Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 



HONOLULU. 



J. G. SMITH, Special Agent in Charge. 



PRESS BULLETIN No, 10+ 



THE PINEAPPLE SCALE. 1 

 ( Diaspis bromeliae Kerner J 



By D. L. Van Dine, 



Entomologist, Hawaii Experiment Station, U. S. Dep't of 



Agriculture. 



This pest of the pineapple is a scale-insect" which, because 

 of its special fondness for this plant, has received the common 

 name the "Pineapple Scale." The insect was first described 

 by Kerner in 1778, and besides attacking the pineapple, is 

 widely distributed on various plants in greenhouses. It has 

 been reported from the countries of northern Europe ; from 

 Massachusetts, Washington, D. C, Ohio, California, and Flo- 

 rida in the United States; and from Mexico, Jamaica, Cape 

 Colony, and Natal. Prof. V. L. Kellogg of Stanford Univer- 

 sity, to whom the writer is indebted for the determination of 

 the insect, says: "Probably bi-omeliae (pineapple-scale) will 



Reprint from The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist. 

 Vol. I. No. 5. May, 1904. pp. 111-114. 



2 For a general discussion of scale-insects see Press Bulletin No. 8 

 of this Station. 



