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PURPLS SCALE ( Le-pidosaphes beckii Fewm. ) 
Florida J» R« 7atson (February 23): Counts on the scale insects 
indicate that in the no ±'th- central and western parts of 
Florida about 85 per cent of the purple scale was filled 
by the freeze of January 3, at temperatures around 15°F* Those 
that escaped were almost entirely eggs, 
CITRUS RUST MITE (Sri o phyes oleivorus Ashrn, ) 
Florida J« R, VJatson (February 23): Rust mites were more abundant 
than is usual during the rr inter. This is correlated with the 
unusual drought. Most of them seemed to have escaped temperatures 
; , 26°E and above in the citrus belt* 
'."■•■■' CITRUS RED SPIDER ( Paratetranychus citri McGregor) 
California Monthly News Letter Los Angeles Cdunty Horticultural Commission 
(January 15): Recent heavy rains and cold leather have not 
yet checked the citrus red spider ^hicla, according to H, H„ 
Wilcomb, Acting Deputy Horticultural Commissioner in Charge 
of Citrus Pest Control in Los Angeles County, has been 
particularly active in all citrus districts of the county 
following the unusually warm days of late December and early 
January, " i 
