Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ruc-tor), X 5 ; after Comstock. The body is dark brown, strongly grooved transversely; it bears acentral double row and a marginal rosette of pure white scale-likesecretions; posteriorly these become much elongated in the adults A. E. Verrill—7%e Bermuda Islands. 807 and unite with the. sheath-like or tubular secretion of the underside to form a continuous egg-sac, truncate and closed posteriorly,grooved on the upper side ; legs and antennae dark brown or black-ish. Length, 3°. It occurs in the West Indies and South America, and in
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ruc-tor), X 5 ; after Comstock. The body is dark brown, strongly grooved transversely; it bears acentral double row and a marginal rosette of pure white scale-likesecretions; posteriorly these become much elongated in the adults A. E. Verrill—7%e Bermuda Islands. 807 and unite with the. sheath-like or tubular secretion of the underside to form a continuous egg-sac, truncate and closed posteriorly,grooved on the upper side ; legs and antennae dark brown or black-ish. Length, 3°. It occurs in the West Indies and South America, and in green-houses in the United States and Europe, feeding on Coleus and vari-ous other herbaceous plants. Broad Scale. {Lecaniitm hesperidum (L.) Figures 181a; 184, r/. This species was taken by us in 1901 on a species of Hibiscus,used as hedges, Mr. Geo. A. Bishop states that it is not only injuri-ous to hibiscus, but infests oranges and other citrus fruits, and thegalba. It is liable to attack a great variety of trees, and is verywidely diffused. 181a 1816.
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