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Provincial Board of HoRTicuLTtrBE. 



1897, 





(Fig. 8.) 



Pentilia (Similia) misella ; (a) beetle ; (h) larva ; ,(c) pupa ; [d) blossom end of pear, showing scales 



with larvze and pupae of Pentilia feeding on them, and pupa of Pentilia attached 



within the calyx. All greatly enlarged. 



(L. 0. Howard and O. L. Marlett, Bulletin No. 3, New Series, Division of Botany, 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. ) 



Of predaceous insects, perhaps the most interesting is the little coccinellid Pentilia Misell 

 ■1- IV ^^^' ^^' ^°^^ '*''''^* ^^^ beetles feed upon the scales. The beetles seemin 



Pentilia Misella. to prefer the full grown female scales, and their larvte the young scale! 

 Pentilia misella is found both in the Eastern States and the Pacific slope. 



The Oyster Shell Bark Louse {Mytilaspis Pomorum) is reported from Beaver PoiB 

 Nanoose Bay, Okanagan Mission, Notch Hill, Hazelra^re, Sumas, Chilliwhack nLdn^ 

 Victoria, Nanairao, and New Westminster. v^miawnacK, Uewdne 



