pulvinaria on leaf of maple ab( >ve, natural size; below, enlarged (original). we have here a clear case of what Professor Poulton calls "'aggressive ; Mr. Gillette expressed the wish that the Association might have more talks like Dr. Howard's, and asked if there were an}^ questions or suggestions. Mr. Howard said he would be glad to hear from Mr. Lounsbury on the subject of the parasite of the black scale. He .said he wished to add that Mr. Lounsbury had sent two boxes—one a deep box and one a shallow box. The shallow box carried the more successfully. The scales had begun to rot in the deep box. Mr. Louusbur}" replied that he was more in quest of infoi-ination than anxious to give it, and would like to know if anything had been done about the secondar}' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Entomology. Washington : G. P. O.
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