186 A MANUAL OF DANGEKOUS INSECTS. 



IMPORTANT PBICKLY-PEAR. INSECT. 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetldae. 



Ceratitis capUala Wiedemann; attacks Opuntia tuna, and 0. vulgaris. (See Fruit.) 



PURSLANE. 



(Portulaca oleracea. Family Portulacacese.) 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Low, fleshy, perennial or annual herbs mostly American. The purslane is culti- 

 vated for its edible foliage. Other species are cultivated for their flowers. 



IMPORTANT PURSLANE INSECT. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Pyralidae. 



■^if^Hellula undalis Fabricius; Europe, Australia, parts of United States. (See Cabbage.) 



jTiG. 88.— Death's-head hawk-moth (^f?if ron/;« nn-opos): Larva. (Kirby.) 



QUINCE. 



(Cydonia ohionga, etc. Family Rosacese.) 



Ornamental shrubs and trees, from Asia now widely cultivated. C. ohionga, the 

 quince, yields a fruit used in preserves. C. japonica is much prized as an ornamental 

 slirub 



IMPORTANT QUINCE INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 



Coccidse. 



Lecanium rugosum Siguoret; Europe. 

 ^^Lecanium persicx Fabricius; Europe, Australia, California. 

 Lecanium coryli Linnseus; Europe. 

 Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) africanus Marlatt; South Africa. . 



