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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



BAKER'S MEALY BUG.^ 



Pseudococcus hakeri Essig. 

 (Figs. 22, 26.) 



Colot^ — The body is from light gray to bluish gray and is usually 

 covered with a thick white waxy powder which entirely hides the color 

 of the body. 



Fig. 26. — Baker's mealy bug, Pseudococcus bakeri. Top, 

 females on elder (Sambticus glauca) ; bottom, adult females 

 around the navel of an orange. (Author's Illustration.) 



>In the author's previous writings the common name of this species has been the 

 walnut mealy bug, but due to its great variety of host plants this is a misnomer and 

 the name Baker's mealy bug Is now preferred. 



