Insects injurious to fruits . he Long Scale. Mytilaspis Gloveri Packard. The second most common scale-insect on the orange-treesin Florida is the species now under consideration. It isclosely allied to No. 250, but differs from it in that thefemale scale is much narrower, and generally of a palercolor, its usual tint being pale brownish yellow, varyingoccasionally to dark brown. A back view of the femalescale is shown at a in Fig. 403, a front view at c, whilethe male scale is represented at 6,—all magnified; on theleaf and twig are shown many scales of the natural female insect, unde
Insects injurious to fruits . he Long Scale. Mytilaspis Gloveri Packard. The second most common scale-insect on the orange-treesin Florida is the species now under consideration. It isclosely allied to No. 250, but differs from it in that thefemale scale is much narrower, and generally of a palercolor, its usual tint being pale brownish yellow, varyingoccasionally to dark brown. A back view of the femalescale is shown at a in Fig. 403, a front view at c, whilethe male scale is represented at 6,—all magnified; on theleaf and twig are shown many scales of the natural female insect, under the scale, is of a light-purple hue,with the terminal segment yellowish. The eggs are whitewhen first laid, but become tinged with purple before hatch-ing; they are arranged regularly in a double row, as shownat c in the figure. The newly-hatched lice are purplish, INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 393 and resemble No. 250, as shown at b, Fig. 401. Theyare active for a brief period, and then settle permanently in FiQ.
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