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FJROFEAN PSD SPIDER ( Pars t et ran ychus pilosus Can. & Fanz. ) 
C&lif 6rnia T» D. Urbahns (February 17): The European red mite, knoTO. 
in California as the citrus red spider, is generally dis- 
tributed throughout California, "but most severely attacks 
the fruit trees through some of the southern counties and 
in the San Joaquin Valley. It is frequently found present 
in rather abundant numbers. 
FIG SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ficus Sign, ) 
California T. D. Urbahns (February 17): The fig scale is gradually 
increasing in abundance throughout the central San Joaquin 
Valley and becoming quite a serious pest of the Kadata or 
canning figs, as well as the drying figs. 
