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Lepidosaphes beckii Newm. 



(Purple Scale.) 



Scale of Female. — The scale of the female is long, more or less curved, 

 and widened posteriorly. It is brown, with the exuviae of the same 

 color and with a delicate margin. The ventral scale is well developed; 

 it is white, and consists of a single piece which is slightly attached at 



FIG. 32. Lepidosaphes beckii (Purple Scale). On orange branch. 



its sides to the lower edge of the scale, and is more or less incomplete 

 posteriorly. Length of scale, 3 mm. 



Female. — The female is yellowish white. The characters of the last 

 segment are as follows: The anterior group of spinnerets consists of 

 about 6; the anterior laterals of about 18, and the posterior laterals of 

 about 9. 



The median lobes are well developed, with the margins crenate; the 

 second lobe deeply incised, with the margins of the lobules either entire 



