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  the 
  Virgin 
  Islands. 
  The 
  bark-borer 
  (Lepiostylus 
  praemorsus, 
  F.) 
  was 
  

   noticed 
  in 
  St. 
  Lucia 
  ; 
  the 
  twig-borer 
  {Elaphidion 
  mite, 
  Newm.), 
  in 
  

   Antigua 
  ; 
  the 
  fruit 
  fly 
  {Ceratitis 
  capitata, 
  Wied.), 
  in 
  Dominica. 
  

  

  Sugar-cane 
  pests 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  moth 
  borer 
  (Diatraea 
  saccharalis, 
  F.) 
  noticed 
  

   in 
  Grenada, 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  Antigua, 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  Nevis 
  ; 
  the 
  weevil-borer 
  

   (Metamasius 
  sericeus, 
  Oliv.), 
  in 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  Antigua, 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  ; 
  the 
  

   root-borer 
  (? 
  Exophthahnus 
  esiiriens), 
  in 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  ; 
  termites 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Kitts; 
  hard-back 
  grubs 
  (Lachnosterna 
  spp.), 
  in 
  Antigua, 
  St. 
  

   Kitts, 
  Virgin 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Sweet 
  potato 
  pests 
  : 
  — 
  Horn- 
  worms 
  {Protoparce 
  cingulata, 
  F.), 
  in 
  

   Antigua 
  and 
  Virgin 
  Islands 
  ; 
  the 
  scarabee 
  (Cryptorhynchus 
  batatae, 
  

   Waterh.), 
  in 
  Grenada 
  and 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  ; 
  the 
  red 
  spider 
  (Tetranychus 
  

   telarius, 
  L.), 
  in 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  Antigua, 
  and 
  Nevis 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  fly 
  (species 
  

   unknown), 
  in 
  Grenada. 
  

  

  Yam 
  pests 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  yam 
  scale 
  {Aspidiotus 
  hartii), 
  in 
  Grenada 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scale 
  that 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  stored 
  tubers 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  St. 
  Kitts. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  canes 
  on 
  one 
  estate 
  — 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  given 
  — 
  were 
  infested 
  with 
  shot-borer, 
  wherever 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  

   rind 
  fungus, 
  and 
  other 
  fungus 
  diseases 
  occurred 
  severely. 
  Grasshoppers 
  

   are 
  a 
  great 
  pest 
  in 
  many 
  districts, 
  especially 
  in 
  dry 
  localities, 
  and 
  flocks 
  

   of 
  guinea-fowl 
  are 
  successfully 
  kept 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  controlling 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Regarding 
  parasites 
  of 
  injurious 
  insects, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  Cephalo- 
  

   sporimn 
  fungus 
  has 
  done 
  good 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  mango 
  shield-scale 
  in 
  

   Grenada, 
  and 
  Sphaerostilbe 
  has 
  increased 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  David's 
  

   district, 
  Grenada. 
  In 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  and 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  Chalcis 
  sp. 
  and 
  the 
  

   Jack 
  Spaniard 
  wasp 
  (Polistes 
  annularis) 
  control 
  the 
  cotton 
  worm 
  to 
  a 
  

   noticeable 
  extent, 
  and 
  planters 
  are 
  encouraging 
  the 
  wasps 
  by 
  erecting 
  

   rough 
  shelters 
  for 
  them 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  cotton 
  fields. 
  The 
  white-headed, 
  

   black-headed, 
  and 
  red-headed 
  fungi 
  parasitised 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  lime 
  trees 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  and, 
  although 
  not 
  so 
  general, 
  the 
  buff 
  shield-scale 
  fungus 
  

   was 
  well 
  established 
  in 
  some 
  districts. 
  In 
  Antigua, 
  parasitic 
  fungi 
  on 
  

   scale-insects 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  was 
  realised 
  some 
  time 
  ago. 
  

   Lady-birds 
  are 
  increasing 
  on 
  some 
  lime 
  plantations. 
  

  

  MacDougall 
  (R. 
  S.). 
  The 
  Large 
  Narcissus 
  Bulb 
  Fly 
  (Merodon 
  

   equestris. 
  Fab.) 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Board 
  Agric, 
  London, 
  xx, 
  no. 
  7, 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  

   pp. 
  594-599, 
  2 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  narcissus 
  fly, 
  first 
  recorded 
  in 
  England 
  in 
  1869, 
  is 
  responsible 
  for 
  

   a 
  great 
  destruction 
  of 
  narcissus 
  bulbs 
  in 
  diflerent 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  bulbs 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Narcissus, 
  the 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  bulbs 
  of 
  Amaryllis 
  (Adams), 
  Habranthus 
  (Chittenden), 
  

   Vallota 
  (Chittenden 
  and 
  Theobald), 
  Eurycles 
  (McLachlan), 
  Lilies 
  

   (AVilks), 
  and 
  Galtonia 
  (Theobald). 
  Theobald 
  found 
  the 
  larvae 
  at 
  w^ork 
  

   (at 
  Wye 
  and 
  in 
  Devon) 
  in 
  the 
  bulbs 
  of 
  the 
  Wild 
  Hyacinth 
  {Scilla 
  

   nutans), 
  and, 
  partly 
  on 
  this, 
  bases 
  his 
  opinion 
  that 
  Merodon 
  equestris 
  is 
  

   native 
  to 
  England. 
  The 
  larvae 
  tunnels 
  and 
  feeds 
  in 
  the 
  bulb, 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  so 
  spoiled 
  that 
  it 
  rots 
  away 
  completely. 
  In 
  other 
  cases 
  flowers 
  

   and 
  weakened 
  plants 
  may 
  be 
  produced, 
  but 
  no 
  new 
  bulbs. 
  It 
  is 
  often 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  say 
  without 
  opening 
  the 
  bulb 
  that 
  a 
  Merodon 
  grub 
  is 
  present 
  

   within, 
  but 
  in 
  typical 
  cases 
  the 
  infestation 
  can 
  be 
  recognised 
  by 
  the 
  

   bulb 
  " 
  giving 
  " 
  on 
  being 
  squeezed 
  between 
  the 
  finger 
  and 
  thumb. 
  

  

  