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C I THUS 
SCALE INSECTS (COCCIDAE) 
Florida. W. Mathis (January 20): Immature .-stages of the Florida red scale 
( Chrys omphalus aonidum L. ) have been heavily parasitized in a grove near 
Fort Pierce on the lover east coast since the latter part of October, 
Parasites were identified by A. B. G-aha,n as Aspidi o tinhagus lounsburyi Berl, 
& Paoli. (February 10 ): A predaceous ladybeetle, Chilocorus cacti L, 
(det. by E. A, Chapin), was responsible for a great reduction in this scale 
population in an orange grove near Fort Pierce, 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (February 25) ! The Florida, red scale occurs in two or 
three places in Plaquemines Parish, The \\rax scale ( Ceroplastes floridensis 
ComstJ. was found in a few groves in the Citrus Belt south of New Orleans. 
The purple scale ( Lepidosaphes beckii Newn, ), is less numerous in the 
Citrus Belt this year, 
. . CITRUS RED MITE ( Paratet r any e hus citri McG. ) 
Louisiana, M. R. Osburn (January 29 ) i Abundant on citrus in Plaquemines Pa.rish. 
FIG 
A SCOLYTID ( Stephanoderes ficus HopR. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): Specimens of this insect op fig limbs were 
received from Lauderdale County on January 5 
