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Fig. 7. — Tnank of lemon tree with burlap band removed showing masses of ovipositing 

 females of the citrophilus mealybug collected under band. 



cordingly in the spring of 1918 the trees in the demonstration orchard 

 were thus banded. (Fig, 6.) A band of burlap about 6 inches wide 

 was wound around the trunk just below the main branches and 

 caught at each end with a finishing nail. The migrating females 



