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  OF 
  

  

  APPLIED 
  ENTOMOLOGY 
  

  

  Series 
  A. 
  

  

  Vol. 
  II.] 
  [1914. 
  

  

  Zacher 
  (F.). 
  Die 
  Afrikanischen 
  Baumwollschadlinge. 
  [African 
  

   cotton 
  pests.] 
  — 
  Arbeit 
  k. 
  hiol. 
  Anst. 
  Land- 
  unci 
  Forstwirtschaft, 
  

   Berlin, 
  ix, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  121-230, 
  83 
  figs. 
  

  

  Insect 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  plant 
  in 
  Africa 
  are 
  described 
  at 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  length. 
  The 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  pests, 
  methods 
  of 
  combat 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  poisons, 
  traps 
  or 
  natural 
  enemies, 
  other 
  plant 
  hosts 
  of 
  the 
  

   insects, 
  and 
  the 
  immunity 
  of 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  plants 
  are 
  discussed. 
  

   Insects 
  which 
  are 
  useful 
  to 
  cotton 
  in 
  preying 
  upon 
  harmful 
  insects 
  

   are 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  life-history 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  is 
  given. 
  The 
  

   following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  injurious 
  insects, 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  they 
  attack. 
  

  

  Damaging 
  the 
  roots 
  : 
  — 
  Orthoptera 
  : 
  Brachytrypes 
  membranaceus, 
  

   F. 
  ; 
  Lepidoptera 
  : 
  larvae 
  of 
  Euxoa 
  segetum, 
  SchifT., 
  E. 
  spinifera, 
  Hb., 
  

   and 
  Agrotis 
  ypsilon, 
  Rott 
  ; 
  Coleoptera 
  : 
  larvae 
  of 
  Tetralobus 
  sp., 
  

   Heterodes 
  sp., 
  Aeolus 
  inscriptus, 
  Er., 
  Diplognatha 
  gagates, 
  F., 
  C 
  amenta 
  

   westermanni, 
  Har., 
  Schizonycha 
  serrata, 
  Aulm., 
  Enaria 
  melanictera, 
  

   Klg., 
  Popillia 
  hilaris, 
  Kr., 
  Synistovalgus 
  bifasciatus, 
  Kr. 
  

  

  Damaging 
  the 
  stem 
  : 
  — 
  Coleoptera 
  : 
  Alcides 
  brevirostris, 
  Boh.. 
  

   Sphenoptera 
  gossypii, 
  Kerr., 
  S. 
  neglecta, 
  Klg., 
  Apate 
  monachus, 
  F., 
  

   Hypothenemus 
  eruditus, 
  Westw., 
  Apion 
  armipes, 
  Wagn., 
  A. 
  xanthosty- 
  

   lum, 
  Wagn. 
  

  

  Damaging 
  the 
  leaves 
  : 
  — 
  Rhynchota 
  : 
  Pseiidococcus 
  virgatus, 
  CklL, 
  

   Chionaspis 
  aspidistras, 
  Newst., 
  C. 
  aspidistrae 
  var. 
  gossypii, 
  Newst., 
  

   and 
  Lecanimn 
  nigrum, 
  Nietn. 
  ; 
  Orthoptera 
  : 
  Schistocerca 
  peregrina, 
  

   01., 
  Zonocerus 
  elegans, 
  F., 
  Phymateus 
  viridipes, 
  StaL, 
  Phaneroptera 
  

   nana, 
  Fieb. 
  ; 
  Lepidoptera 
  : 
  larvae 
  of 
  Sylepta 
  derogata, 
  F., 
  Hijmenia 
  

   (Zinkenia) 
  fascialis. 
  Cram., 
  Basiothia 
  charis, 
  Wlk., 
  Hippotion 
  celerio, 
  

   L., 
  Celerio 
  lineata, 
  F., 
  var. 
  livornica, 
  Esp., 
  Prodenia 
  litura, 
  F., 
  Euxoa 
  

   segetum, 
  Schiff., 
  E. 
  spinifera, 
  Hb., 
  Agrotis 
  pronuba, 
  L., 
  A. 
  ypsilon, 
  

   Rott., 
  Plusia 
  confusa, 
  P. 
  circumflexa, 
  Cosmophila 
  erosa, 
  Iih.,Porthesia 
  

   virguncula. 
  Walk., 
  Nudaurelia 
  sp., 
  Tephrina 
  contexta, 
  Saalm., 
  Synga- 
  

   miaabruptalis, 
  Wlk. 
  ; 
  Coleoptera 
  : 
  Diplognatha 
  gagates, 
  F., 
  C 
  amenta 
  

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