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since 1895. This is evidently near the limit where climatic conditions 

 are too severe to permit of its becoming a very injurious pest. The 

 known distribution of this scale in the state is very interesting, since it 

 has been found in localities here and there throughout most of the area 

 lying within the limits of the upper austral life zone. It has been reported 

 from localities in every county in the state east of the Hudson river, 

 except Westchester and Washington and from those on its west bank 

 south of Warren county, except Greene and Rockland. The following 

 are the locaUties : Rensselaer county, East Greenbush ; Columbia county, 

 Lebanon Spnngs, Kinderhook and Germantown ; Dutchess county, 

 Poughkeepsie ; Putnam county, Brewster ; New York county, New 

 York; Saratoga county. Burnt Hills; Albany county, Loudonville; Ulster 

 county, Boiceville ; Orange county, Middletown. Besides localities on 

 Long Island, it has been found in Tompkins county at Ithaca; in Seneca 

 county at Farmer and in Cayuga county at Union Springs. 



