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213. KoEBELE, Albert, Report: Haw. Sugar Planters" Exp. Sta. Rept., 



pp. 40-42, 1900. (US) 



Records an examination of the dying roots of sugarcane : no organic 

 disease could be found, though the epidermis of roots had been broken, 

 probably by wind. 



214. KoEBELE, Albert, Diseases of the cane : The Planters' Monthly, 



vol. 19, pp. 519-524. 1900. 



Discusses the distribution, food plants, habits, and control measures of 

 the sugar cane beetle borer, Rhahdocnemis obscurus; also includes brief 

 notes on the pyralid moth Omiodes accepta Butl. 



215. KoEBELE, Albert, Report of Prof. Albert Koebele, entomologist: 



Rept. Comr. Agric. and Forestry for 1900, pp. 36-49, 1901. 



(US) 



Koebele reports the introduction of parasites from California for Pieris 

 rapae, Plutella cruciferarum, and various cutworms. Salamanders were also 

 brought over. Notes Lecanidae kept in clieck now by many ladybirds ; 

 other predators and parasites sent from Fiji and Australia. A brief review 

 of exotic fruit flies is included, with remedies. Fuller's rose beetle, Arami- 

 gus fulleri Horn, is found to be the same as the so-called Olinda bug. A 

 tineid larva of cotton bolls (Gclcckia gossypiclla Sndrs.) is reported; a 

 tortricid, also bred from cotton bolls, and a common beetle, Aiaeocerus 

 fasciculaius De.G. Japanese beetles are reported from all parts of the islands. 

 Suggestions on various phases of the production of silk as an industry for 

 the islands terminates this paper. 



216. Koebele, Albert, Destruction of forest trees : Rept. Comr. Agric. 



and Forestry Hawaii, for 1900, pp. 50-60, 1901. (US) 

 Discusses the depredation of insects' on forest trees of Hawaii. Icerya 

 purchasi Mask, is under control, the ladybird beetle, Vedalia cardinalis, be- 

 ing abundant. Other scale insects mentioned are Lecaiiium nigrum Neit., 

 L. toiiguhiiu Doug., and Pnhinaria psiJii Mask, which are also well checked by 

 introduced natural enemies. The same is said in regard to the mealy bugs, 

 Dactylopius ceriferus News., on Erythrina monospcnna. Notes on the span 

 worm, Scotorythra idolias, a tortricid, and on a Bruchus destructive to the 

 seed of the koa tree. The list of Cerambycid beetles noted includes : Pla- 

 githmysus varians Shp., P. pulverulentus Motsch., P. cristatus Shp., P. 

 aequalis Shp., P. arachnipes Shp., P. darwinianus Shp., P. blackburni Shp., 

 P. funebris Shp., P. bilineatus Shp., P. bishopi Shp. P. vicinus Shp., P. col- 

 laris Shp., P. diana Shp., P. finschi Har., P. pulvillatus Karsch, P. lanaiensis 

 Shp., P. acstivus Shp., P. concolor Shp., P. permundus Shp., P. pcrkinsi Shp., 

 P. lamarckianus Shp., Clytarlus filipes Shp., C. viediocris Shp., C. debilis 

 Shp., C. claviger Shp., C. nodifer Shp.. C. modestus Shp., C. laticollis Shp., 

 C. pennatus Shp., C. fragiUs Shp., C. longipcs Shp., C. auiuctcns Shp., and 

 Callithmysus microgastcr Shp. Koebele considers the worst pest of the 

 native forest to be cattle (pp. 57-59). 



217. Koebele, Albert, Notes on insects affecting the koa trees . . .: 



Rept. Bd. Comr. Agric. and Forestry, Hawaii, 1900, pp. 61-66, 



1901, (US) 



The insects noted are: Parandra pttncticeps Sharp, Aegosoma reflextmi 

 Karsch in the dead wood of the decaying forest. The living trees affected 

 by the "Olinda bug," Pandamorus oUndac Perk., by tortricid and geometrid 

 larvae, and by a fungoid disease. 



