MAXGO INSECTS. 145 



Dacus rarotongae Froggatt. 



(Raratonga Fniit Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 

 Host: Mango. 



Injury: Larvae feed in fruit. 



Description: Adult female length 9 mm., thorax shining black; ■nings hyaline; 

 abdomen diamond shaped; anal segment and ovipositor yellow. 

 Distribution: Raratonga, Cook Islands. 



Froggatt. "W. W. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales. 1910. vol. 35, pt. 4, p. 872. 



Dacus tongensis Froggatt. 



(Tonga Fruit Fly. Tr>T)etid8e; Diptera.) 

 Host: Mango. 



Injury: Bred from mangos imported into New Zealand. 

 Description: Adult female length 9 mm.; head dull yellow; thorax black, no yellow 



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Fig. 73.— The mango weevil {Sternochetus mangiferx): a, Larva; 6, pupa. Much enlarged. (Marlatt.j 



on shoulders;, wings hyaline, nervures chocolate brown; abdomen black, elongate, 

 oval; legs light yellow, sometimes clouded at apex of femora. 



Distribution: Tonga. 

 Froggatt, W. W. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 1910, vol. 35. pt. 4. p. 870. 



B. i:>IPORTAXT MANGO INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidae: 



Armored— 

 Anjiidiotus ( Chrysomphalus) personatus Comstock; West Indies, Mexico. (See Olive.) 

 Aspidiotus ( Morganella) longispina Morgan; Hawaii, Mauritius; scale of adult female less than 1 mm. 

 wide, circular, flattened with reddish nipple-like exuvium. 



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