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FLORIDA. RED SCALE ( Chrysomphalus ficus Ashm. ) 
Florida J. R. .. : atson (March 31): The Florida red scale is 
scarce. A large percentage of small ones were winter 
killed. 
Mississippi 0. M. Chance (March 24): The Florida red scale is 
very abundant in greenhouses at Vicksburg. 
CALIFORNIA RED SCALE ( Chrysomphalus aurantii Mask. ) 
Texas S. ,7. Clark (March 10): Vvinter-mortality counts of 
the California red scale show a mortality of 84.2 per 
cent at Vveslaco, which is nearly normal. A severe winter 
did not seem to damage this pest to any extent. 
PURPLE SCALE ( Lepidosaphes beckii Newm. ) 
G e orgia J. B. Gill (March 22): An occasional tree of Satsuma 
orange is infested with the purple scale. 
Florida J. R. Tfatson (March 21): The purple scale is moder- 
ately abundant. 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( icerya purchasi Mask. ) 
Georgia J. B. Gill (March 22): The cottony-cushion scale came 
through the winter in good shape at Valdosta and Cairo, 
where heavy infestations occurred last year on various 
ornamentals and Satsuma oranges. The scale is now 
(March 20) doing considerable damage, especially at 
Valdosta. Novius cardinal is was successfully colonized 
at several points in Georgia last fall and has passed 
the winter in good condition. March 20, larvae, pupae, 
and adults were observed in large numbers. 
AVOCADO 
I DICTYOSPERMUM SCALE ( Chrysomphalus dictyospermi Morg. ) 
California Monthly News Letter, Los Angeles County Agricultural 
Commission Vol. 12, No. 3, (March 15): The dictyospermum 
scale has been found recently to infest avocado plantings 
over a rather wide area in the City of <7hittier proper. 
