INSFXTS INFESTING THE RED BAY TREE. 



The Red Ba.v Scale (A.-pidiutuf pcrseic) Cliap. ItS 



CHAPTKR CLXIIJ. 

 The Red Bay Scale. 



{Aspi(liotii--< jitr-~:r;t. — C()iiiyt(.ick.) 



Order, Hemipteka : / ,, ., ,, 



bub-order, Homopteka ; ) 



[A eireiilur scale infesting the foliage of tlie red bay tree, 

 and also the olive tree.] 



The red bay scale insect infests the foliage of the red ba}'' 

 tree, and also the foliage of trees planted in* the vicinity of 

 trees infested by this species. I have also found this, or a 

 closely allied species, on a [)rivet hedge. 



The scale of the female is circular, and from three fourths of 

 a line to one line in diameter; the outer margin is dark red- 

 dish-brown with a yellowish tinge ; the central part is a darker 

 brown ; the exuviaj is nearly in the center, and forms a nipple- 

 like prominence. 



Fig. 238. — Male Red Bay Scale Insect, enlarged, 

 ventral view — color, yellowish. 



The male scale (Fig. 238) is of a dirty white 

 color, elongated ; the exuvise or larval skin nearly 

 central, and of a golden-yellow color. The eggs 

 are yellowish, and of an elongate-oval shape ; 

 from twenty to thirty-five are deposited by each 

 female. The larva; are yellow. 



The female is orange-yellow ; form, similar to 

 the red scale of Florida {A.Jicus). 



Remedies. — Same as for the red scale, Chapter LXXX\'I. 



Fig. 28S. 



