8 INSECTS IN SHIPMENTS OF SUGAR CANE. 



OTHER INSECTS OCCURRING IN THE UNITED STATES. 



We have considered the weevil borers as foreign insects, but as 

 they have ah"eady been found in the United States they may sooner 

 or later force us to give them a place among our own species. 



There are some injurious beetles, and one species seems to be con- 

 fined -to a certain part of Louisiana. During this year no definite 

 records have been obtained regarding them. 



Still other insects which are more or less injurious to sugar cane 

 occur in this country, but they do not deserve mention in this paper. 

 There may be still others of which we have no knowledge, for exten- 

 sive field examinations have been made only during this year. The 

 information which has been obtained, however, indicates the need 

 for further investigations, 



CONCLUSION. 



The fact that the principal insects injurious to sugar cane in the 

 United States seem to have been inadvertently introduced from the 

 Tropics indicates the necessity for more careful inspection of ship- 

 ments of sugar cane entering this countrj^. Indeed, most extraordi- 

 nary efforts would be justified to prevent the introduction of other 

 pests. As to the insects which we now have, it is evident that they 

 are found only in certain j^laces and that they are more abundant in 

 some places than in others. The fullest information is needed, there- 

 fore, regardmg theh present occurrence. Otherwise, the planter, in 

 seeking to benefit himself by brmging in a shipment of seed cane from 

 some outside point, may really occasion loss to himself and his 

 neighbors. Tlie pest which has once become established presents a 

 problem to the planter and the entomologist, and a period of many 

 years may be too short a time to solve some of the problems with 

 which we already have to deal. But if means are provided for keep- 

 ing out the mjurious insects altogether the work will be correspond- 

 ingly simplified and the planters and manufacturers may be saved 

 many thousands of dollars. 



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