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Brown Turtle Insect of Speechley, the first writer 

 who notices the insect ravagers of the pine apple. 

 The female appears like an oval nut-brown shield 

 (Fig. 1), and the male as a winged fly (Fig. 2). Both 

 are highly magnified. 



This species is not only found upon the pines, and 

 most other plants which grow in hothouses, but also 

 upon many plants which are kept in greenhouses. 

 These insects, after they have arrived at a certain 

 age, fix themselves immoveahly to the leaves of the 

 plant ; but before that time, though they generally 

 appear motionless, yet, on a close inspection, in a 

 very warm day, many of them, and especially the 

 smaller ones, may be perceived to move in different 

 i parts of the plant, being in appearance much like a 

 turtle in miniature. 



A sweet glutinous matter issues from these insects ; 

 this soon turns mouldy, and in time becomes quite 

 black, causing the plants to appear very unsightly. 

 (Speechley.) 



Coccus Bromelice.. — The Pine Apple Scale Insect — 

 White Scaly Insect of Speechley. —It appears like a 

 grey, elliptical, rather elevated shield, mottled with 

 brown, and is very like the one just described. It lives 

 on the pine apple, the justicia, hibiscus, &c. This para- 

 site propagates throughout the whole year, and great 

 caution must be used in destroying it, as the young 



