Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . 88 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HORTICULTURE^ EXPLANATION OF PLATE 11. Fig. 1. Encyrtus flavus, Howard. Enlarged,la. Encyrtus flavus. Natural size. 2. Coccophagus lecani, Howard. Coccophagus lecani. Natural size. 3. Corny8 fusca, Howard. Coviys Jusca. Natural size. 4. Soft brown scale {Coccus [Lecanium] hesperidum, Linn.). On orange leaf. 5. Brown apricot scale {Eulecanium [Leca7iium,\ armeniacum, Craw). On prune twig. 6. Brown apricot scale, showing e
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . 88 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HORTICULTURE^ EXPLANATION OF PLATE 11. Fig. 1. Encyrtus flavus, Howard. Enlarged,la. Encyrtus flavus. Natural size. 2. Coccophagus lecani, Howard. Coccophagus lecani. Natural size. 3. Corny8 fusca, Howard. Coviys Jusca. Natural size. 4. Soft brown scale {Coccus [Lecanium] hesperidum, Linn.). On orange leaf. 5. Brown apricot scale {Eulecanium [Leca7iium,\ armeniacum, Craw). On prune twig. 6. Brown apricot scale, showing exit holes of Comys fusca. California State CommissionOF Horticulture. PLATE. BRiTrnv AEte^sr BUG VS BUG. THE INTEHIIAL- PARASITES THAT HOLO IN CHECi THE soft BTLovm scale and the SROWN APRICOT SCALe IH CALIFORNIA BUG VS. BUG. 89 introduced into California by the State Board of Horticulture someyears ago and is now found established in many parts of the State. Rhizobiu!< {tooxooomhie) lopantha. (Plate III, Fig. 6.) This littleladybird was formerly described under the name of Scymnus margini-collis, but is identical with Rhizohius lopantha. Mr. Koebele sent thisbeetle about the same time that he introduced the Vedalia, but it wasfound in the State previous to that. However, it has only been withinthe past few years that its value has been observed. It breeds fromearly spring until late in the fall. As compared with the beetles thelarvffi are very large, they are light colored, with a lighter oblong squareon center of the back, and remain a long time in the larval stage, feed-ing voraciously. When about to change to the chrysalis, they hideaway under cob
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