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a mite. Stiqmaroden cincfus, Ewing, in pineapple shoots from the 

 Straits Settlements ; Agromyza shineri, Gir., and a species of Xylcborus 

 on wistaria from Japan ; Calandra linearis, Hrbst., in tamarind seed 

 j)ods from Guatemala and Cape Verde Islands ; Gryllotalpa (jryllotalya, 

 L. (European mole-cricket) in soil round azaleas from Holland ; 

 Melanaaster chinensis, For., on Japanese figs ; and Emjihytus cinctus, 

 L.. on various plants from Britain. France and Holland. 



On flower bulbs ^^ere taken Otiorrhynchus snlcatus , F., from Holland ; 

 Pyralify farinalis. L.. from France; Eumerus strigatus. Fall., Merodon 

 equestris. ¥., Rhizoglyphns rhizopliagus, Banks, and R. hyacinthi, 

 Boisd., from France and Holland. Awiraphis tulipae, Boyer, infested 

 Iris tingitana from France, and a species of the same genus was found 

 on Iris alberti from England. A new species of Liothrips was found on 

 a Uly from France, and an undescribed species of Tarsonemus on 

 narcissus from Holland. Unidentified Chironomids, Cecidomyiids and 

 Agromyzids were also intercepted. 



As in former years, Coccids were frequently met with, the n:iore 

 important being : — Asjndiotits transparens, Green, on cycads from 

 South Africa ; Selenaspidus pumilus, Brain, from South Africa ; Targionia 

 broweliae Newst., on pineapple shoots from Straits Settlements ; 

 T. hartii, Ckll., on yams and sweet potatoes from Africa ; T. sacchari, 

 Ckll.. on sugar-cane from Porto Rico ; Chionaspis exalbida, Ckll., 

 on aloe and Pandanus from Port EUzabeth, South Africa ; C. niger, 

 Ckll., on litchi from Hawaii ; Lcpidosapkes alba, Ckll., on Manihot 

 sp. from St. Kitts, British West Indies, Bahama Islands, and the 

 Belgian Congo, and on Manihot escidenta from Jamaica ; Parlatoria 

 calianthina, B. & L., on Pyrus communis from Algeria ; P. pseudas- 

 pidiotus. Lindg., on orchids from the Philippines ; Eulecanium 

 {Lecanium) cerasorum, Ckll., on wistaria from Japan ; L. kunoensis, 

 Kuwana, on plums from Japan ; E. (L.) persicae, F., on Berberis 

 verruculosa from France ; Pulvinariafloccifera, Westw., on Renanfhera 

 imschootiana from England ; Pseudococcus boninensis, Kuwana, on 

 sugar-cane from Argentina ; P. comstocki, Kuw., on persimmon from 

 Japan ; P. crotonis, Green, on orchid from Porto Rico ; P. sacchari, 

 Ckll.. on cow cane and Indian cane from Rhodesia, and on sugar-cane 

 from Cuba and the Virgin Islands ; P. virgatus, Ckll., on- litclii from 

 the PhiHppine Islands. 



Davis (J. J.). The Green Japanese Beetle Problem. — .//. Econ. 

 Entom., Concord, N.H., xiii, no. 2, April 1920, pp. 185-194. 



The green Japanese beetle {Popillia japonica, Xewm.) has increased 

 very rapidly in Xew Jersey, and was at least ten times as numerous in 

 1919 as in the previous year, infesting an area of 15,000 acres. Grants 

 had been made in previous years by the State and Federal Govern- 

 ments for its extermination or control, but in 1919 it was decided that 

 the policy of eradication must be abandoned and the cost of control 

 was estimated at a minimum of about £14,000. Congress appropriated 

 £7,000 ; this will enable valuable work to be done, but is insufficient 

 for success, since in spite of the measures of the past two seasons, the 

 msect has increased enormously and spread rather rapidly. 



The life-history and habits of this beetle have been already noticed 

 [R.A.E., A, vi, 440 ; vii, 224, 411], but in the present paper pupation 



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