196 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



IMPOETANT SOEGHUM INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTEEA. 

 Pyralldae. 



Chilo simplex Butler; India, Formosa. (See Sugar cane.) 

 Chilo auricilia Dudgeon; India. (See Rice.) 



Noctuidse. 



Sesamia cretica Led.; Sudan; attacks durra. (See Sugar cane.) 



SOY BEAN. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim. Family Leguminosse.) 



The soy bean was introduced into this country from the Orient. Care should be 

 taken to see that seed pests are not introduced. 



AN IMPOETANT SOY-BEAN PEST. 



Laspeyresia glycinivorella Matsumura (Grapholltha). 



(Soy Bean Moth. Tortricidae; Lepidoptera.) 

 Host: Soy bean. 



Injury: Breeds in the pods ; very injiuious. 

 Description and biology: Similar to that of L. nebritana on peas. 

 Distribution: Japan. 



SoRAUER, P. Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten, 3d ed., 1913, vol. 3, p. 284. 



SPINACH. 



(Spinacia oleracea. Family Chenopodiaoeae.) 



An annual herb originating in Asia, now much cultivated for its edible foliage. 



AN IMPOETANT SPINACH INSECT. 



DIPTERA. 

 Anthomyidae. 



;}; ChoTtophila (Pegomya) hyoscyami Panzer (spinach leafminer). (See Beets.) 



SPEUCE. 



(Abies spp., Picea spp. Family Pinacese.) 



Ornamental evergreen trees of the cold and temperate zones of the northern hemi- 

 sphere, liighly valued for shade, parking, wind breaks, and hedges, and valuable for 

 timber. For convenience the insect pests are arranged under Conifers. 



STRAWBERRY. 



(Fragaria spp. Family Rosaceae.) 

 Low vines bearing delicious fruit, cultivated in Europe, and America especially. 



IMPOETANT STEAWBEEEY INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Aphldidee. 



MacTOsiphum fragarix Koch; Europe; sucks juices. 

 Macrosiphum fragariellum Theobald; Europe. 

 Macrosiphum rogersii Theobald; England. 



Pentatomldse. 



Dindymus versicolor; Australia; injiuious. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Carabidae. 



Earpalus ruficornis Fabricius; Europe; attacks fruit. 



Pterostichus vulgaris Linnaeus; Europe; a wingless beetle, attacks fruit and also feeds on angleworms. 



