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' ig. 27Hypenst.is si^ni a lir%ie feeding oiPiK inaria natural siz( 

 below. (.After Hovvird U S Dep t Aijnc Dv Ent Bui. 26, n. 



fraternus How., Pachyneuron altiscuta How., and C h i 1 o- 



neurus albi- 

 cornis How., 



and a small fly, 

 L e 11 c o p i s n i g- - 

 r i c o r n i s Egger. 

 Professor Pettit 

 also obtained the 

 small ladybug 



named above. 



Remedial meas- 

 ^^ ures. This species 

 _ s so closely allied 



"•--/Ay/^*^ " ;^^^~ to the more 



"^^^^---^^ common cottony 



190^) maple scale, P u 1- 



vinaria i n n u m e r a b i 1 i s Rathv. that measures of value against one 

 should prove of nearly equal service in the case of the other. 



Bibliography 

 1900 Howard, L. O. U. S. Dep't Agric. Div. Ent. lUil. 22, 11. s. p. 16-23 



Maple phenacoccus 



Plioiacoccns accricola King 



Cottony, white scale insects occurring on the underside of sugar maple leaves, or 

 cottony, white, masses of pupae on the trunk may be those of this insect. 



This species is a relatively rare form which has attracted very little 

 notice till recent years. It was apparently brought to the attention of the 

 late Dr Lintner but once during his long term of service as state entomol- 

 ogist, and previous to 1901 had been sent to the writer only once. It was, 

 however, extremely abundant in 1901 on hard maples in Albany, and it 

 was observed on a great many of these trees at both Worcester and Spring- 

 field Mass. One tree in Albany was so badly infested that thousands of 



