156 INSECTS INFEST IN (r ORANdE TREE.^, ETC. 



Fig. 130. > ig. 131. 



Fig. loO. — Orange infested hy Red Scale. 



Fig. 131. — Leaf infested bv Red Scale; two of the scales at 

 the left, enlarged — color, yellow or brown ; the up})er one the 

 female ; the lower one the male. 



This species infests the small branches and foliage (Fig. 

 128, 1) and fruit (Fig. loO), but seems to i)refi-r the fruit and 

 foliage. (Fig. 131.) 



Re.medies. — See Nos. 48, 41), •")(). (>">. and 77. Spray. 



CHAPTER LXXXVII. 



The Red Scale of Florida. 



(Aspidiutas ficns — Riley, MSS. ; Chri/soiiijihalus ficus — Riley, 

 MSS. Ashmead.) 



Order, He.miptera ; / ^ ., ^ . ,, ,- 



Sub-order, Homoptera ; ) • ' 



[.\ speincs of scale insect infesting the branches, foliage and 

 fruit of orange trees in Florada and the Island of Cuba.] 



Fig. l-">li. — I{(m1 Scale of I'^lorida : J. leaves infcstcil by 1 hesc 

 scales; ~a, the fenuile scale, enlarged — colors, reddish-brown 

 and brown ; J/), the male scale, enlarged — colors, gray and 



