SCALE INSECTS. 21 



West River, Sharbsbnrg, Frederick, Still Pond, Mullikiii, 

 Linkwood, Charlton Heights. Counties: Prince George, 

 Washington, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery. ( List not 

 complete.) 



Michigan. Counties: Allegan, Berrien, Ingham, Jack- 

 son, Kent, Oceana, Ottawa, Monroe, St. Joseph, Van Bu- 

 ren, and Wayne. 



Mississippi. Counties: Oktibbeha and Jackson. 



Missouri. Counties: Cole, St. Louis, Randolph, and 

 Jackson. 



North Carolina. Counties: Moore and Buncombe. 



New Jersey. Nearly every county in the state. 



New Mexico. Towns: Las Cruces, Socorro, and Berna- 

 lillo. County: Dona Ana. Quite general in Mesilla valley. 



New York. Counties: Orange, Queens, Suffolk, Tomp- 

 kins, Seneca, and Duchess. 



Ohio. Towns: New Richmond, Silverton, London, Ir- 

 ville, Duncan Falls, and Neffs. Counties: Franklin, Ham- 

 ilton, Madison, Muskingum, Belmont, Ottawa, and Licking. 



Pennsylvania. Towns: Atglen, Lewisburg, Waynes- 

 boro, Bristol, and Marietta. Counties: Montgomery, Le- 

 high, Franklin, and York. 



Tennessee. Roane county. 



Texas. Counties: Brazos, Kaufmon, DeWitt, Galves- 

 ton, and Smith. 



Virginia. Towns: Charlottesville and City Point. 

 Counties: Albemarle, Frederick, Westmoreland, Roanoke, 

 Prince William, Fairfax, Franklin, Rockingham, and Pitt- 

 sylvania. 



West Virginia. Towns: Wellsburg and Georgetown. 

 County: Berkley. 



Washington. Probably quite general over settled dis- 

 tricts, especially in vicinities of Walla Walla and Tacoma. 



Remedies. 



Natural Enemies. Five insect forms have been found 

 that spend part of their lives as parasites upon this scale. 

 Several of the smaller beetles, popularly known as lady- 

 birds, in the grub or larva stage as well as the adult form, 

 prey upon these scales. Observations thus far show that 



