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dian origin it gets one of its popular names, "West In- 

 dia'' scale. 



Fig. 2. — The New Peach Scale: a, branch covered with male and 

 female scales, natural size; b, female scale; c, male scale; d, group 

 of male scales — enlarged. (Howard, U. S. Dept. of Agr., Yearbook, 

 1894.) 



It attacks the peach, plum, apricot, cherry, pear, 

 grape, persimmon, and a few other plants. 



Treatment. — ^The winter treatment for this insect is 

 about the same as that for the San Jose scale. The fe- 

 male pass the winter in the mature and partially mature 

 state, and can be killed by the lime, sulphur 

 and salt wash, or by the whale-oil soap treat- 

 ment at the rate of one pound dissohed in one gal- 

 lon of water. In Georgia there are three or four broods 

 from eggs, which appear at more or less regiilar inter- 

 vals, the first appearing about the middle of March, if 

 the season is favorable. These broods should be watched 

 for and ten per cent, kerosene or whale-oil soap at the 

 rate of one pound to four gallons of water should be 

 applied at the time of their appearance. 



It is becoming one of the most dangerous pests with 



