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orchards in tlio vicinity of the city. Tliis is ]>r()l)ably llic only record 

 north oi' the Tehcchapi, tliouj4li an unconlirnied report records it in the 

 San Joaquin YaHey.^ 



In tlie soutliern j^art of the State tlie infested area is hii-£jely confined 

 to a I'atliei- nai-row sti'ip alonij llic coast fi'om Santa liar1)ai-a to the 



Map Bhowing the dle- 

 tributlon of the pur- 

 ple scale. LepidosapheB 

 beckll (Hewn.), in Cal- 

 ifornia, January 1916. 



Eseig 



Fig. 43. — Showing the distribution of tlie pur- 

 ple scale, Lepidosaphes beckii, in California. 

 (Original.) 



southern extremity of San Diego Bay. In this region the chief points 

 of infestation are given for each county. 



Santa Barbara — From the city of Santa Barbara to Carpinteria. 



Ventura — A small infestation at Santa Paula and another at 

 Ventura. I^oth of these have been practically exterminated and 

 every means has been taken to prevent further distribution. 



Los Angeles — The infestation here occupies an area in the central 

 part of the county and extends southward to Orange County. 

 It may be roughly bounded by the cities of Los Angeles, Pasa- 

 dena, Monrovia, Azusa, San Dimas, Covina, San Gabriel and 

 Whittier. 



Orange — The district in Orange County is also C(>ntrally located 

 and may be indicated by the cities of Anaheim, Orange, Tustin 

 and Santa Ana. 



San Diego — In this county the scale is present in practically all of 

 the citrus districts, including Fallbrook, Escondido, Bostonia, 

 El Cajon. San Diego. National Citv. Bonita, Chula Vista and 

 Otay. 



=Essig, E. O.. Inj. & Ben. Ins. Cal., 2d edit, Cal. Ilort. Com., p. 1S6, 1915. 



