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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  motlis 
  reared 
  and 
  brouglit 
  here 
  with 
  me 
  are 
  pronounced 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  

   Entomologist 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Family 
  Cosmopterygidge* 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  stem 
  Longicorn 
  : 
  "CJiernib" 
  {Arabic). 
  This 
  Longicorn 
  emerges 
  

   in 
  June- 
  July 
  and 
  lays 
  eggs 
  under 
  the 
  leaf 
  -bases 
  or 
  in 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  stem. 
  

   The 
  grub 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  leaf 
  -bases 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  when 
  present 
  in 
  

   large 
  numbers, 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  weakened 
  and 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  break 
  in 
  high 
  winds. 
  

   This 
  is 
  wrongly 
  identified 
  by 
  Popenoe 
  as 
  RhyncJio'phorus, 
  which 
  does 
  

   not 
  occur 
  in 
  Iraq. 
  

  

  3. 
  Oryctes 
  elegans 
  : 
  " 
  Khun-jasanah 
  " 
  (Ar.) 
  : 
  This 
  beetle 
  is 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  0. 
  rhinoceros 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  differentiated. 
  It 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  

   shoots 
  of 
  Palms 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  breeding 
  on 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  palms, 
  

   the 
  grubs 
  being 
  found 
  boring 
  into 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  developing 
  fruits. 
  

  

  4. 
  Bate 
  Fulgorid 
  : 
  •' 
  Man-en-naMil 
  " 
  (Ar.). 
  This 
  small 
  bug 
  breeds 
  

   in 
  large 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  Date 
  Palm, 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  fronds 
  

   and 
  excreting 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  honeydew. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  generations 
  

   in 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  Date 
  Mite 
  : 
  Oligonychus 
  simplex, 
  according 
  to 
  Buxton 
  : 
  The 
  

   mite 
  spins 
  large 
  webs 
  over 
  clusters 
  of 
  developing 
  fruits 
  and 
  prevents 
  

   them 
  from 
  ripening. 
  

  

  6. 
  Scale 
  Insects 
  : 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  Scales 
  noticed 
  on 
  Dates, 
  which 
  

   are 
  found 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  numbers 
  both 
  on 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  plants, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  

   seriously 
  affect 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  palms 
  as 
  reported 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  imported 
  

   plants 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  1. 
  Parlatoria 
  hhnchardi 
  on 
  leaves 
  and 
  leafstalks. 
  

  

  2. 
  Phwnicococcus 
  marlatti 
  found 
  hidden 
  between 
  the 
  leaf-bases 
  and 
  

  

  the 
  trunk. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  Lecaniid 
  Scale 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  stalks 
  and 
  on 
  fruits 
  in 
  

  

  some 
  cases. 
  

  

  7. 
  Ephestia 
  sp.: 
  Found 
  boring 
  in 
  stored 
  fruits 
  and 
  in 
  windfall 
  dates. 
  

  

  Wheat 
  and 
  Barley. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Stem 
  Fly. 
  Probably 
  Hylemyia 
  coarctata 
  : 
  attacking 
  young 
  

   seedlings 
  of 
  Barley 
  and 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  Leaf-miner 
  Fly 
  : 
  in 
  leaves 
  of 
  wheat. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  ? 
  attacking 
  side-shoots 
  of 
  plants. 
  

  

  4. 
  Cephus 
  sp. 
  The 
  Stem 
  Sawfly. 
  Boring 
  into 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  maturing 
  

   plants 
  and 
  cutting 
  them 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  5. 
  Eurygaster 
  sp. 
  " 
  Sun 
  " 
  pest 
  of 
  wheat 
  — 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  in 
  Mosul 
  

   and 
  the 
  submontane 
  tracts. 
  The 
  adults 
  pass 
  both 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  the 
  

   winter 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  lay 
  eggs 
  on 
  wheat 
  in 
  spring. 
  The 
  young 
  bugs 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  identified 
  as 
  BatracJiedra 
  amydraula, 
  Meyr. 
  — 
  Editok. 
  

  

  