INSECTS INFESTING THE ROSE BUSH. 



CHAP. 



The Roee Scale (^Diaxpin ro^ce) 16(5 The foUowiii'.^ insects also infect the Rose 



The Rose Aphis f fiiphonophora roxa) 167 husli: 



The Rose Slut; Wonn (Helandria rogm) 168 The Tussock Moth (Ort/[ii(i leucoxtiyma). 



The Horned Flower-beetle (Xoloxux iiion- | The(JreaterLeaf-roller(//(ay'tenirtro3rtf«rtitn). 



u(lvn) 169 The Rose Chafer Mneroduftylu -• ^t'l.'-pin'jm^). 



VUW'VVAX (L.WI. 



The Rose Scale, or White Scale. (Cal.) 



( Diaxph ros;i . — Sandlx-rg. ) 



Order. He.mii'TEK.-v 



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Suh-unler, Homopt]:h.\ : \ 



Faiuilv, CocciD.E. 



Fig. 239. 



Fig. 240. 



I A white scale-insect infesting tlie rose, raspberry, black- 

 berry, currant, etc.] 



The rose or white scale insect (Fig. 2o9) infests several 

 varieties of rose Inishes, and also the ras})berry, blackberry, 

 currant, etc. 



Fig. 28i). — R o s e 

 >Scales — color, wliitc; 

 at the to}) are two 

 scales, niagniHed. the 

 one to the right l)cing 

 a side view and the one 

 to the left being a top 

 view. Fig. 240. — Female Rose Scale-insect, enlargecl. 



Female (Fig. 240) form, elongated; abdomen, distinctly 

 segmented ; color, dark red. 



Male (Fig. 242), winged — color, light amber, with dark 

 irregular markings; wings white, the veins slightly colored; 

 anal stylet half the length of the body; legs, yellowish. 



