116 HEMIPTERA. 



great care is taken to pick her off the plant be- 

 fore she has deposited her eggs, and by so doing 

 defeated the purpose of the proprietor. 



One of the species, the Coccus Hesperidum, 

 infests our conservatories of plants, sometimes 

 in such numbers as to injure the shrubs, &c. 

 They run up and down the branches and leaves, 

 and are most abundant upon the orange, citron, 

 and lemon-trees. They are so prolific, that a 

 single female is said to contain about a thou- 

 sand eggs. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Coccus Persic^:. C. persicse rotundus. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. GmeL 1. p. 2220. 

 Geoff. Ins. 1. p. 506. 

 Reaumur, Ins. 4. t. 2.f. 1, S. 

 Inhabits the peach. 

 PK 41. a. Natural size. b. c. The same magnified. 



