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A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



TOON. 



(Cedrela toona, etc. Family Meliacea?.) 



Tall ornamental trees of the Tropics; some species cultivated in California and the 

 Gulf States. 



AN INSECT INJURIOUS TO TOON. 



LEPIDOrTERA. 

 Pyralldae. 



Hypsipyla robmla Moore; India; bores in flowers, buds, fruit, and twigs of toon {Cedrela toona). 



Stebbing, E. p. a Manual of Forest Zoology for India, 1908. 



TROPICAL ALMOND. 



( Term inalia spp . Family Combretacepe . ) 



Tropical plants, chiefly of the Old World, some of them with edible seed. T. 

 catappa is cultivated in Florida and Porto Rico. 



IMPORTANT TERMINALIA INSECTS. 



THYSANOPTERA. 



:^ Heliothrips rubrocinclus Giard; West Indies, Ceylon, Uganda, Florida. (See Avocado.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Bostrychldse. 



Sinoxylon crassum Lesne; India; bores in wood of Terminalia tomentosa. T. chcbula. 



Sinoxylon anale Lesne; India; bores; 



in wood of Terminalia bellerica. 



Lyctus spinifrons Lesne; India; bores 



in posts of Terminalia tomentosa. 



Biiprestidse. 



Psilopteraviridans Kerremans; India; 

 bores in wood of Terminalia to- 

 mentosa. 



Chrysobothris indica Cast, et Gory; 

 India; boresin wood of Terminalia 

 tomentosa. 



Ceramtoycidse. 



^olesthes holosericca Fabricius; India; 

 Fig. 106.— Tobacco cutworm ( Triphaena pronuba): Adult. bores in wood of Terminalia to 



(Targioni-Tozzetti.) mentosa. 



Brentidse. 



Ceocephalus carus Walker; India; bores in wood of Terminalia tomentosa. 



Platj'podidae. 



Platypus cupulatus Chapuis; India; bores in wood. 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetldse. 



Ceralitis capitata Wiedemann; attacks Terminalia catappa. (See Fruit.) 

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



TURNIP; RUTABAGA. 



{Brassica rapa, Brassica campestris. Family Cruciferse.) 

 These root crops will bear watching for root pests. 



IMPORTANT TURNIP INSECTS. 



Mellgethes aeneus Fabricius. 



(Turnip Flower Beetle. Nitidulidse; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Turnip, rape, cabbage, and other crucifers. 



Injury: Does considerable damage to the buds and flowers, causing stunted and 

 shriveled appearance. 



