THE ELM HEALY-BUG. 



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A\"hilc' Sfaicliin^;- for cocoons (jf ihc codling" moth under scales 

 r l)ark of a])])lc trees in Missoula in January, 1902, numerous cot- 

 tony masses were found secreted tuuler the scales and not visible 

 ■L-xcept when the scales are picked off. These cottony masses con- 

 tained the eggs and adults of a mealx-hug Avhich 1 have referred to 

 I'hcnacocnis dcanicssi King. Specimens were sent to Prof. T. 

 a'. A. Lockerell, the Anurican authority on these insects, and he 

 i '--plied that it appeared to be this s])ecies and on comparing it with 

 The descriptions his conclusion was found to be correct. 



On April ^otli in the same vicinity in Missoula, numerous mealv- 

 "■lUgs. which later were found to be the same species, were found 

 .losely packed on elm buds which at that date were greatly swollen 

 -ind about to open. See b'ig. 1, i. I)in-ing the remainder of the 



Fig. 1. The Elm Mealy Bug: 1, Mealy bugs at bases of buds of elm in 

 -■pring of the year, natural size; 2, adult female from bekw, enlarged; 3, 

 '-g of female, enlarged: 4. antenna of female, enlarged: 5, newlv hatched lar- 

 va, enlarged; 6, egg, enlarged. 



