Authorities referred to in this Chapter.
U.S. Department of Agriculture—
Reports by Professor Riley, Professor Comstock, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. L. O. Howard.
N.Z. Parliamentary Papers, 1885—
Report of the Select Joint Committee of both Houses on the Codlin-moth, and "various blights to which fruits are subject."
Personal experiment by the author and friends.
Replies of farmers, gardeners, and tree-growers to inquiries, official or private.
CATALOGUE OF INSECTS AND DIAGNOSIS OF SPECIES.
Family.—COCCIDIDÆ.
Male and female larvæ similar, apterous, naked or covered, active.