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acres and even miles uninterruptedly. This is accounted fur by the fact 

 that the scale has two internal parasites which I have l)een able to hatch from 

 them in considerable numbers. 



This beautiful species was first described by Mr. Ivlw, .\l. l-'hrhorn in the 

 Canadian Entomologist. \'ol. XXX, p. 2+4 ( 1898). 



.Mr. T. 1). .\. Cockerel! also had an article on tiie same insect in the Can. 

 Knt. \nl. XXX. I). 24f> (1898). 



This insect ( Eig. 14.^) was first sent to the writer by Roy K. iJishop, 

 Horticultural Commissioner of Orange County. Since that time I have ob- 

 tained it in the vicinity of Santa I'aula. 



The long white egg sac makes it at once conspicuous and easy to detect. 

 It occurs in great inimi)ers on the California Sage { Artcmisui calijornica) 

 during the later summer months. That it never increa.scs to any damaging 

 numbers may be explained by the fact tiiat it is jiarasitized by a dipterous in- 

 sect which is an egg feeder. In some dozen mounted females I was able 

 to obtain several of the puparia of the parasite, but was not fortunate enough 

 to obtain the adult fly. 



