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BULLETIN 1040. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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Fig. 
. — Trunk of lemon tree with burlap band removed showing masses of ovipositing 
females of the citrophilus mealybug collected under band. 
eordingly in the spring of 1918 the trees in the demonstration orchard 
were thus banded. (Fig. 6.) A band of burlap about 6 inches wide 
was wound around the trunk just below the main branches and 
caught at each end with a finishing nail. The migrating females 
