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They include : — Aspidiotus destructor, Sign., on the leaves of Cocos 

 nucifera at Merka, many individuals being parasitised by a 

 Chalcid ; a species of Aspidiotus which the author believes to 

 be intermediate between A. destructor, Sign., and A. transparens, Green 

 [see this Review, Ser. A, iii, p. 548] on Xylocarpus ohovatus ; A. cyano- 

 phylH, Sign., on leaves of Manihot glaziovii ; A. orientaUs, Newst., on 

 the fruits of Calotropis procera and Solanum arundo at Mogador, many 

 individuals being attacked by an undetermined Chalcid ; Chrysom- 

 phalus rossi, Mask. var. ferandii, var. n., on the leaves of Garcinia 

 somalensis ; Chrysoniphahis piceus, sp. n., abundant on Cassine 

 schweinfurthiana ? ; Pseudaonidia quadriareolata, sp. n., on the bark 

 of Acacia asak, together with Lepidosaphes somalensis, sp. n. ; Selena- 

 spidus articidatus, Morg., on Salvador a per sica and Xylocarpus obovatus ; 

 Hemiberlesia fissidens, Ldgr. var, constricta var. n., on Rhizophora 

 mucronata, together with CJiionaspis pseudo-nivea, sp. n., on the leaves 

 of a Doum palm, Hyphaene pyrifera ; Parlaioria blanchardi, Targ., on 

 date palms at Merka ; Dinaspis reticulata, sp. n., on Dobera macalusoi, 

 and on an undetermined plant ; Dinaspis reticulata, var. minor var. n., 

 on Balanites somalensis ; Dinaspis berlesei, sp. n., on ? Cadaba sp. ; 

 C'hionaspis usambarica, Ldgr., on Xijlocarpus obovatus ; Chionaspis 

 elotigata. Green, on Cassine holstii ; and Chionaspis paolii, sp. n., on 

 Mariscus chaetophyllus. 



The author considers Aspidiotus translucens, CklL, to be a synonym 

 of A. destructor, Sign., and Chrysomphalus pedroniformis , Ckll., to be 

 synonymous with Asp. orientaUs, Newst. 



Ballou (H. a.). Insects in the Virgin Islands. — Agric. News, Barbados, 

 XV, no. 361, 26th February 1916, pp. 74-75. 



In the Virgin Islands, Batocera rubus, L., which is also known to 

 occur in St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola, as well as in Trinidad, 

 India, Ceylon, Borneo, Mauritius, etc., attacks mango, avocado, 

 papaw, banana, Ficus elastica, hog-plum, and Ochroma lagopus. The 

 adult beetles deposit eggs on or beneath the bark of the host, and the 

 larvae either tunnel beneath the bark or bore into the interior. The 

 larvae also appear to be able to feed on decaying wood. Those 

 found in infested trees should be destroyed by probing or should be 

 cut out. Logs of trees known to be host plants may be used as traps 

 for ovipositing females, or adults may be collected by hand. 



Larvae of Strategus titanus (rhinoceros beetle) have been a serious 

 pest of sugar-cane in St. Croix. Cotton flower-buds contained an 

 unidentified Cecidomyiid larva. In Antigua, the same insect causes the 

 buds to drop. Diaprepes abbreviatus (root borer weevil) and LacJinopu 

 curvipes attack lime trees, citrus, bay trees, and cotton. The larvae of 

 a Noctuid moth, probably Prodenia latifascia, Walk, (comuielinae, 

 Dmce), also occurs. This species is a common pest of onions in 

 certain situations in the West Indies. 



Maecovitch (S.). The Red Rose Beetle. — Office of Slate Entomologist, 



St. Anthony Park, Minn. Circ. no. 36, 30th January 1916, 4 pp., 



6 figs. [Received 23rd March 1916.] 



Rhynchites bicolor, F. (red rose beetle or rose curcuHo) injures 



Japanese roses in early summer in Minnesota by puncturing the 



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