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and much smaller than the female. The adult female scale hibernates, 

 and deposits eggs in early spring. The males from them issue early 

 in June. Eggs are deposited again in June, so that there appears to 

 be two or possibly three broods in the South. This species is not 

 abundant, but liable to be found on almost any orchard tree. 



Fig. 9.—Aspidiotiis ju^iatm-regiiE: a, lemale; b, male; c, pupa; d, e, infested twigs. (Howard.) 



THE GREEDY SCALE. 



(Aspidiotus rapax Gomsioc^ — fig. 10.) 



This is quite a large species, readily distinguished from the others 

 we have treated by its very convex scale and uniform drab or yellow- 

 ish-brown color, except for the dark brown exuvium which often shows 

 near the center. The adult female scale is less circular than most of 

 the other species, and does not always show the exuvial spot, which is 

 at one side and covered with a film of secretion. The male scale is much 

 smaller, and elliptical in outline. The young are nearly circular, with 

 a central nipple often surrounded by a pale gray ring. This scale 

 is very abundant in California and has spread somewhat eastward, 

 especially in the South. It attacks various orchard trees, but more 

 commonly the orange. It iw a scale that is liable to be found more 

 commonly in the future, and orchardists should be on the lookout for 

 it. The greedy scale, in California, winters in all stages. 



THE GKAPE SCALE. 



{Aiqyidiotus »)>.r Comstock.) 



This is a more or less elliptical scale, with the exuvium rather nearer 

 one end. It has a yellowish or pale brownish color, with a whitish 

 center near the exuvium, the latter of a pale yellow. The scales are 

 often found in a longitudinal row, and rarelj^ infest both sides of the 



