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PURPLE SCALE ( Lepidosaphes beckii Newm.) 
Georgia C. H. Alden ( February ) : The purple scale is on Satsuma 
oran-::e trees at Cairo and vicinity. 
Florida J. R. Watson (February 18): The purple scale is moderate- 
ly abundant . 
Mississippi H. Gladney (February 20): The purple scale is moderately 
abundant. Citrus has been badly injured by cold, reducing 
the infestation. 
R. P. Colmer (February 22): The purple scale is moderate- 
ly abundant. The cold seems to have killed some. 
CITRUS MEALYBUG ( Fseudococcus citri Risso) 
California E. 0. Essi£- (February 24): This insect is diminishing, 
bein~ largely replaced in the southern part of the State by 
Pseudococcus gahanii Green. 
PINEAPPLE 
A GRASSHOPPER ( Conocephalus saltator Saussure) 
Hawaii J. F. Illingworth (1923): The longhorned grasshopper 
Conocephalus salt^tor Saussure is normally a predacious 
species, feeding upon mealybugs and other insects. During 
the summer, these grasshoppers occurred in tremendous numbers 
in fields adjoining grass areas. In such locations they 
fed rather extensively upon the tips of pineapple leaves. 
A more serious damage, however, was done by the females 
inserting their egss into the calyx cavities of flowering 
fruits. "There the ovipositor punctured the tissue, some 
decay was initiated. 
A BUD MOTH ( Pyroderces rileyi Walsingham) 
Hawaii J. F. Illingworth (1923): This insect is troublesome on 
the fruit. The eg.zs are laid on the blossoms, and the 
caterpillars live inside the calyx cavities. They feed 
upon the remains of the stamens and pistils, gnawing them 
right down to the point of attachment. In some cases a 
breaking down of the fruit is caused by organisms of decay 
entering through the wounds opened up by the caterpillars. 
The moths are one of the suspected agents causing seedy 
fruit, since they are constantly crawling in and out of the 
blossoms. 
