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the more eastern localities it was noted as "bad" in four cases, and 

 "slight or moderate" in one case. We find that the cases at Matthews, 

 Big Lick and Siler City are all referred to as "bad." The case at 

 Morrisville, inspected by the writer, was certainly "bad," and the in- 





Fig. 4. — Above at left, mature female scale much enlarged. 2. Female insect removed from 

 scale, much enlarged. 3. Mature male scale, much enlarged. 4. Infested twig, some 

 scales with parasite holes, slightly enlarged. 5. Female scale turned over to show win- 

 tering eggs, much enlarged. 6. Young scale-insect soon after hatching, much en- 

 larged. 7. Adult male, much enlarged (redrawn from figure by U. S. Dept. Agr.) 

 Drawings by C. L. Metcalf. 



festation at Thomasville was reported by Mr. Collett (1904) to be 

 worse than he had ever seen by even the San Jose Scale. 



It would be interesting to know whether this scale is actually spread- 

 ing eastward. For some years all our records were from the more 

 western part of the State, and with exception of Thomasville (1904) 



