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A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



a — 



ScarabaeidK — Continued. 



Cetonia lugubris Voet; Europe; breeds in tender bark above the ground, causing reddening of plant. 



(See text fig. 102.) 

 Pentodon punctatus Kirby; Europe; Africa; larva destructive to roots. 

 Otylhijreaftinesta Poda; Italy; damages leaves. \ 



Tenebrlonidse. 



Blaps mucronata Latreille; Italy. 



Entochira lateralis Boheman; Java. (See Sugar cane.) 



GonocepMlum intermedium Fischer; Bessarabia; causes stunted growth by boring. 



Gonocephalum acutangulum Fairmaire; Java; 

 bores in stalks: G. (Opatrum) pusillum Fab- 

 ricius; Europe; borer. 

 Pedinus femoralis Mulsant; Bessarabia. 



Curcullonldae. 



Cleonus piinctiventris Germar; Europe. (See 

 Beet.) 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Noctuidse. 



A gratis trux Hiibner of Europe, A . segetum Schif- 

 fermiller (see text fig. 103) of Europe, ^ msarto 

 lactinea Cr. of Asia (see text fig. 104), A . moorei 

 of Asia, A . lineola Fabricius of India and Cey- 

 lon; cutworms. 

 Laphygma reclusa; Orient. 

 Chloridea pcltigera Schiffermiller, and C. assulta 



Guenee; India. 

 Euxoa spinifera Hiibner; Europe, Asia, Africa. 

 Mamestra brassicx Linnseus and M. albicolor 

 Hiibner; Italy. 

 Micromima olivia; Cuba, leaf roller on tomato, tobacco, and eggplant. 

 Plusia gamma Linnaeus; Europe, and P. argentifera; Tasmania. 

 Prodenia litura Fabricius; Asia, Africa, Australia. (See text flg. 105.) 



Spjdoptera miuritia Boisduval, and Triphxna pronuba Linnaeus; very widely distributed. (See text 

 flg. 106.) 



GelechUdsB. 



^Phtkorimsea operculella Zeller. 



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Fig. 102.— Tobacco beetle (Cetonia lugubris). (Tar- 

 gioni-Tozzetti.) 



(See Potato.) 



Fig. lQ3.~Toha.cco cutworm {Agrolis segetum): Adult. (Targioni-Tozzetti.) 



LITERATURE. 



Targioni-Tozetti, Ad. Animali ed Insetti del Tabacco en Erba e del Tabacco Seeco, 1891. Firenze- 



Roma. 

 Maxwell-Lefroy, H. F. Indian Insect Pests. 1906. Calcutta. 



LiNDEMAN, K. VON. Die Schiidlichsten Insekten des Tabakin Bessarabia. 1888. Moscow 

 Maxwell-Lefroy, H. F. Indian Museum Notes, Vol. 3. 

 Various authors in Memoires Dept. Agr. India, Entomological Series. 

 Howard, C. W., in Transvaal Agricultural Journal during 1907 and 1908. 

 FULLAWAY, D. T. Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta., 1914, Bui. 34. 

 JONES, C.R. Philippine Agr. Rev., 1913, V. 6, no. 9. 



