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TWO NEW SPECIES OF LECANIUM FROM CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. D. A. Cockerell
Affiliation:
N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta.

Extract

Lecanium (Eulecanium) caryarum, n. sp.—♀. Scale (after producing young) somewhat variable in form, from long. 6, lat. 3½, alt. 2⅔ mm., to long. 5½, lat. 4⅓ alt. 3¼ mm., the more swollen individuals probably affected by parasites; outline in transverse section nearly hemispherical, in longitudinal section more or less low-pyramidal, with the posterior slope considerably the shortest, the apex of the pyramid marked by a more or less prominent boss, sometimes inclined to be double. Colour of scale dark chestnut; sides pitted and plicate to a variable degree.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1898

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