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Description and biology: Moth white, with the body suffused with ocherous and 

 rufous, leaving some pale spots on the dorsum; forewings with rufous suffusion on 

 basal area extending below median nervure to middle of wing, hyaline patches at 

 middle and end of cell, rufous edged ocherous spot between them, and another beyond 

 cell, curved postmedial rufous line with irregularly dentate line beyond it inclosing 

 series of hyaline patches; liind wings with base rufous, two irregularly waved rufous 

 post-medial lines; expanse 32-36 mm. Larva 30 mm. long, pale yellowish white, with 

 conspicuous brown tubercles. Eggs elliptical, flat or moderately rounded, laid on 

 leaves. 



Distribution: ^ China, India, Ceylon, Java. Introduced into Hawaii about 1900 and 

 has become quite a pest. 



FuLLAWAY, D. T. Hawaii Agr. Exp. Sta., 1911, Bui. 22, pp. 16-19, fig. 6. 



B. IMPORTANT SWEET-POTATO INSECTS. 



, _ ^ HEMIPTERA. 



Jassidae and Fulgoridse. 



Nesosydne ipomcekola and Aloha ipomax; Hawaii. ■ 



COLEOPTERA. 



Concht/loctenia punctata Fabricius; Africa; sometimes serious. 

 Scarabseldse. 



Adoretus umbrosus tenuimaculatus Waterhouse; Hawaii, Japan. 

 Chrysoraelidae. 



Aspidomorpha militaris Fabricius; India, Java; leaf beetle. 



„ , .^ LEPIDOPTERA. 



Noctuidae. 



Agrotis crinigera, A. dislocata, A. saucia Hiibner, Spodoptera Ma«n7/a Boisduval, Laphygma ezigua 

 Hubner, L. reclusa and Plusia chalcites Esp.; Hawaii; cutworms. 



Sphingldae. 



Herse convolvuli Linnaeus; Hawaii, United States. 



Tineldae. 



:^Bedellia minor Busek; Hawaii, Florida; leaf miner. 

 Bedellia somnulentella Zeller; Cosmopolitan. 

 Bedellia orchilella Walsingham, Hawaii; an important leaf miner. 



Pyralidae. 



Phlyctxnia despecta Butler; Hawaii; leaf roller. 



Tortrlcldae. 



Amorbia emigratella Busck; South America, Hawaii; leaf roller. 



TAMARACK. 



See Conifers. 



TAMARIND. 



(Tamarindus indicus L. Family Leguminoste.) 



An ornamental shade tree grown everywhere in the Tropics. It is grown in southern 

 Florida and California and is used in conservatories in more northern countries. The 

 pods contain a pleasant pulp used in the Tropics as a basis for a cooling drink. This 

 pulp is also used in medicine. The wood is valuable for furniture. 



IMPORTANT TAMARIND INSECTS. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Mylabridse. 



Caryoborus gonagra Fabricius; India, breeds in seed. 



Calendiidse. 



Calendra linearis Herbst; Brazil, West Indies. 

 * Calendra rugicollis Casey, Key West, Fla.; breeds in seed in pod. 



Tenebrlonldse. 



•^Palembus ocularis Casey; Key West, Fla. 

 Stebbi.\g, E. P. Indian Forest Insects. Coleoptera, 1914. 



