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INSECTS Ar.nn.Vh. 



sundry streaks of dark brown, arranged as seen in the illustra- 

 tion The lower wings arc pale brown, without any distinctive 

 markings. The colour of the body is dull blackish brown, very 

 much like that of our glowworm, and along each edge is a row 

 of bright yellow spots. It is a native of the West Indies. 



The group of Homopterous insects known by the name of 

 Coccida? is a very well-known one. To gardeners it is better 



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(Brown ) 



known than loved, as they are terrible enemies in the orchard 

 and greenhouse under the popular names of Scale Insects and 

 Mealy-bugs. The former are so called on account of the shape 

 of the female, who looks like a convex scale stuck to the leaf; 

 and the latter derive their name from the flour-like secretion 

 which is copiously emitted from the body. 



