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and will keep for a long time. The spray resulting from diluting the stock 

 solution is a perfect emulsion and needs no agitating while being applictl. 

 For this reason it is a splendid wash for greenhouses and gardens, where the 

 applications of any insecticide must be made with a hand pump. 



Lepidosaphes gloverii Packard 

 (Long or Glover's Scale) 

 There is liable to be some confusion in the minds of some of the fruit 

 growers concerning the purple and long scales. They resemble each other 

 to a remarkable degree to the untrained eye, but if the ditiferences are pointed 

 out there can be no mistake regarding either. The following note is aimed 

 to give a description of the long scale such as shall familiarize all with it, 

 as well as a short history of its distribution. 



Figure 143. 



A, Lepidosaphes gloverii; B, Orthezia artemisiae. 



DESCRIPTION 



"The long scale is of a more linear shape (Fig. 143 A) than the purple scale, 

 with which it is often associated. The outline of the body is not so often 

 curved as is that of the purple scale. 



Female. — The female scale is brownish, about .11 of an inch (3 mm.) 

 in length, and less than one-fourth as wide. When crowded the scales adjust 

 themselves to their surroundings by taking all sorts of shapes, and many 

 will be dwarfed and malformed almost beyond recognition, except by micro- 

 scopic examination. The young insects themselves are of a translucent waxy- 



