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with a coating of mud, in wliich it wallows, and then with 

 this armour can dci'y the s(>ri)('nt. Topscll icjls the tale bet- 

 ter. The lehneuiiion burrows in the sand, and 'when the 

 aspe espyeth her threatening rage, presently turning about 



San Sost Scale 



a, Adult fenialo sr-alo; b, male scale; e, younjj scales; d, larva just 

 liatdied ; d', same, much enlarged; e, scale removed, showing body of 

 female beneath; f, body of female insect, more enlarged; g, adult male 

 of the San Jose scale. From Quaiutance, "The San Jose Scale and its 

 Control," Farmers' Bulletin, No. 050. 



tUiurivsy 0} the U. >S'. ISiinnii of Kntnmnliiiiti. 



her taile, provoketh the ichneumon to combate, and willi an 

 open mouth and lofty head doth enter the list, to her owne 

 perdition. For the iciineumon being nothing afraid of this 

 great bravado, reeeivetli tlie encounter, antl taking the head 

 of the aspe in his mouth biteth that off to prevent the east- 



