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the scales, Lepidosaphes gloveri, Pack. ; L. beckii, Newm. {citri- 

 cola, Pack.), and Selenaspidus silvaticus, Lind. On pineapple, Pseudo- 

 coccus bromeliae, Bcli. On mango, Ceratitis punctata, Wied. ; Icenja 

 seychelhrum, Westw. ; Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis, Green ; and 

 Aspidiotus destructor, Sign. On custard apple, Antestia lineaticollis, 

 Stal ; TacJiardia decorella, Mask., and T. longisetosa, Newst. (lac- 

 producing scales); Stictococcus diversiseta, Silv., Ceroplastes quadri- 

 lineatus, Newst., and C. ceriferus, And. On guava, Icerya sulphurea, 

 Lind., Tachardia decorella, Mask., Inglisia conchiformis, Newst., 

 Cerop)lastes singidaris, Newst., Coccus setigerum, Newst., C. signatum, 

 Newst., Aspidiotus cydoniae, Comst., and A. destructor. Sign. On 

 banana, Aspidiotus cyanophylU, Sign., and A. destructor. 



The shade tree, Gliricidia maculata, is attacked by the scales, 

 Pseudococciis citri and Coccus longidus, Dougl., and by the Aphid, 

 Toxoptera cojfeae, Nietn. 



Six swarms of locusts were reported during the year. 



Parasites and predaceous insects were studied and reared in large 

 numbers ; these include : Coccophagus nigropleurum, Gir., and 

 Aenasiella africa, Gir., reared from Tachardia decorella, Mask., and 

 a moth larva Stathmopoda oesteetis, Meyr., predaceous on this scale; 

 Tetrastichus gowdeyi, Crawi., reared from Pulvinaria jacJcsoni, Newst. ; 

 Neomphadoidella ceroplastae, Gir., Eurytoma galeati, Gir., and Scutellista 

 cyanea, Mots., reared from Ceroplastes galeatus, Newst. Euhlemma 

 scitula, Ramb., was found to be predaceous upon Inglisia conchiformis, 

 Newst. Coccophagus saintbeauvei, Gir., was bred from Saissetia oleae, 

 Bern.; caterpillars of Eublemma costimacula, Saalm., were found 

 preying upon Stictococcus diversiseta, Silv. Coccop)hagus comperei, Gir., 

 and Epitetrastichus ugandensis, Gir., were reared from Stictococcus 

 goivdeyi, Newst. Chilocorus discoideus was predaceous upon Aspidiotus 

 destructor, Sign., and Epilachna punctipennis, Muls., upon Aphis 

 gossypii, Glover. Tetrastichus ovivorum, Crawf., was reared from 

 Conchyloctaenia punctata, F., and T. sculpturatus, Waterst., from Neptis 

 agatha. Cram. Phorinia verritus. Walk., was reared from Dasychira 

 crenidata, B.-B. ; and a new species of Bothria, Cryptus formosus, 

 Brulle, Ap)anteles africcmus, Vier., and Telenomus gowdeyi, Crawf., 

 from Anaphe infracta, Wlsm. 



De Seabra (A. F.). Etudes sur les Maladies et les Parasites du 

 Cacaoyer et d'autres Plantes cultivees a S. Thome. [Studies on 

 the Diseases and Parasites of the Cacao-tree and other Plants 

 cultivated at S. Thome.] — Memoires Soc. Portugaise des Sciences 

 Naturelles, Lisbon, iii, no, 1, 10th January 1917, 28 pp. 24 figs., 

 1 plate. 



The pests dealt with in this paper include the Coccids, Asjndiotus 

 trilobitiformis, Green, on cacao ; Coccus (Lecanium) viridis. Green, on 

 cofTee, on which it is infested by the fungus, Cephalosporium lecanii ; 

 Selenaspidus (Aspidiotus) articidatus and A. palmae, on coffee, 

 Ficus s-p., Castilloa, and Carica papaya; Saissetia (Lecanium) nigra 

 on Ficus sp. ; Orthezia insignis, on coffee and other plants ; and 

 several termites damaging cacao, including Neotermes gestroi, and 

 Microceroterw.es parvus theobromae. 



