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Uiaspis broiiicliae Kerti. Pineapple Scale 

 Female Scale — Nearly circular, flat, with more or less uneven margin ; 

 diameter, 2 mm. ; color nearly white, with first exuvia yellow. 



Female Body (Fig. 86 B) — The general shape is that of most of the 

 memhers of this genus — it being oval at the anterior end and tapering towards 

 the posterior end — nearly triangular. The color is a light yellow to almost 

 brown, with a faint tinge of blue or purple in some. Diameter of the body — 

 taking the longest measurements possible — rarely e.xceeds 1 mm. 



I'ygidium (Fig. 86 A) — Mcsal lobes separated by two distinct sjiines ; 

 depressed on the inner margins. Secondary lobes divided or forked and de- 

 pressed on the outer margins. Third pair of lobes and fourth pair like the 

 second — bifurcate and depressed or serrate on the outer margin. Spines are 

 stout and prominent ; arranged as follows : two between the mesal lul)es, one 

 between the mesal and second pair, one betw'een second and third pair, one 

 between third and fourth pair — also a slender spine or hair. Seven very stout 

 spines between the fourth pair and the last abdominal segment preceding the 

 pygidium, two on this last segment. Tubular spinnerets numerous and dis- 

 tributed over nearly the whole surface of the pygidium. 



Figure 86. Diaspis bromeliae. 



Distribution of the circunigcnital glands is as follows: Lower laterals — 

 12 to 13; upper laterals — 17 to 19; median — 10 to 13. 



The female body shown in the cut is parasitized — the nearly full grown 

 parasite showing" plainly. 



Young (Fig. 86 B) — Oval or nearly round, flat, slightly segmented to- 

 wards the posterior end. Antennas si.x — articled and normally haired. Legs 

 very small — not showing when viewed dorsally. Anal lobes without spines. 



Food plants — Pineapple, Braiiuiia, Piiii^uin, Hibiscus. Cainia. Iz'y, Bill- 

 bcrgia zebrina, Olea fragrans. 



The de.scribed specimen was taken from a pineapple in a roniona green- 

 house, where it was quite thick. It has been reported from Kumpe, green- 

 houses in all parts of the L'nitcd States, Hawaiian Islands, and Mexico 



