INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 



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body is ochre-yellow, with brown markings. The male is 

 of a shining metallic-green color, with yellow markings; the 

 wings are transparent. This parasite has been bred from 

 orange-trees in Southern California. All these parasites are 

 shown highly magnified. 



No. 260.— The Black Scale of California. 



Lecanium olece Bernard. 



In France, where this scale is also found, it chiefly affects 

 the olive-tree, but in California it has been found on a 

 great variety of trees, and has become a serious enemy to 



Fig. 421. 



orange-culture, being perhaps more generally distributed on 

 the orange-trees in that State than any other species of scale- 



