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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Massachusetts, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  true 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  this 
  state. 
  That 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   commonest 
  species 
  of 
  Aspidiotus 
  on 
  fruit 
  trees 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  its 
  being 
  

   the 
  most 
  numerous 
  of 
  those 
  found 
  by 
  Dr 
  Reh- 
  on 
  fruit 
  imported 
  into 
  

   Germany 
  from 
  America 
  {see 
  BibHography). 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  

   following 
  localities, 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  kindly 
  communicated 
  by 
  Dr 
  

   Howard 
  : 
  Palmyra, 
  Wayne 
  co., 
  Brighton, 
  Monroe 
  co., 
  Medina, 
  Orleans 
  

   CO., 
  Geneva 
  and 
  Stanley, 
  Ontario 
  co., 
  Waterloo, 
  Seneca 
  co., 
  Ithaca, 
  

   Tompkins 
  co., 
  Benton, 
  Yates 
  co., 
  Germantown, 
  Columbia 
  co., 
  Ellenville, 
  

   Ulster 
  CO., 
  Glen 
  Cove, 
  Nassau 
  co., 
  Blauvelt, 
  Rockland 
  co.. 
  Flushing, 
  Far 
  

   Rockaway 
  and 
  Jamaica, 
  Queens 
  co., 
  and 
  Brooklyn. 
  It 
  occurs 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  about 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Natural 
  enemies. 
  A 
  minute 
  chalcid 
  parasite, 
  Coccophagus 
  

   varicornis 
  How., 
  was 
  reared 
  from 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Comstock. 
  

  

  Remedies. 
  This 
  insect 
  can 
  be 
  checked, 
  when 
  necessary, 
  by 
  spray- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  the 
  insecticides 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  recommended 
  for 
  the 
  San 
  

  

  Jose 
  scale. 
  

  

  Bibliography 
  

  

  Putnam, 
  J. 
  D. 
  la. 
  state 
  hortic. 
  soc. 
  Trans. 
  1877. 
  1878. 
  12: 
  321 
  

   (original 
  description, 
  as 
  D 
  i 
  a 
  s 
  p 
  i 
  s 
  ) 
  ; 
  Davenport 
  acad. 
  of 
  natural 
  sciences. 
  

   Proc. 
  1877. 
  2 
  : 
  346-47 
  (notes 
  on 
  Hfe 
  history, 
  synonymy). 
  

  

  Comstock, 
  J. 
  H. 
  U. 
  S. 
  dep't 
  agric. 
  Rep't 
  of 
  ent. 
  1880. 
  

   1881. 
  p. 
  292-93 
  (synonymy, 
  description); 
  Cornell 
  univ. 
  expt. 
  sta. 
  dep't 
  

   ent. 
  2d 
  rep't. 
  1883. 
  p. 
  58-59 
  (synonymy, 
  food 
  plants). 
  

  

  Packard, 
  A. 
  S. 
  U. 
  S. 
  ent. 
  com. 
  5th 
  rep't. 
  1890. 
  p. 
  482, 
  520, 
  

   553-54 
  (on 
  linden, 
  beech 
  and 
  ash; 
  Comstock's 
  description 
  quoted). 
  

  

  Lintner, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Bad 
  scale 
  on 
  currant 
  bushes. 
  Gardening. 
  May 
  15, 
  

   1895. 
  3: 
  263 
  (on 
  currant); 
  Injurious 
  and 
  other 
  insects 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   nth 
  rep't, 
  1895. 
  1896. 
  p. 
  213, 
  271, 
  275, 
  287 
  (mention, 
  on 
  apple 
  

   and 
  red 
  currant). 
  

  

  Lugger, 
  Otto. 
  Minn, 
  state 
  expt. 
  sta. 
  ist 
  rep't 
  ent. 
  1895. 
  1896. 
  

   p. 
  129-30 
  (on 
  elm). 
  

  

  Cockerell, 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  N. 
  M. 
  agric. 
  expt. 
  sta. 
  Bui. 
  19. 
  1896. 
  

   p. 
  104, 
  106, 
  107 
  (mention, 
  on 
  apricot 
  and 
  plum); 
  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  

   its 
  nearest 
  allies. 
  U. 
  S. 
  dep't 
  agric. 
  div. 
  ent. 
  Technical 
  ser. 
  1897. 
  

   no. 
  6. 
  p. 
  5, 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  17, 
  20 
  (technical 
  characters, 
  affinities). 
  

  

  Johnson, 
  W. 
  G. 
  Notes 
  on 
  new 
  and 
  old 
  scale 
  insects. 
  U. 
  S. 
  dep't 
  

   agric. 
  div. 
  ent. 
  Bui. 
  6, 
  n. 
  s. 
  1896. 
  p. 
  76 
  (on 
  English 
  oak) 
  ; 
  Notes 
  

   on 
  the 
  external 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  cherry 
  scale 
  and 
  Put- 
  

   nam's 
  scale. 
  Can. 
  ent. 
  1898. 
  30 
  : 
  82-83 
  (superficial 
  characters). 
  

  

  