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CoccidsB— Continued. 

 Unarmored — Continued. 



Tachardia fid Green; India; Ficus religiosa. 



Tachardia lacca Kerr; British Guiana, India, Ceylon; Ficus elastica, F. carica, F. glomerata, F. indica, 

 F. infectoria, F. laccifera, F. nervosa, F. obtusifolia, F. religiosa, F. rumphii, F. tjakela, F. comosa, 

 F. cordifolia, F. cunia, F. palmata. 

 Vimonia stellif era WailkeT; British Guiana; Ficus altissima. (See Coffee.) 



Pentatomidse* 



Peltophora pedicillaia Kirby; Australia. (See Plum.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Buprestidae* 



Lampra assamensis Stebbing; India; on Ficus elastica. 



Chrysomelidse. 



Crioceris impressa Fabrlcius; India; feeds on foliage of Ficus elastica. 

 Podontia H-punctata Linnaeus; India; a defoliating leaf beetle on Ficus elastica. 



Cerambycidse. 



Xoanodera regularis Gahan; India; bores between the bast and sapwood of Ficus elastica. 



Xylotrechus gahani Stebbing; India; bores in the branches of Ficus elastica. 



Batocera rubra Linnseus; India; bores in the trunk of fig trees (Ficus carica), causing much injury. 



(See pi. XXI.) 

 Batocera albofasciata DeGeer; India, Java, Kamerun; an important borer in Ficus elastica. 

 Batocera frenchi; Australia; bores in native fig trees. 



Olenecamptus bilobus Fabricius; India; bores in Ficus rumphii, F. glomerata, and F. roxburghii. 

 Phryneta spinator Fabricius; East Africa; bores in Ficus elastica. 

 Phryneta conradti Kolbe, East Africa; bores in Ficus elastica. 

 Petrognatha gigas Fabricius var. spinosa; West and East Africa; attacks Ficus spp. 

 Rosenbergia megacephala; Australia; bores in fig trees. 



Curculionidse. 



CuTcuUo amcenus Fabricius {Balaninus); Australia; breeds in the fruit of Ficus rubiginosa. 

 Alcides scenicus Faust; India; in Ficus elastica. 



Scolytidae. 



jDiamerMs^cJ Blandford; India; attacks nm-sery stock of i^'icws etes^jco. 

 Hypoborus ficus Erichson; Europe; galleries in bark of figs. 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetldae. 



Cerafitis capitata Wiedemann; attacks fruit of Ficus carica. (See Fruit. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Bombycidse. 



Ounda sikkima; India; attacks foliage of Ficus elastica. 



Ocinara dileetula Walker and 0. signifcra Walker; Java; attack foliage of Ficus bergmanniana and 

 F. elastica. 



LITERATURE. 



Stebbing, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914. 

 Stebbing, E. P. A Manual of Forest Zoology for India, 1908. 

 SoBAUER, P. Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten, 3d ed., 1913, vol. 3. 



FIR. 



{Picea spp., Abies spp. Family Pinacese.) 



Tall, pyramidal, evergreen trees growing in the northern and mountainous regions 

 of the northern hemisphere. The wood is soft and perishable, but valuable products, 

 such as balsam, are obtained from the exudations. For convenience the insect 

 pests are arranged under Conifers. 



FLAX. 



(Linum tisitatissimum. Family Linacese.) 



A plant of Europe and America cultivated for its oil-bearing seed and fibrous 

 stem. 



