HEMIPTERA. 



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caused many species that infest cultivated plants to become 

 world-wide in distribution. 



During recent years much attention has been paid to 

 devising methods of destroying these pests. Various soapy 



Fig. 202. — The Scurfy Bark-louse. Chionaspis furfurus : 1. scales natural size; m, 

 scale of male enlarged ; 16, adult male enlarged ; ic, scale of female enlarged. 



or alkaline washes, and one made of lime, salt, and sulphur, are 

 now used on the trees with deciduous, foliage; the wash is 

 applied during the winter while the trees are naked. In the 

 case of orange and lemon trees, which are constantly clothed 

 with leaves, a large tent is lowered over the tree and a 



