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Coconuts were injured by Melissoblaptes rvfovenalis, Lucanid beetles, 

 Oryctes rhinoceros, Rhynchophoriis ferrugineus, Psychid moths, 

 Brachartona catoxantha, Hidari irava, Aleurodicns destructor (?), and 

 locusts. 



Coffee was attacked by Coccus viridis, Pseudococcus (Dactylopius) 

 adonidum, P. virgatus (bicaudatus), P. citri, Brachytrypes sp., 

 Xyleborus coffeae, and Zeuzera coffeae. Mahogony was attacked by 

 borers, Xyleborus, and Attacus atlas. Leaf-eatirig caterpillars injured 

 maize. Pepper was attacked by the pepper weevil. Bananas were 

 damaged by Nacoleia {Notarcha) oclosema, Meyr. Cecidomyia sp., 

 Cirphis unipuncta, locusts, and Lepidopterous borers infested rice, the 

 last-named causing very serious injury [see this Review, Ser. A, iv, p. 85]. 



Sugar-cane was attacked by borers, especially in the case of plants 

 the growth of which had been hindered by bad soil and by disease. 

 Tobacco pests included Prodenia litura, Agrotis ypsilon, Heliothis {Chlo- 

 ridea) obsoleta, Phytometra {Plusia), thrips, Aphids, Opatrum depressmn, 

 Lasioderma serricorne, and tobacco moth. 



Tea pests included HelopeUis [see this Review, Ser. A, v, p. 413J, 

 Psychids, Parasa lepida, leaf-rollers, Brevipalpus oboratus and other 

 mites, Nematodes, and the caterpillars of Cania bilinea. 



Section iv of this report lists and briefly describes the phytopatho- 

 logical literature published in 1915 concerning the Dutch East Indies. 



RiJKS (A. B.). Rapport over een Onderzoek naar de Pisangsterfte op 

 de Saleiereilanden. [Report on the Banana Disease in the Saleyer 

 Islands.]' — Meded. v. h. Laboratorium voor Plantenziekten. Buiten- 

 zorg, no. 21, 1916, 16 pp., 3 plates. [Received 31st July 1917.] 



In this report mention is made of the injury done to coconut palms 

 in the Saleyer Islands, lying between Celebes and Flores, by an 

 Aleurodid believed to be Aleurodicus destructor, Mackie. The fungus, 

 Pestalozzia 2)almarum, is another enemy of coconuts in this locality. 



Trabut ( — ). Culture du Cotonnier en Alg6rie. [Cultivation of Cotton 

 in Algeria.] — Bidl. Agric. Alger. Tun.Maroc, Algiers, xxiii, no. 6, 

 June 1917, pp. 113-127, 8 figs. 



The cultivation of cotton is discussed and in the latter part of the 

 paper attention is drawn to the chief diseases and insect j)ests of 

 cotton, for the information of Algerian growers. 



Lamont (Sir N.). Notes on the Moth, Automeris janus. — Bull. Dept. 

 Agric, Trinidad & Tobago, Port- of- Spain, xvi, no. 1, 4th May 

 1917, p. 21, 1 plate. [Received 25th July 1917.] 



Automeris janus is one of the most beautiful moths of Trinidad, 

 where the larva is found during February on cacao and Bois immortel 

 (Erythrina), but is prevented from becoming a serious pest in the 

 island owing to the attacks of a Tachinid fly, Willistonia esuriens. 

 Of 24 larvae reared by the author, no less than 23 were killed by 

 this fly. 



