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lemons sent from Bermuda. Mr. Glover, in mentioning the introduc- 

 tion of this insect, said: " Another coccus was imported into Jacksonville, 

 Florida, on some lemons sent from Bermuda, and as they may perhaps 

 spread in the vicinity, it would be well to draw attention to the insect."* 



Since that time it has spread over many of the largest fruit districts, 

 and is very injurious to the tree and fruit, but is most damaging to the 

 fruit, covering the surface thickly, in instances almost hiding the rind 

 from view. 



Description. The length of the. full grown female scale is rather more 

 than one twentieth of an inch; it is somewhat pear shaped, and of a 

 brown color; the grub is of a reddish yellow, and furnished with a 

 piercer from its breast. The young have two antennae, six legs, and 

 two long hairs or bristles at the end of the body. The male scale is 

 not so large as the female, and is formed of a white cottony or parch- 

 ment-looking substance, constituting a case, with an elevated and 

 rounded ridge in the center, in which a reddish pupa was found. The 

 male larva is reddish in color, and measures not more than one fortieth 

 of an inch in length. The perfect fly is also red, and is furnished with 

 two hairy antennae, six legs, and has the thorax very large. The two 

 wings are transparent, and the end of the body is furnished with a 

 curved, hard projection. Glover. 



LONG OR GLOVER'S SCALE. 

 Mytilaspis gloverii, Packard. 



[A light yellow scale, varying to dark brown; resembles Mytilaspis citricola, but is 

 much larger. (II) Branch infested by the scale, natural size, (a) Enlarged, (b) Scale of 

 male, enlarged, (c) Female scale and eggs, enlarged.] 



* Report by Townsend Glover, Patent Office, Washington, D. 0., 1855, page 119. 



