. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 185a.—Chaff-scale {Par^latoria Pergandii); a, female scale; b, male scale; enlarged; after Comstock. Figure 1866.—San Jose Scale {Aspidiotus perniciosus); a, females ; b, males ; c, d, young ; after Comstock. Figure 187.—Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci); b, larva, all much enlarged. From Webster's International Dictionary. For convenience of comparison I a
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 185a.—Chaff-scale {Par^latoria Pergandii); a, female scale; b, male scale; enlarged; after Comstock. Figure 1866.—San Jose Scale {Aspidiotus perniciosus); a, females ; b, males ; c, d, young ; after Comstock. Figure 187.—Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci); b, larva, all much enlarged. From Webster's International Dictionary. For convenience of comparison I add cuts of several other species of Scale-insects that infest the orange trees in Florida and Califor- nia. Perhaps all or most of them occur in Bermuda. Figs. 184-186. Hitherto none of the various small Ichneumon-flies that destroy aphids and scale-insects in N. America and other countries have been found in Bermuda. Like the useful Lady-bugs, they might be introduced Avith great 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 Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author
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