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scale is long and narrow, of a yellowish brown color and with blackish 

 markings along the sides. Tt is from 4 to 5 mm. long and 2 mm. or 

 more in breadth, varying somewhat in proportion with the part of the 



Fig. 10. — Twig of Firua with adults of long Leciinlum. enlarged. Original. 



host-plant attacked. Those on the twigs are always longer and more 

 elevated, while specimens on leaves are usually more flattened. 



The original description by Douglas* applies perfectly to our speci- 

 mens. It is as follows: 



''Female scale dingy pale, yellowish-grey, elongate, narrow, ends 

 broadly rounded, side margins slightly curved out, not recurved; sur- 



Fig. U.^Leat of Ficu^t with adults of long Lecanium. enlarged. Original. 



face smooth, transversely arched, longitudinally level, seiiii-cylindric, 

 not carinate, a bnnd of faintly dark reticulation along the sides, 



* Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. :i4, U8?. pp. 97 8. 



