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INDEX. 



Platycoris qiiadrivittata, on oak in 

 British Columbia, 179. 



Platycdra gossypiella (Pink Boll- 

 worm), in Portuguese East Africa, 

 229 ; intercepted in cotton seed 

 in South Africa, 98, 578; in 

 French West Africa, 359 ; in 

 Anguilla, 400 ; legislation against 

 introduction of, into Australia, 

 354 ; precautions against spread 

 of, in Brazil, 141, 142, 143; in 

 Egypt, 72, 73, 316, 384, 474, 599 ; 

 in India, 71, 72, 74, 272, 400, 599 ; 

 not yet recorded in Mesopotamia, 

 603 ; in Mexico, 43, 143, 269, 400, 

 461, 462 ; legislation against, in 

 Mexico, 587 ; in Montserrat, 99, 

 400 ; in Porto Rico, 560 ; in 

 St. Croix, 463 ; in Siam and 

 China, 509 ; in U.S.A., 17, 143, 

 155, 178, 326, 403, 405 ; legisla- 

 tion against, in U.S.A., 17, 235, 

 286, 3i3, 388 ; in West Indies, 99, 

 261, 315, 324, 400, 463, 481, 537, 

 586 ; measures against, 72, 73, 

 99, 316, 400, 403, 461, 462, 474, 

 481, 537, 586 ; natural enemies 

 of, 72, 599 ; characters differ- 

 entiating, from other Lepi- 

 doptera, 141, 293. 



Platygaster contorticornis, hosts of, 

 in Bavaria, 608. 



Platygaster dryomyiae, bionomics of, 

 in Italy, 474. 



Platvparea poeciloptera (Asparagus 

 Flv), bionomics and control of, 

 in "France, 420, 587. 



Platyptilia citropleura, on Begonia 

 in India, 272. 



Platyptilia pusillidactyla, destroying 

 Lantana in India, 272 ; intro- 

 duced into Mexico, 272. 



Platypus, in Hevea brasiliensis in 

 Dutch East Indies, 369. 



Platypus biformis, in Piniis longi- 

 folia in India, 188. 



Platypus cupiUatus, in Terminalia 

 belerica in India, 188. 



Platypus cupulifer, in Shorea robusta, 

 in India, 188. 



Platypus curtus, in Shorea robusta 

 in India, 188. 



Platypus falcatus, in Alnus nepa- 

 lensis in India, 188. 



Platypus indicus, in Artocarpus in- 

 tegrifolia in India, 188. 



Platypus omnivorus, measures 

 against, in forests in New South 

 Wales, 616. 



Platvpus rectangulus, in Anogeissus 

 latifolia in India, 188. 



Platvpus secretus, food-plants of, in 

 India, 188. 



Platypus suffodiens, in Pithecolobium 

 sainan in India, 188. 



Platypus solidus, food-plants of, in 

 India, 188 ; probably associated 

 with RhyncJiophorus ferrugineus 

 in coconuts in Dutch East Indies, 

 299. 



Platypus uncinatus, food-plants of, 

 in India, 188. 



plebeia, Antestia (see A. partita). 



plebeiana, Crocidosema. 



plebeja, Cicada. 



Plectrodera scalator, a pest of shade- 

 trees in U.S.A., 577. 



Pleistodontes froggatti, bionomics of, 

 in figs in Australia, 469. 



Pleistodontes imperialis, 469. 



Plemeliella abietina (Spruce-seed 

 Gall-midge), -parasites of, in 

 Bavaria, 607, 608 ; confused with 

 Pcrrisia strobi, 607. 



Plemyristis oenochares, sp. n., on 

 cacao in Nigeria and Natal, 123. 



Plesiocoris riigicollis, in Alaska, 241. 



Plesispa, on coconut in Dutch East 

 Indies, 507. 



Plesispa reichei, bionomics of, on 

 coconut in Malaya, 412. 



Pleurotropis benefica, sp. n., para- 

 site of Tracheitis tabidus in U.S.A., 

 379. 



Pleurotropis epilachnae, sp. n., para- 

 site of Epilachna in India, 136. 



plicatus, Ufens. 



Plodia aniericana, effect of chloro- 

 picrin on, in stored grain, 592. 



Plodia interpuHctella (Indian Meal 

 Moth), in Canada, 13, 124, 542 ; 

 intercepted in British Columbia, 

 583 ; in nuts in New South Wales, 

 218 ; in U.S.A., 97, 239, 340 ; in 

 stored grain in Virgin Islands, 

 431 ; fumigation against, 124, 

 431. 



Ploiaria doynestica, predacious on 

 other insects in Macedonia, 95. 



Plover, destroying noxious insects 

 in Australia, 13. 



Pluchia indica, Chrysomclid beetle 

 on, in Dutch East Indies, 507. 



Plum {Prunus doynestica), legislation 

 restricting importation of, into 

 Australia, 244 ; pests of, in South 

 Africa, 84, 98, 243, 578 ; Apidi- 

 otus perniciosus on, in Brazil, 593 ; 

 pests of, in Britain, 258, 431, 

 487 ; pests of, in Bulgaria, 496, 

 498 ; pests of, in Canada, 124 ; 

 Anarsia lineatella intercepted on, 

 in British Columbia, 583 ; pests 



