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Coccidae— Continued. 

 Unarmored— Continued. 



Pseudococcus cocotis Maskell; Guam. 



Fseudococcus dubia Newstead; Barbados, Grenada. 



Pseudococcus pandani Cockerell; Fiji; coconut. 



Pseudococcus virgatus Cockerell; Jamaica, Mexico; coconut. 



RhizcEcus falcifcT Kiinckel; Algeria, Sicily. 



J?/(/zffiCMs (?) <crres<ri.s Newstead; London (greenhouse). 



Ripersia palmarum Etirliorn; Hawaii; Cocos nucifera, Areca lutescens. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 CalendridaB. 



Rhabdocnemis obscurus Boisduval; Hawaii, etc. (See Sugar Cane.) 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Pyralidse. 



^EpheHia cautella Walker; Egypt; breeds in half ripe dates. (Gough, L. H.: The Agric. Journ. 

 Egypt, vol. 3, 1914, pp. 104-105.) 



Lycaenldae. 



Vimchola livia Klug; Egypt; breeds in dates (Gough, 1. c, p. 105). 



TlneidsB. 



Ereunetis flavistriata Walsingham; Hawaii. (See Sugar Cane.) 



Zygaenidae. 



Levuana iridescens Bethune-Baker; Fiji. (See Royal palm.) 



PANAMA RUBBER. 



{Castilloa elastica. Family Moraceae.) 

 African, Mexican, and Central American trees yielding rubber. 



A PANAMA-RUBBER INSECT LIKELY TO BE IMPORTED. 



Inesida leprosa Fabricius. 

 (Castilloa Borer. Ceramby cidse ; Coleoptera.) 



Host: Panama rubber ( Castilloa elastica) . 



Injury: Very serious borer. In West Africa it has almost ruined Castilloa culture. 



Description and biology: Beetle brown, venter and greater part of elytra covered with 

 yellowish brown scales; a black triangle on lateral margin of each elj-tron beyond 

 middle; humeri of elytra strong and coarsely punctured; length 25-35 mm. Larva 

 5 cm. long, with large clypeus. Eggs laid at base of trunk. Pupates in larval tunnel. 



Distribution: West and East Africa. 

 SoRAUER, P. Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten, 3d ed., 1913, vol. 3, pp. 502, 503. 



PAPAYA. 



(Carica papaya. Family Passifloraceae.) 

 A tropical fruit-bearing tree grown in Florida. 



IMPORTANT PAPAYA INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidae. 



Aspidiotus destructor Signoret; Amani, Africa. 

 Pseudoparlatoria ostriata Cockerell; Cuba. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Calendridae. 



Rhabdocnemis obscurus Boisduval. (See Sugar cane.) 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetidae. 



Ceratilis capitala Wiedemann; attacks Carica papaya and C. qucrcifolia. (See Fruit.) 

 ^~ Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker; papaya fruit fly; West Indies, Florida (F. Knab and W. W. 

 Yothers, Journ. Agr. Res., vol. 2, pp. 447^53, 2 plates. 



