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The Citrus Mealy Bug 



(Pseudococcus citri) 



The Long-Tailed Mealy Bug 



(Pseudococcus adonidum) 



The Cypress Mealy Bug 



(Pseudococcus ryani) 



The mealy bug is a pest which has seemed to spring into great 

 importance in the past three or four years. It is a small oval shaped 

 bug about one-eighth of an inch long at its largest, in shape much 

 like the damp bugs or sow bugs found under boards in damp places, 

 but white as if flour had been sprinkled all over it. The long- 

 tailed kind have from three to five long hairs nearly parallel, pro- 

 truding from the rear, the hairs being nearly as long as the bug. 



In the East they are a greenhouse pest constantly fought, and 

 here are found on a great number of plants and trees, those for 

 which we are most concerned being of course the citrus trees. 



Citrus Mealy Bug. (Pseudococcus citri) 

 Much enlarged. 



Long Tailed Mealy Bug (Pseudococcus adonidum) 

 Much enlarged. 



The female of the citrus mealy bug deposits 350 to 400 eggs, 

 protecting them in a cottony substance which she secretes, and 

 they hatch in about two or three weeks according to the tempera- 

 ture. There are probably four or five generations a year. The 

 male is a two winged fly. 



They infest the branches, leaves and fruit of the citrus trees, 

 and in the latter are very often hidden in the navel, and under 



