the various conditions throughout the country.and has thus a more 
restricted distribution. 
LIFE IIISTOKY AND IIAIU'IS. 
The scurfy scale, like the oyster-shell scale, winters in the egg 
condition under the scales. The number which may be deposited 
Fio. 2.— The scurfy scale (Chionaspis furfura). Male at right, female at left. Ml enlarged. Original.) 
by a given female, as may be easily verified by examination, varies 
considerably. The following records show the number of eggs from 
each of twenty individuals: 
Number of eggs deposited by the scurfy scale, | Material collected on applt sprouts from 
bas< of applt si, imp MarchSl, 1905, at Arlington Farm, Virginia.) 
Scale 
Eggs. 
No 
No 
No 
Eggs. 
1 
61 
6 
71 
11 
54 
10 
2 
18 
7 
78 
12 
111 
17 
Zi 
3 
78 
B 
7il 
13 
1- 
Is 
83 
l 
18 
9 
19 
14 
• 
19 
21 
■ i 
in 
•11 
15 
7» 
20 
33 
\v til'.- niiinl>er of eggs per scale, 57.5. 
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