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  Tomocera 
  ceroplastis 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Female; 
  color 
  and 
  sculpture 
  as 
  in 
  T. 
  calif 
  ornica, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  

   coxae 
  never 
  dark 
  and 
  metallic 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  part, 
  these 
  being 
  uniformly- 
  

   testaceous 
  or 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  The 
  large 
  post-petiolar 
  segment 
  is 
  

   uniformly 
  smooth, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  while 
  in 
  T. 
  californica, 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  

   subcircular 
  (apparently 
  slightly 
  raised) 
  areas, 
  of 
  very 
  dull 
  appearance, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  extremely 
  minute 
  microscopic 
  tomentum. 
  The 
  

   size 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  well 
  developed 
  T. 
  californica, 
  the 
  latter 
  varying 
  very 
  much 
  

   in 
  size. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  China, 
  whence 
  it 
  was 
  introduced 
  by 
  Koebele 
  into 
  the 
  

   Hawaiian 
  Islands, 
  Queensland, 
  Cairns 
  and 
  Bundaberg. 
  My 
  

   specimens 
  I 
  bred 
  at 
  Cairns. 
  Koebele 
  (2327) 
  bred 
  it 
  at 
  Bunda- 
  

   berg 
  in 
  October, 
  1904, 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  examples 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Territorial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  A 
  short 
  while 
  

   since, 
  I 
  took 
  specimens 
  running 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  Elaeocarpus 
  hifidus 
  

   on 
  Tantalus, 
  this 
  tree 
  bearing 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  scales 
  of 
  Ceroplastes 
  

   ruhens. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  paper 
  was 
  then 
  read 
  by 
  the 
  author, 
  who 
  

   exhibited 
  specimens 
  illustrating 
  the 
  life 
  cycle 
  of 
  the 
  moth: 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Sweet-potato 
  Vine 
  Borer 
  (Omphisa 
  anastomosalis 
  Guenee). 
  

  

  By 
  O. 
  H. 
  SwEZEY. 
  

  

  Omphisa 
  anastomosalis 
  Guen.; 
  Hampson, 
  Fauna 
  of 
  British 
  

   India, 
  Moths, 
  IV, 
  p. 
  382, 
  fig. 
  207, 
  1896. 
  

  

  Evergestis 
  anastomosalis, 
  Guen; 
  Meyrick, 
  Fauna 
  Hawaiiensis, 
  

   III, 
  Part 
  IV, 
  p. 
  361, 
  1904. 
  

  

  This 
  Indo-Malayan 
  moth 
  was 
  first 
  recorded 
  for 
  Honolulu 
  in 
  

   1904. 
  Since 
  then 
  it 
  has 
  no 
  doubt 
  been 
  on 
  the 
  increase, 
  and 
  may 
  

   possibly 
  before 
  long 
  become 
  a 
  garden 
  pest, 
  if 
  not 
  so 
  already. 
  

   During 
  January, 
  February 
  and 
  March, 
  1906, 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   boring 
  in 
  vines 
  of 
  sweet 
  potato 
  in 
  my 
  garden. 
  Of 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  hills, 
  all 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  infested. 
  The 
  larvae 
  were 
  

   found 
  boring 
  in 
  the 
  vines 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  hence 
  just 
  at 
  the 
  

   place 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  injurious. 
  Often 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  near 
  together 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  vine, 
  living 
  upon 
  the 
  green, 
  juicy 
  pith 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  

   They 
  probably 
  do 
  considerable 
  boring 
  in 
  the 
  potatoes 
  also, 
  as 
  

   one 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  potato 
  from 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  larva. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  30 
  mm., 
  width 
  about 
  

   3K 
  nim., 
  head 
  2 
  mm.; 
  color 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  with 
  conspic- 
  

   uous 
  brown, 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  flat 
  tubercles; 
  head 
  yellowish 
  

  

  