194 A MANUAL OF DANGEEOUS INSECTS. 



Flatypodldse. 



Crossotarsus saundersi Chapuis; India; bores in Shorea robusta. 

 Platypus curtus Chapuis; India; bores in Shorea robusta. 

 Platypus talurse Stebbing; India; Bores in Shorea talura. 



Diapusfurtivus Sampson, D. quinguespinatus Chapuis, and D. mirus Sampson; India; bores in shorn 

 robusta. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Geometrldse. 



Boarmia sclanaria; India; feeds on yoimg growth, leaves, and flowers. 



Lasiocaiupidae. 



Suana concolor; India; defoliator. 

 Trabala vishnu; India; defoliator. 

 Dasychira horsfeldi; India; defoliator. 

 Leucoma diaphana: India; defoliator. 



Lymantriidae. 



Lymantria grandis, L. lipcha, and L. brittata; India; defoliators. 



LITERATURE. 



Stebbing, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914. 

 STEBBrNG, E. P. A Manual of Forest Zoology for India, 1908. 



SAPODILLA. 



{Sideroxylon [Achrns] sapota. Family Sapotacese.) 



A fruit-bearing tree of the West Indies, central America, and northern South America 

 cultivated in southern Florida. 



IMPORTANT SAPODILLA INSECTS. 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetidae. 



Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann. (See Fruit.) 

 Anastrcphaludens hoevf, Mexico. (See Fruit.) 



SILK COTTON. 



(Bovibax malabaricum. Family Malvaceae.) 



Tropical trees. The bark of some species produces commercial fiber. 



IMPORTANT SILK COTTON INSECTS 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidae. 



Aspidoproctus giganteus Newstead; Africa; Ceiba bombaxi. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 BostrycLIdse. 



Hcterobostrichus sequalis Waterhouse; India; bores in the wood. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Lymantriidae. 



Dasychira horsfeldi; India; defoliator. 

 Noctuidae. 



Mudaria cornifrons; India; breeds in the pods. 



LITERATURE. 



STEBBING, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914. 

 Stebbing, E. P. Manual of Forest Zoology for India, 1908. 



SILKY OAK. 



(Grevillea robusta. Family Proteaceae.) 



A valuable lawn tree with fine fern-leaved foliage, indigenous to Australia, but 

 now cultivated in Florida and California. 



