INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 497 



body is ochre-yellow, with brown markings. The male is 

 of a shining metallic-green color, Avith yellow markings; the 

 Avings are transparent. This parasite has been bred from 

 orange-trees in Sonthern California. All these parasites are 

 shown highly magnified. 



No. 260. — The Black Scale of California. 



• ^ Lecanium olece Bernard. 



In France, where this scale is also found, it chiefly aflfects 

 the olive-tree, but in California it has been found on a 

 great variety of trees, and has become a serious enemy to 



Fig. 421. 



orange-culture, being perhaps more generally distributed on 

 the orange-trees in that State than any other species of scale- 



