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in the anterior end of tlie sac, tlie remainder of the space being 

 filled with eggs. These are light yellow in color. When the 

 male larva is ready to undergo his metamorphosis he secretes 

 a covering to his body resembling the sac excreted by the 

 female, except that it is very much smaller, measuring only 

 one five hundredth of an inch in length."— Comstock. 

 Remedies. — Use Nos. 4, 5 and 7. 



INSECTS INFESTING THE JUNIPER 



The Juniper Scale (Z>fas2)w ranteii)....' 



CHAPTER CLXII. 



The Juniper Scale. 



{Diaspis carueli. — Comstock. ) 



Order, Hemiptera : ^ -r. -i ^^ 

 Sub-order, Ho^foPTERA ;i ^^ amily, Coccid.e. 



[A white scale insect infesting various species of juniper 

 and some other shrubs of the pine family.] 



Professor Comstock describes this species as being very 

 common in Washington, D. C. 



The scale of the female (Fig. 287i,.^a,) is circular, snowy- 

 white, with the exuvias central or nearly so ; diameter of scale, 

 from one half to three fourths of a line. The females are of 

 a yellow color, nearly circular in outline, but a little elonga- 

 ted posteriorly. 



