52 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



IMPORTANT CATAIiPA INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Ck>ccidee: 



Armored— 



:^:Diaspis perUagona Targioni-Tozzetti; Europe, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Africa, South America 

 eastern United States; attaclcs fruits and many other plants. 



LITERATDRE. 

 LiNDiNQEE, L. Die Schildlause (Coccidse), 1912. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



(See Cabbage.) 



CEDAR. 



( Cedrus spp. Family Juniperacese.) 



Large evergreen trees of North America, North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Himu 

 layas, highly valued for their durable and fragrant wood. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CEDAR (CEDRUS). 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Buprestldse. 



Sphenoptera aterrima Kerremans; India; bores in bast and sapwood of deodar {Cedtui deodara). 



Sphenoptera lafertei Thomson; India; deodar. 

 Tenebrionidse. 



Camarimena rugosistriatibs Blair; India; deodar 

 Cerambycidse. 



Teledapus dorcadioides Pascoe; India; bores in trunk of deodar. 



Strongylurus thoracicus Pascoe; Australia; white cedar. 



Tetropium oreinum Gahan; India; deodar. 



Trinophylum cribratum Bates; India; deodar. 

 Brachyrliinidse. 



Brachyzystus subsignatus Faust; India; defoliates deodar. 



Cossouidae. 



Rhyncholus himalayensis Stebbing; India; bores in wood of deodar 



Scolytldae. 



Polygraphus major Stebbing; India; bores in deodar. 



Polygraphus aterrimus Strohmeyer; India; deodar. 



Cryphalus deodara Stebbing; India; deodar stems. 



Cryphalus himalayensis Stebbing; India; deodar stems. 



Ips stebbingi Strohmeyer; India; deodar stems. 



Pityogenes coniferx Stebbing; India; deodar. 



Scolytus major Stebbing, S. minor Stebbing and S. deodara Stebbing; India; deodar. 



Platypodldse. 



Crossotarsus coniferx Stebbing; India; deodar. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 PyialidsB. 



Euzophera cedrella; India; infests cones of deodar. 

 Phycita abietella; India; infests cones of deodar. 



CELERx • 

 (Apium graveolens. Family Umbelliferae.) 

 A garden v^etable much cultivated for its edible stems. 



A. A CELERY PEST LIKELY TO BE IIVIPOBTED. 



Acldla heraclel Linnseus. 



(Celery Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Celery, parsnip, Heracleum, Angelica, Ligvisticum, Arctium, Artemisia^ 

 Rumex. 

 Injury: Mines leaves and stems, causing considerable injury. 



