Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Fig. 1. Novius koebelei, male, enlarged. Fig. Novius koebelei. female, enlarged. The illustrations give a good idea of this beautiful and active littleladybird. It feeds upon the cottony cushion scale [Icerya purchasi),searching out the solitary scales even better than the Vedalia. It passesthrough its different stages in about the same time as the latter. Nooiushellus (Beautiful ladybird). (Plate I, Fig. 3.) This is also anAustralian species, having been introduced into Califor
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Fig. 1. Novius koebelei, male, enlarged. Fig. Novius koebelei. female, enlarged. The illustrations give a good idea of this beautiful and active littleladybird. It feeds upon the cottony cushion scale [Icerya purchasi),searching out the solitary scales even better than the Vedalia. It passesthrough its different stages in about the same time as the latter. Nooiushellus (Beautiful ladybird). (Plate I, Fig. 3.) This is also anAustralian species, having been introduced into California from thatcountry by Mr. George Compere. It is one of the several coccinellidenemies of the cottony cushion scale, and has done very excellent workupon that pest. It has been generally distributed over the State. Vedalia sp. (Plate I, Fig. 2.) This is an unnamed species of Vedalia,from its color commonly known as the Black Vedalia. It is also anAustralian species, introduced by the State Board of Horticulturethrough Mr. George Compere, and is another of the coccinellids whichprey upon the cottony cushion sca
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