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The secretion at first, is soft and easily drawn out in threads but 
Dardens somewhat by contact with the air, and remains almost per¬ 
fect in form on the limbs after the eggs have all hatched. 
Lecanium acericola , grown female shown at figure 27 b, represent¬ 
ing dorsal view r . 
Fig. 27. 
Dorsal view, oval with dorsal, convex carina and an anal fissure at 
extremity. Three thoracic and seven abdominal segments; margin 
furnished with short bristly hairs. Eyes not visible. Oviduct situ¬ 
ated at the end of posterior fissure. Color somewhat lurid with 
numerous dark blotches, the lines separating segments darker, length 
0.21 of an inch. 
A entral view, (figure 27, c.) Antennae and legs visible but small. 
The beak arises from a tubercle situated at the extreme end of the 
head if not from a projection of the head extending slightly over the 
thorax. 
The beak itself is a long thread-like organ. (Fig. 27, d.) The first 
pair of legs are nearly opposite the beak; the head and thorax 
occupying over one-half the entire insect. 
The eggs issue from the oviduct, which has the opening at the pos¬ 
terior portion of the fissure, and are concealed within the waxv mass, 
the particles dividing them from the other. 
M hen the eggs first appear, they are soft and pliable, one end more 
rounded than the other, and measure about .012 inches in length. 
As the embryo developes, the color, which at first appears yellowish 
white, grows darker in time. 
The eggs first deposited and lying farthest from the body are the 
first to hatch, and this takes place before the ovisac is emptied. The 
oviposition of eggs continues for about five weeks, and number some¬ 
thing over five hundred. The body of the female does not shrink in 
