70 ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



INSECTS OF THE YEAR IN CUBA. 



By Mel. T. Cook, Ha)itia<jo dc las \'eg(is, Cuba. 

 [Abstract] 



Of the field crops, the tobacco always sufi'ers greatly from FelUa 

 annexa Tr., which also attacks cT)rn, velvet beans, cabbage, tomatoes, 

 etc. Prodenia eommelince S. & A., 1'. eudiopta Guen., CJiloridea 

 virescens Fab., and the larva? of click beetles (Elateridse) also do con- 

 siderable damage. Comparatively little damage is done by Phlege- 

 thontius sexta Joh. Stored tobacco suffers greatly from Lcmoderma 

 testaceicni Dnfts. 



The corn suffered greatly, and in some cases entire fields were de- 

 stroyed by Laphygma fragiperda S. & A. Ileliothis ohsolcta Fab., 

 Feltla annexa Tr., Diatrna saecharalis Fab., and certain coleopterous 

 larva? also did some damage. 



The sugar cane suffered to some extent from Diatra'a saceJiaTalh 

 Fab., Ileliophila unipuncta Haw., and coleopterous larvse. Both corn 

 and cane suffered greatly from hemipterous insects. 



Coffee suffered greatly from Leucoptera cojfeella Stain., especially 

 in the low lands. 



Cotton was destroyed in various localities by the boll weevil (.1;^- 

 tlionomns grandh Boh.) and in one place by Eriophyes gossypli Bks. 



Vegetables suffered more or less from crickets, aphides., and coleop- 

 terous larva?. Among the most common lepidopterous insects were 

 Pontia monuste L. and Plutella maculipennis Curtis, on cabbage; 

 Diapliania. liyalinata L. on cucumber, pumpkin, etc. ; Lineodes integra 

 Zell. on egg plants; and Papilio polyxenes Fab. on umbelliferous 

 plants. 



Among the fruits, the oranges always suffer greatly from Atta 

 Insidaris Guer., and in some parts of the island from Solenopsis 

 geminata Fab. One of the most injurious enemies is Pachnmus 

 litus Germ. The Coccidse were numerous but usually kept in check 

 by fungous and hymenopterous parasites. Among the other fruit 

 insects were the Rohinsonia formula Grt. on the canestel {LucuTna 

 rivlcoa), Melanchroia geonietroides Walk, on grosella," Gonodonta 

 maria Guen. on custard apple (Anona), Hypocala andreinona Cram, 

 on Japanese persimmons, and A pate earmelita Fab. on avocado {Per- 

 sea gratiss'ima ) . 



Among the most conspicuous enemies of the ornamentals were 

 Calpodes ethlhis Cram, on cannas, Eudamus proteus L. and Erehii,^ 

 odora L. on Leguminosse, AgrauUs vanilla^ L. on passion flower 

 (Passiflora), Ithohalus {Papilio) polydamas L. on Aristolochia. and 

 Pseudosphinx tetrio L. on Plumeria. 



« Perhaps a species of Cicca. — Ed. 



