INSECTS AFI'ECTINC; I'AUK AND WOOULA.NU TKEES 



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Juniper scale 



Ihasp/s carucli \,W'g. 



A oircuhir, snowy wliite scale, about '/-s inch in tliainelcr, wilh nearly central yel- 

 lowish exuyiae, may he found on juniper. 



This species was brought to the ^vriter's attention in September 1898, 

 wlien it occiirreil on Irish jiuiiper at Ossining- X. \'. The s])eciniens accom- 

 panying the inquiry showed that the insect was quite abundant. This 

 species has been recorded by Professor Comstock as very common at 

 Washington D. C, where he found it infesting several species of jimiper 

 and arbt)r \-itae. 



Description. The female scale is circular, whitish, about ' 25 inch in 

 length, and with a central or nearly central \-ello\vish exuviae. The male 

 scale is white, slender, and about ■ 25 inch in length. It has a prominent 

 median ridge and at the smaller or anterior end there is the oval yellowish 

 exuviae. 



Bibliography 

 18S1 Comstock, J. A. U. S. Dep't Agric. Rep't. ii>8o. jj. 310-11 



Pine leaf scale 

 Chionaspis piiiifoliac Fitch 



An elongated, whitish scale on the needles of various pines. 



This pest is somewhat abundant on the needles of hard and Austrian 

 pines in New York .State, and has come to the writer's notice repeatedly in 

 recent years. 



Early history. This insect was brought to the attention of Dr Fitch in 

 1855, and his second report contains an extended account of the species. 

 He stat€;s that this scale is more apt to occur on transplanted pines and this 

 agrees with our experience. Its abundance on Austrian pines in \\ ashing- 

 ton park, Albany, was brought to the attention of the late Dr Lintner in 

 1889. He states that millions of the peculiar white scales of this destruc- 

 tive species had attached themselves to the leaves, almost as thickly as they 

 could rest, nearlv whitening the trees, and almost obscuring its natiu-al 



