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sp. ; and Oxycarenus luctuosus (small black cotton bug). Epilaclina 

 vigintioctopunctata and Heliothis obsoleta {armigera) infested tomatos. 

 Cabbages were attacked by Plutella jnaculipennis {cruciferarum) 

 (diamond -back caterpillar), Helliila undalis and Brevicoryne {Aphis) 

 hrassicae. Thrips tabaci ? was abundant on onions ; cucumbers 

 were injured by Leptoglossus tnembranaceus, a bug that also caused 

 great damage to Citrus. Agro?nyza phaseoli seriously injured beans. 



Orchard pests include : Dacus ferrugineus [Bactrocera tryoni), 

 Aphis persicae-niger,Dichocrocis punctiferalis and Gryllus sp. on peaches ; 

 Aphis sp. on plums ; a Pyralid, Aphytoceros lucusalis (shoot-boring 

 •caterpillar) and an undetermined scale-insect on figs ; Eriosoma 

 lanigerum (woolly aphis) and Aspidiotxs perniciosus (San Jose scale) 

 on apples ; Bryobia sp. and Protaetia mandarinea (fruit-eating 

 Cetoniid) on pears. 



Citrus was attacked by Oncoscelis sulciventris (bronze sucking bug), 

 Siphanta galeata (torpedo bug), Chrysomphalus aurantii (red scale), 

 C. aonidum (circular black scale), Ceroplastes rubens (pink wax scale), 

 Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), Lepidosaphes beckii {Myti- 

 laspis fulva) (mussel scale), Pseudococcus adonidv.m {Dacfylopius 

 longispinus) (mealy bug), Saissetia (Lecanium) nigra, Coccus {L.) 

 hesperidiim, the mites Eriophyes {Typhlodromus) oleivorus and Tenui- 

 palptis sp., JJracanthus cryptophagus (stem-girdling beetle borer), 

 Curculionids and fruit-sucking moths {Ophideres). 



Cosmopolites sordidus (weevil borer), Thrips sp., and a Noctuid, 

 Tirocala phgiafa, attacked bananas ; Pseudococcus [Dactylopius) 

 bromeliae infested pine-apples and Achaea Janata {Ophiusa melicerta) 

 castor-oil plants. 



Eoses were attacked by Icerya pvrchasi, Coccus longidus, Chrysom- 

 phalus aurantii ■ and C. aonidum,. Laburnum trees {Cassia breivsteri) 

 were injured by a wood-boring caterpillar and a Cetoniid beetle, 

 Protael ia mandarin m . 



Other miscellaneous insects include : the lucerne webworm, Tortrix 

 divulsana {glaphyrana), which did enormous damage, a Jassid, grass- 

 hoppers and Prodenia litura {testaceoides) on lucerne {Medicago sativa); 

 a Pyralid, Hypsiptyla robusta (cedar twig borer) and Asjndiotus 

 (Euasjndiotus) lataniae (white cedar scale) on red cedar {Cedrela toona); 

 Pajnlio aegeus on crows ash {Flindersia) ; a gall-producing caterpillar 

 destroying the foliage of tallowwood {EucalyjMis microcorys) ; an un- 

 determined Tortricid, Anobium sp.. Platypus solidus, the Curculionids, 

 Orthorrhinus cylindrirostris and Euthirrhinus meditabundus, and the 

 Oedemerid, Selenopselaphus {Selenopalpus) cyaneus, on Araucaria 

 bidwilli ; the Scolytids, Crossotarsus armipennis and Hylesinus pseudo- 

 mori, on waddy\^iood {Pseudomorus brunnoniana) ; the Cossids, 

 Xyleutes boisduvali on grey gum {Eucalypitus tereticornis) and Endoxyla 

 eucalypti on Acacia sp. ; a Gelechiid moth, Cryptophaga irrorata, on 

 forest oak {Casuarina inophloia) and river oak {C. cunninghami) ; 

 Epicoma {Teara) tephrosia ? on white cedar {Melia composita) ; a Pierid 

 butterfly, Terias hecabe, on locust trees {Robinia spp.); and a mite, 

 Phyllocoptes lycopersici, which caused rosette disease and fruit sterility 

 of tomatos. 



The lantana seed-fly, Agroinyza sp., has been imported from 

 Honolulu for the purpose of destroying lantana, and has become 

 established in certain districts, as has also the wild cochineal insect, 



