Insects injurious to fruits . apricot, plum,pomegranate, apple, and a number of other trees, shrubs, andplants. The scales are usually found on the smaller Fig. 421 they are shown, of the natural size, on an olive-twig; and at a in the same figure a scale is shown mag-nified. The scales° are blackish brown, marked with ridjiesand indentations, asindicated in the fig-ure. The eggs areof a long, oval formand yellow male, thoughdiligently soughtfor, has not yet beendiscovered. In Fig. 422 isshown the male, andin Fig. 423 thefemale (both en-larged), of a veryinteresting little f
Insects injurious to fruits . apricot, plum,pomegranate, apple, and a number of other trees, shrubs, andplants. The scales are usually found on the smaller Fig. 421 they are shown, of the natural size, on an olive-twig; and at a in the same figure a scale is shown mag-nified. The scales° are blackish brown, marked with ridjiesand indentations, asindicated in the fig-ure. The eggs areof a long, oval formand yellow male, thoughdiligently soughtfor, has not yet beendiscovered. In Fig. 422 isshown the male, andin Fig. 423 thefemale (both en-larged), of a veryinteresting little fly,lomocera Califor-nica Howard, whichis a parasite on thisblack scale. Thewings, which aretransparent in bothsexes, measure,whenspread, a little more than one-eighth of an inch across. Itsgeneral color is deej) blue-black, with a metallic lustre andbrown markings. The male may be distinguished from thefemale by its shorter body and peculiar untennffi. This para-site is so abundant in some sections that as large a proportion. Fiu. 423.
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