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Blastodacna atra Haw. is the apple fruit borer of Japan and is' one 

 of their most troublesome pests. 



Lyonetiidce. 



Lyonetia clerkella L. mines apple leaves in Europe, but is not 

 especially important on account of the character of injury. The 

 species occurs over central and northern Europe, central Italy, 

 Sardnia, etc. L. prunifoliella Hb. similarly mines plum and cherry 

 leaves, and has a wider distribution than the former. Cemistoma 

 scitella Z. mines apple and pear leaves, occurring over central and 

 northern Europe, Dalmatia, Italy, etc. Cemistoma coffeella Perrottet 

 is the coffee leaf miner of the West Indies. It has been introduced 

 into Brazil and other coffee growing regions of the Western Hemi- 

 sphere and does much damage to this crop. In Porto Rico, for 

 example, it was held to have caused a loss of from $150,000 to 

 $300,000 during 1904. 



Tineidce. 



Incurvaria rubiella Bjerk., known as the raspberry moth in 

 England, is important, the larvse boring the shoots, thus lessening 

 or destroying the crop. It is present in central and northern 

 Europe, Corsica, Dalmatia, Russia, etc. Incurvaria capitella 

 Clerk injures the fruit and shoots of the currant and ranges over 

 central Europe, Norway, Sweden and Western Russia. Gnormw- 

 ^chemo^eUopji Lower is a serious enemy of tobacco in India, Cey- 

 lon and Java, the larvse boring the stems, causing gall-like swellings. 

 Ereunetis flavistriata Walsm., is the Hawaiian sugar-cane bud 

 moth, the larvse also eating the dead leaves of palms, bananas, 

 pineapples, and sometimes eating the skin of the banana fruit. 

 The peach moth of Japan, Carposina persicce Sasaki is one of the 

 very destructive insects of this crop, more than 90 per cent being 

 injured during some seasons. 



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DIPTERA. 



Tipulidce. 



Several species of this family are referred to in European litera- 

 ture and are evidently of considerable importance. The larvae of 

 Tipula oleracea L. injure various root crops, as well as those of T. 

 paludosa. Pachyrhina maculosa Meig. has a record of serious 

 injury to tulip bulbs in England. 



Cecidomyiidce, 



Dasyneura cenophila Haimh. is a gall maker on grape foliage, 

 occurring in central Europe and the Mediterranean region. D. 



