Bui. 536, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate VIII. 



Four Favorite Host Fruits of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. 



Fig. 1. — Rose apple (Eugenia jarribos) sectioned to show the large hollow interior on the 

 surface of which larvae prefer to feed. Fig. 2. — Mimusops elengi; fruit of an ornamental 

 tree which sheds its infested fruit throughout a 3 to 4 month period. Fig. 3. — Adult C. 

 capitata captured in sticky exudations of solidified sap about punctures in Chryso- 

 phyllum oliviforme. Fig. 4. — A handful of mock-orange (Murraya exotica) berries. The 

 mock orange fruits several times each year and the berries falling become hidden in 

 the grass. (Original.) 



