INSECTS INFESTING THE QUINCE. 



CHAP. The Round-headed Apple-tree Borer (Sajjerda 



The Quince Sca.le (As-pidiotits cydonice 64 Candida). 



The Quince Curculio {Conotraahelus era- The Red Spider (Teiranychun telariun). 



tisgi) 65 



The following insects also infest the Quince: 

 The Greedy Scale {A.^pidiotus lapax). 



The Codlin Moth {CarpocapM pomonella). 

 The Plum Curculio {Conotrachelm nenuphar). 

 The Apple Curculio (Anthonomus quadriyib- 



bus). 

 The Negro Bug iCoriinelcena pulicaria). 



CHAPTER LXIV. 



The Quince Scale. 

 (Aspidiotus cydoaisn. — Comstock. ) 



Order, Hemiptkra ; ) 



Sub-o^der, Homoptera; ( Family, Coccid^. 



[A species of scale insect found on the quince in Florida.] 

 Prof. Comstock reports this species in Florida, and states in 



appearance the scale is indistinguishable from that of the 



greedy scale — {A. rapax). 



Remedies. — Same as for San Jose Scale {A. perniciosus), 



Chap. XX. 



CHAPTER LXV. 



The Quince Curculio. (Cal.) 



( Conotrachelus craticgi. — Walsh.) 



Order, Coleoptera ; Family, CuRcuuoNiD.Ti. 



[Living in quinces and pears, a whitish, footless grub, 

 about four lines long, with a distinct tubercle on either side of 

 each segment, and a reddish-brown head ; usually, but not 

 always, deserting the fruit and entering the earth to pupate.] 



