Show danger from 11 forella int T D A cockrell new mexico agricultural entomologist c of its n 6 station writes eX awalt Pw alt a it Is a roost most ot of commonplace our injurious observation in insects beeta productions from abroad are hc 1 cursory glauco and the IEM m osti x over the ill e literature economic entomology of will every little show th while one la is number numb C r of these added to n the alien all ell pests pesta alter after ot of year comparative indifference I 1 try la Is nt at length thi the an serious becoming alive to ta danger dan ger to our teresta from these horticultural ii lions and continued measures are for preventing them already the state inam of 0 california has horticultural establish quarantine officer of licer full power to nm destroy it if need be plants all to riving arriving ar at that but port california cannot alone united states am infestation protect tl til she nor cai ca efficiently protect herself there are no proper so ling A in precautions tak tain other parts of america in this ter nil inai as in many others the united S must MUSE act tor for the united states indeed by the aided people and legislature ot of the but still several states and territories terri torla uniformly and from maine alaine to san diego rind and from puget sound to key west it should clearly 1 ile understood that what we noir no know is but a tithe 0 0 of what known had bad night ht ti be proper attention been to the pall paid injurious insects ol of japan ite tt pacific islands mexico Al exico central centra southe america and the west indies and every collection of scale insects from those regions contains now and the greatest grea investigations species yield abundant new and unsuspected facts the rapid spread of 0 scale insects in in these days 0 of easy and rapid transit cold storage arid and ardian cases plants plant are carried all over the world and no insects are more easily carried upon them than the scale insects thus tt ft happens that while under natural conditions scale insects have usually a rather restricted distria distribution u tion in falany a a y species ot of them are becoming or have hate become world avide anil and it looks as it if the end would only be reached ihen every country possessed all those hinds iara which acre ere able to exist in its climate imite cl the following instances in static e s will w ill Illus illusto tt the above statement 1 amy gdali or lana lanati tM iq ati the destructive peach scale was 4 from australia in today to day flay V ve know it from australia ceylon hong vong japan several localities in the united states jamaica san domingo grand cayman barbadoes martinque que trinidad and cape colony 2 rosae the commom rose scale was described describe from europe but ut is now found also in the united states australia new zealand tie the sandwich islands china and jamaica 3 Chlon aspis catri a very destruct ive scale on citrus plants was wag described from rom louisiana and cuba in ili 1883 now it is known also from trinidad antigua Deme rara bermuda Der muda merico tonga new zealand and australia au aralia 4 IIo Ho wardia bi clavis claTis a troublesome scale of citrus and other plants was described in 1813 from specimens on an hothouse plants in washington city now it is known out of doors from trinidad mexico tahiti sandwich islands and celon ce ion 5 Lecan lum calean the well known black scale ol of californians Californi ais found out of the united states in jamaica antigua trinidad europe new zealand australia sandwich islands and mer ico these may su mee as examples telca Y aich could be multiplied many times 1 if desired |