INSECTS OF PINEAPPLE, PISTACHIO, AND PLANE TBEE. 171 



PINEAPPLE. 



(Ananas sativus. Family Bromeliaceae.) 



A plant indigenous to America but now cultivated in Hawaii and other parts of 



the world. 



IMPORTANT PINEAPPLE INSECTS. 



ITEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidse. 



Armored— 



Aspidiotusi Targionia) bromclix I,eonardi; England, Sej-chelles. 

 Unarmored— 



Pseudococcus ananassx Kuwana; Japan. 



Pseudococcus brevipes Cockerell; Jamaica, Antigua, Dominica. 



Pseudococcus bromelise Bouch6; TTawaii. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Tineidae. 



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



DIPTEKA. 

 Trypetldae. 



Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann. (See Fruit.) 

 Dacus xanthodes Broun. (See Fruit.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Calandridse. 



Metamasius rilchiei Marshall; Jamaica. (Bull. Ent. Res., vol. 7, p. 197.) 



PISTACHIO. 



(Pistacia vera, etc. Family Anacardiacese.) 



A nut-bearing tree of Asia and Europe, cultivated in California, 



IMPORTANT PISTACHIO INSECTS. 



nEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidae. 



Armored— 



Diaspis gennadii Leonard!; Greece, Italy. 



Leucaspis pistacix Lindinger; Cyprus; Pistacia lentiscus. 

 Unarmored — 



Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus; Pistacia lentiscus, P. terebintJius. 



PLANE TREE; BUTTONWOOD; SYCAMORE. 



(Platanus spp. Family Platanacese.) 

 Ornamental deciduous trees of America, Europe, and Asia, valued for their dense 



IMPORTANT SYCAMORE INSECTS. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Anobiidae. 



Xcstobium rufovillosum DeGeer; England; bores in wood of old-standing trees. 



Scarabseidae. 



Metolontha hippocastani Fabricius and M. melolnntha Linnaeus, Europe; larvae injure roots of seedlings. 



Cerambycidae. 



.^olcsthes sarla Solsky; India; bores in trunks of Platanus orientalis. 



Ipldae. 



Anisandrus dispar Fohncins; Germany; ambrosia beetle. 



LITERATURE. 



lyiNDWOER, L. Die Sehildliiusc (Coceidfn), 1912. 



NOssLiN, O. Leitfaden der Forstinsektenkimde, 2d ed., 1913. 



TlEss, R. Der Forstschutz, 1900, vol. 2. 



SrEBni:^G, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914. 



