306 Timehri. 



4. Synga/mia cassidalis, Guen. 



Injury : Caterpillar eats leaves of young cane. 

 Natural enemies : 



Caterpillars parasitized by a Tachinid fly. and preyed on by 

 Odynerus clavilinatus, Cam., a mud-daubing wasp. 



5. Laphygma frugiperda, S. and A. 



Common name : The rice worm. 



Injury : Caterpillar eats leaves of young cane, and is often found in 

 the throat of the shoots. 



Natural enemies : 



Eggs parasitized by Trichogramma minutum, Riley. 



Caterpillars parasitized by the ichneumon Enicospilus guyanensis, 

 Cam., and preyed on by the Coccinellid beetle Megilla maculata, 

 de Geer. by such wasps as Polybia nigriceps, Polistes canaden- 

 sis, and P. carolinensis, also by several birds and the common 

 toad or crapaud Bufo marinics. 



Adult moths preyed on by Attid spiders. 



6. Remigia repanda, Fabr. 



Common name : The grass looper. 



Injury : The caterpillar eats leaves of young cane. 



Natural enemies : 



Caterpillars eaten by several species of birds. 



7. CirpkiA latiuscula, H.S. 



Injury : The caterpillar eats the yountj leaves. 

 Natural enemies : 



Caterpillar parasitized by a Tachinid fly. 



8. Prodenia latifascia, Walk. 



Injury : The caterpillar eats young leaves. 



9. Lycophota infecta, Ochs. 



Injury : The caterpillar eats young leaves. 

 Natural enemies : 



Eggs parasitized by Telenomus atripes, Cam. 



10. Monodes agrotina, Guen. 



Injury : Caterpillars feed on exposed parts of cane stools after canes 

 have been cut, also on shoots at parts injured by the small moth- 

 borer. 



Natural enemies : 



Caterpillars parasitized by a Tachinid fly. 



