IlSrSECTS OF RICE AND ROSE. 



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Chrysomelidae— Continued. 



Chxtocnema basalts Baly; India; flea-beetle. (See text fig. 93.) 

 Lema flavipes Svfintin; Japan. 



CurcuJlonidse. 



Echinocnemis squameus Billberg; Formosa; root weevil. 

 Hypomeces unicolor Fabriciiis; Java, 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Pyralldse. 



Chilo simplex Butler; India, 



Formosa. (See Sugar cane.) 

 Nymphula depunctalis Gu^nee; 

 rice case bearer; India. Burma, 

 Ceylon, Java, Australia: feeds 

 on leaves, (See pi. XL.) 

 Nymphula fluctuosalis Zeller; 



India. 

 Melissoblaptes gularis Zeller; 

 Japanese grain moth; Japan, 

 England; larvae injure stored 

 rice. 



Noctuldse. 



Prodenia litura Fabricius; India, 

 Egypt; the cotton worm. 



Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval; 

 Africa. Asia, Australia; army 

 worm. 



Nonagria inferens Walker; 

 Formosa, Orient. 

 Hesperidse. 



Parnara mathias Fabricius; In- 

 dia; the rice skipper. (See 

 pi. XLI.) 



GallerUdse. 



Paralipsa modesta Butler; Japan, 

 Hawaii; larvse injurestored rice' 



Fig. 93.— Rice flea-beetle ( Chaetomema basalis): a, Adult, b, head, 

 enlarged; c, hind leg, enlarged. (Maxwell-Lefroy.)' 



ROSE. 



{Rosa spp. Family Rosacese.) 



Ornamental deciduous shrubs bearing beautiful flowers, much imported in 

 nursery stock. f yx u. 



A. AN IMPORTANT ROSE INSECT LIKELY TO BE IMPORTED. 



Adoretus umbrosns Fabricius and its var. tenuimaculatus Waterhouse. 



(The Japanese Rose Beetle. Scarab^idaj; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Rose trees, citrus, grape, cotton, sugarcane. 



Injury: Injurious to citrus, rose, grape, etc., in Hawaii, Rose trees in Fiji, and su-ar 

 cane m Java, devouring the foliage. The larv* feed at the roots. May be introduc°ed 

 m the soil. 



Biology: The adult is nocturnal in habit, hiding beneath the soil in the day and 

 emerpng m swarms at night. Larval stage, 17 days, pupal stage about 10 days, and 

 egg stage from 6 to 8 days. 



Distribution: Hawaii, Fiji, Japan, Java. 

 FuLLowAY, D. T. Hawaii Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 18, p, 11. 



B. OTHER IMPORTANT ROSE INSECTS. 



tocclda. HEMIPTERA. 



Unarmored — 

 Lecanium pulchrum Marchal; Germany, Rosa arvensis. 

 Lecanium perornatum Cockerell and Parr.; Austria; Rosa canina. 



