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CALIPOHITIA rJDD SCilLS ( Aonidiolla, r.urpgitii Mp.sk,) 
CrAifornia. A, S, (Au^Tiist): ConsiclcrpAlc natural nortality of red 
scale this sprin.*^ in nost areas, v;hich norc than count erhalanccd the 
tondencv tov/ard scale increase fron on open winter end lack of treat- 
nent. Crawlers a.ppearod in nunhers in May v.rith hp.tching intermittently 
since, vdiich is now leading: to huild-up in nony orclmrds. Such huild-up 
is much more noticeahle in interior coreas thcon toward the coast and es- 
pecially in orcha,rds on hiyhcr elevations v/horo naturaA mortality has 
hcon lep,st and scale increase most rapid. Scale is severe in only 
occasional orchards, hut there arc many, especially in the interior, 
v;ith v/idespread infestations, 
BLACK SCALB (Sa issetia oleac Bern, ) 
Californiao A. S, Vfoylun (Au.pust): Generally liyhter than last yea,r, and 
most prevaAent in the area fron Ontario to Redlands and to a lesser 
deyroc in the San Bernando Valli:^ , In the coastal Ovi’ea heavy infesta- 
tions still remain fov.; and far hetv/ocn, especially in the douhle-hrooded 
area, hut there are some groves where the scaAe ha.s been developing very 
ran idly, 
FLORIDA RED SCALE ( Chrys omphalus annidun L, ) 
Florida, M, D, Leonard (August l): Considorahlc sized tract of '’Pineapple” 
oranges at Mount Dora was hoa.vily infested, 
PURPLE SCALE ( Lepidosaphes hockii Heicn, ) . 
California, R. S, Woglun (August); Continues to ho the major prohlcm in 
many orange rgroves in Orange County and to some ontent in the Ifhitticr- 
Rivera-Doxmey area of Los Aigelcs County, 
COTTOITY-CUSIIIOIT SCilLE ( icorya purchasi Mask, ) 
Tc:k.s, ¥. C. Maeuirell (August l4): Present on a„ tangerine and a Ponderosa 
lemon in a dooryard planting in Rohstov/n, with infestation hoing rather 
hca.y^'' on parts of canh tree, ITumerous larvan of a coccinellid me 
feeding on the scale. An adult Rodolia candinalis Muls,. was- found on 
the ground heneath one of the infested trees, and it is likely that the 
coccinellid larvae are of this species, 
CITRUS IflllTEFLY ( Pialcurodes c i tr i Ashn.) 
Florida, M, D, Leonard (Arngust 3)^ Fair infestation occurred recently in 
■a. large citrus fgrove on Merrit Island, 
Mississi-)pi, C, Lyle, et al, (August 23)* Very aJnndant on privet hedge 
plants in the southwestern pant of the State, 
