Insect /\'s/s of the West /mties. 139 



Insect Pests of the West Indies. 



In answer to Mi. llaminoiitl, the t'nllitwinj^ list of West luilian 

 insect pests has lieen loiwaitleil. The ()nmi,'e Tests aiv n«»t <,'iveu 

 in this list. Tiohalily the Museum of the Jamaican Institute hits 

 i"ec(irils, as they have puhlished catalo^Mics under the title of Museum 

 Notes. This list is further au^Muented hy the identification tjf 

 specimens sent over l>y the Imi>erial department of Agriculture of 

 the West Indies. The names of these species ami their fond plants 

 are given in the following pages. 



A. Lst.KCTs ixjunious to Scuau C.\ne. 



1. Large Sugar C;uie IJorcr (Diatnea saccharalis). (" lus. Life," Vol. iv. 



pp. 9'), 103.) 



2. Sugar X^leborus or I'in Borer (Xi/ltborus ]>er/oraus). (" Iub. Life," YoL 



V. p. 3L) 



3. Sugar Caue Piu IJurer (Xi/l':borus puUscens). rarWlos, Triuida«l, 



St. Vincent. 



4. Boring Woevil {Sjiht-nojilKtrus). 



5. Tropical Sn;^ar Cane Burer (^Chilo mcrhardlis'). 



6. Scale (in Jamaica) (Asjiidiottis sacchari, Ckll.). 



7. Mites, inde ( Histiostonia rostroserrattis (decaying plants). 

 Bull. 40, Royal Iiimiature Oainnstils (pre<lacii'us). 



Kew Gardens, Damarus or Muldsjiis, »[>. Tarsoiii/inus baurrv/ti, 

 Ai)ril, IS'jO. \ Miller, dtKJS damage to cane^i. 



B. Cotton. 



1. Dactylobius virgalus, Ckll. = Mealy Bug on under side o( leaves. Jamaica. 



2. Cotton Stainer {Dyadercus andreit), attacks bolls, 'amaica. 



C. COFKEE. 



1. Scale (Aspidiotus arliculahis). Jamaica. Leaves. 



D. Allsi'Ice. 



1. Pimento Honr {Cyrfomenu pilicornu), bor«8 intc> iwigs. .iamaica. 



E. Banana. 



1. Atpidiottu arliculalus, cu l<af.' 



2. Cmi]>liiste.s jlurideu»i$. 



3. A»pidiottu jterfonattuA 



4. Aspidiotus Jicun. \ 



.Jamaica. 



F. CoNoo Pka Pkhth. 



Vide No. •'>4, Indt. Jamaica Mus. NotM. 



G. Cocoa Plant. 



\. Cocoa Bug {Meinbrariils!). Ix'-if-h<<p|«T fountl iu Trint>l)ul. 



2. Leaf-cutting Ant (Alta jtrdrtm, L."). Trinidatl. 



3. Longhorn Beetle (iitfrtutoma lieprrsgum), i>n young plnntv 



4. Palm Weevil (^lihynch-'phorus jHthnaruiit). 



