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Fig. 209 .—Lecanium olect: 1 a, insect enlarged. ("From the Author's Report for 1880.) 
plants, both in conservatories and in the open air. Some of 
them are known to gardeners as “ soft-scales.” But the 
Figure 208. The species figured here is sometimes very 
injurious to maple-trees; it also infests grape-vines and 
other plants. 
Fig. 208 .—Pulvinaria innumerabilts. Female on grape, natural size. (From the 
Author’s Report for 1880.) 
Lecanium (Le-ca'ni-um).—The species of the genus Le¬ 
canium abound everywhere; they occur on all kinds of 
