INSECTS INFESTING THE OLEANDER. 



The Oleaiider Aplii« {Aphis neriij Kjt'i | The Black Scale {Ijecaniuin olew). 



The Filbert Scale (Lccaniuiii hmnisphericum). 



The following- insects also infest the Glean 

 der : 



The Lemon Peel Scale {Aspidiutiis nerii) 



CHAPTER CLXV. 



The Oleander Aphis. 



{A'phis nerli. — Fonscul.) 



Order, Hemiptera ; / t^ -i v 



Sub-order, HoMOPTERAji ^^"^^^^>'' ^phidid.e. 



[The nieasurenieiits of insects in this work are i^iveii in inches and lines. The above cut rep- 

 resents one inch divided into lines and fractions thereof.] 



[Living upon the leaves and tender twigs of the oleander, 

 which they puncture with their beaks and extract the sap ; 

 small yellowish plant-lice, sometimes marked with brown. J 



The wingless lice are yellow. The winged lice are also yel- 

 low, having the thorax marked with brown. 



Re.medies. — No. 3 or No. 4 ; but No. 5 or No. 7 are prefera- 

 ble. No. 64. 



