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REMARKS. 



This scale has only been collected in the vicinity of Cairo where 

 it is fairly common, but I expect to find later that it is of much wider 

 distribution. 



48. Lepidosaphes (Mytilaspis) minima Newst. 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY : Newstead, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 95 (1897). 



Puparium of adult female very convex, filiform, straight or 

 curved, margins sometimes irregular ; yellow brown to red brown ; 

 posterior extremity somewhat paler. First pellicle pale yellow to 

 brownish, second pellicle the same colour as the rest of the puparium. 



Length 0-5-1-25 millimetres. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Moracese Ficus carica (Edible Fig). 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 

 Leaves and fruit. 



REMARKS. 



This minute species is fairly common and widely distributed. 



49. Lepidosaphes (Mytilaspis) ulmi Linn.=L. pomorum Bouche 

 (THE APPLE MUSSEL SCALE). 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Newstead, Mon. Brit. Cocc., Vol. i, p. 194. 



Puparium of adult female convex, elongate, widened posteriorly, 

 straight or curved, transversely striated showing lines of growth ; 

 pale to dark brown. Pellicles orange yellow to brown, the posterior 

 extremity of each pellicle is usually lighter in colour than the rest 

 of the pellicle. 



Length 2-3 millimetres. 



Male puparium convex, elongate, sides almost parallel but 

 widening slightly posteriorly. Hinged about one quarter of the length 

 of the puparium from the posterior extremity. Pellicle orange 

 yellow. 



Length 1 millimetre. 



Specimens of this scale found on vine are of a pale brown colour 

 HS distinct from those found on Sesbania sp. which are dark brown. 



