﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  127 
  

  

  C. 
  furfurus 
  Fitch. 
  The 
  "scurfy 
  

   scale" 
  or 
  "Harris 
  louse." 
  On 
  

   orchard 
  trees, 
  chiefly 
  apple 
  

   and 
  pear, 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  de- 
  

   structive. 
  Also 
  occurs 
  on 
  

   poplar 
  and 
  other 
  shade 
  

   trees; 
  rarely 
  in 
  troublesome 
  

   numbers. 
  

  

  C. 
  lintneri 
  Comst. 
  Locally 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  on 
  alder 
  in 
  neighbor- 
  

   ing 
  States 
  and 
  probably 
  in 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  C. 
  ortholobis 
  Comst. 
  Mass. 
  to 
  

   Ohio 
  and 
  probably 
  New 
  Jer- 
  

   sey, 
  on 
  poplar 
  and 
  willow. 
  

  

  C. 
  pinifoliae 
  Fitch. 
  Not 
  uncom- 
  

   mon 
  on 
  pine 
  trees 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  locally 
  abundant. 
  

  

  C. 
  salicis-nigrae 
  Walsh. 
  A 
  common 
  willow 
  scale 
  found 
  at 
  New 
  Bruns- 
  

   wick 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Occurs 
  also 
  on 
  poplar, 
  tulip 
  tree, 
  

   dog-wood, 
  etc. 
  

  

  C. 
  spartinse 
  Comst. 
  Found 
  on 
  the 
  salt 
  marsh 
  grass, 
  "Spartina 
  stricta." 
  

  

  ft 
  S 
  

  

  Fig- 
  53- 
  — 
  Scurfy 
  scale, 
  Chionaspis 
  furfurus, 
  a, 
  

  

  twig 
  infested 
  by 
  female; 
  b, 
  by 
  male 
  scales; 
  

  

  c, 
  female; 
  d, 
  male 
  scale; 
  much 
  

  

  enlarged. 
  

  

  DIASPIS 
  Costa. 
  

   D. 
  boisduvalii 
  Sign. 
  A 
  hot-house 
  scale 
  found 
  on 
  palms. 
  Acacia 
  and 
  other 
  

  

  ornamental 
  plants. 
  

   D. 
  bromeliae 
  Kern. 
  Massachusets 
  to 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  on 
  various 
  

  

  green-house 
  plants. 
  

   D. 
  carueli 
  Targ. 
  A 
  Juniper 
  scale. 
  Found 
  occasionally 
  in 
  nurseries, 
  and 
  

  

  no 
  doubt 
  distributed 
  by 
  them 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  principally 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  trailing 
  variety. 
  

   D. 
  juniper! 
  Bouche. 
  Another 
  Juniper 
  scale, 
  but 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  arbor 
  vitas 
  

  

  in 
  nurseries. 
  

   D. 
  echinocacti 
  Bouche, 
  var. 
  cacti 
  Comst. 
  A 
  common 
  green-house 
  scale. 
  

  

  AULACASPIS 
  Ckll. 
  

   A. 
  pentagona 
  Targ. 
  The 
  "West 
  India 
  peach 
  scale." 
  Has 
  occurred 
  

  

  sparingly 
  on 
  young 
  peach 
  trees 
  in 
  South 
  Jersey, 
  but 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  do 
  

  

  well. 
  The 
  scale 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  destructive 
  one 
  where 
  it 
  thrives. 
  

   A. 
  rosse 
  Bouche. 
  The 
  "Rose 
  Scale." 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  Thrives 
  

  

  best 
  on 
  plants 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  shade. 
  Also 
  attacks 
  blackberry 
  and 
  

  

  raspberry; 
  sometimes 
  in 
  destructive 
  numbers. 
  

  

  PINNASPIS 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  P. 
  buxi 
  Bouche. 
  On 
  boxwood. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  this 
  on 
  some 
  old 
  nursery 
  

  

  stock, 
  and 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  in 
  Burlington 
  County 
  on 
  an 
  old 
  hedge. 
  

  

  