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The female is deep red to crimson, as also are the 

 ova and the active six-legged young. 



The male in this Coccid is often nearly as common 

 as the female. The male scale is very small and 

 elongated. It is white in colour in its young stage. 



The adult males hatch out in May and June, and 

 are bright coloured. 



The females lay their eggs in August and the 

 orange larvae crawl out very soon from beneath the 

 scales and wander over the bushes. At this time a badly 

 attacked bush looks as if dusted with red powder. 



The young larvae soon settle down and gradually 

 the scaly covering is formed and they either turn to the 

 almost structureless female beneath or become the male 

 puparia. 



Out of doors there is only one brood or generation 

 per annum, but I fancy under glas*s there are several 

 broods during the year. 



PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. 



As this pest is frequently taken into gardens on 

 briars it is very important to discard any which show the 

 least trace of it. 



Still better would it be to have all briars disinfected. 

 This may be done by putting them in any closed shed 

 and fumigating them with hydrocyanic acid gas. (Vide 

 page 69.) 



The best method of destroying this pest is to wash 

 the stem and branches, etc., with paraffin emulsion 

 in February. 



