. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Mytilaspis ponwritm.—a, male; b, its tarsus; c, young larva; rf, its antenna; e, female. close examination, even by the specialist. These scales some- times cover twigs and large branches completely ; even the leaves are often infested, and not infrequently the fruit itself becomes more or less covered. It is not unusual to see in market oranges and lemons more or less spotted by these oyster-shell scales, and I have seen lemons from Mediterranean countries with the ski
. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Mytilaspis ponwritm.—a, male; b, its tarsus; c, young larva; rf, its antenna; e, female. close examination, even by the specialist. These scales some- times cover twigs and large branches completely ; even the leaves are often infested, and not infrequently the fruit itself becomes more or less covered. It is not unusual to see in market oranges and lemons more or less spotted by these oyster-shell scales, and I have seen lemons from Mediterranean countries with the skin almost entirely hidden by them.
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