Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Mytilaspis pomorum.—a, male ; b, its tarsus ; c, young larva; d, its antenna ; e, female. close examination, even by the specialist. These scales some-times cover twigs and large branches completely ; even the leavesare often infested, and not infrequently the fruit itself becomesmore or less covered. It is not unusual to see in market orangesand lemons more or less spotted by these oyster-shell scales, andI have seen lemons from Mediterranean countries with the skinalmost en


Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Mytilaspis pomorum.—a, male ; b, its tarsus ; c, young larva; d, its antenna ; e, female. close examination, even by the specialist. These scales some-times cover twigs and large branches completely ; even the leavesare often infested, and not infrequently the fruit itself becomesmore or less covered. It is not unusual to see in market orangesand lemons more or less spotted by these oyster-shell scales, andI have seen lemons from Mediterranean countries with the skinalmost entirely hidden by them. THE INSECT 88. 117.


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