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  EssiG 
  (E. 
  0.). 
  A 
  Serious 
  Philippine 
  Orange 
  Moth. 
  — 
  Mthly. 
  Bull. 
  State 
  

   Commiss. 
  Hortic, 
  Sacramento, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  11, 
  Nov. 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  722- 
  

   723, 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  states 
  that 
  Professor 
  C. 
  F. 
  Baker 
  has 
  called 
  particular 
  

   attention 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  moth 
  which 
  works 
  in 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  native 
  orange 
  in 
  

   the 
  PhiUppines, 
  called 
  the 
  " 
  cajel." 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  determined 
  as 
  

   Prays 
  citri, 
  Mill., 
  of 
  which 
  Prays 
  nephelomima, 
  Meyrick, 
  is 
  a 
  synonym. 
  

   The 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  moth 
  live 
  just 
  beneath 
  the 
  rind 
  next 
  to, 
  but 
  not 
  in, 
  the 
  

   pulp. 
  They 
  produce 
  gall-hke 
  tumours, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  exceedingly 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  which 
  remain 
  open 
  at 
  the 
  tips, 
  affording 
  excellent 
  

   germinating 
  places 
  for 
  destructive 
  fungi. 
  The 
  opening 
  is 
  usually 
  

   about 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  danger 
  of 
  the 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  this 
  moth 
  into 
  California 
  is 
  greatly 
  reduced 
  by 
  the 
  quarantine 
  

   laws, 
  which 
  are 
  being 
  maintained 
  against 
  all 
  countries 
  where 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   flies 
  (Trypetidae) 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  exist. 
  The 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  pest 
  by 
  

   quarantine 
  offices 
  may 
  prevent 
  its 
  introduction 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  world 
  where 
  these 
  laws 
  do 
  not 
  apply. 
  

  

  General 
  Notes. 
  — 
  Mthly. 
  Bull. 
  State 
  Commiss. 
  Hortic, 
  Sacra^nento, 
  ii, 
  

   no. 
  11, 
  Nov. 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  724-728, 
  731. 
  

  

  E. 
  0. 
  Essig 
  notes 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  discoveries 
  of 
  Professor 
  C. 
  F. 
  Baker 
  in 
  

   the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  fruit 
  flies. 
  The 
  melon 
  maggot, 
  

   Dacus 
  cucurbitae, 
  Coq., 
  is 
  abundant 
  there 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  fly, 
  the 
  

   maggots 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  swarming 
  in 
  wild 
  oranges, 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   new 
  genus 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  named 
  by 
  Bezzi, 
  Monacrostichus 
  citricola. 
  

   Professor 
  R. 
  W. 
  Doane 
  has 
  recently 
  collected 
  the 
  Queensland 
  fruit 
  fly, 
  

   D. 
  zonatus, 
  Coq., 
  on 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Tahiti. 
  All 
  these 
  fruit 
  flies 
  are 
  serious 
  

   pests, 
  so 
  these 
  records 
  are 
  of 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  horticultural 
  quarantine 
  

   departments. 
  E. 
  0. 
  Essig 
  also 
  quotes 
  the 
  formula 
  of 
  a 
  spray 
  for 
  the 
  

   control 
  of 
  tomato 
  Thrips, 
  devised 
  by 
  R. 
  T. 
  Watson, 
  of 
  the 
  Florida 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  which, 
  on 
  a 
  trial 
  piece, 
  killed 
  78 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  Thrips. 
  The 
  mixture 
  consists 
  of 
  commercial 
  lime- 
  

   sulphur 
  (33° 
  Baume), 
  5J 
  gals. 
  ; 
  " 
  Black-leaf 
  40," 
  14 
  fluid 
  ounces 
  ; 
  

   water, 
  200 
  gals. 
  

  

  A. 
  J. 
  Cook 
  records 
  the 
  occurrence 
  in 
  California 
  of 
  an 
  as 
  yet 
  

   undescribed 
  weevil, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  doing 
  no 
  little 
  

   damage 
  to 
  the 
  tender 
  foliage 
  of 
  apricot 
  trees. 
  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  species 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  all 
  at 
  once 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  explain. 
  Possibly 
  

   it 
  is 
  an 
  importation 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  some 
  indigenous 
  wild 
  

   plant. 
  This 
  new 
  beetle 
  is 
  an 
  Otiorrhynchid 
  allied 
  to 
  Fuller's 
  rose 
  beetle, 
  

   Aramigus 
  fulleri, 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  which 
  feed 
  upon 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  roses, 
  

   raspberries, 
  blackberries, 
  and 
  other 
  rosaceous 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  

   upon 
  what 
  this 
  new 
  pest 
  feeds 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  stage 
  ; 
  the 
  beetle 
  does 
  not 
  

   appear 
  till 
  midsummer. 
  

  

  C. 
  W. 
  Beers 
  reports 
  a 
  miUipede 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  

   tender 
  roots 
  of 
  vines 
  in 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  county. 
  B. 
  R. 
  Jones 
  also 
  

   reports 
  it 
  as 
  doing 
  serious 
  harm 
  to 
  lettuces 
  ; 
  it 
  feeds 
  largely 
  on 
  decay- 
  

   ing 
  vegetable 
  matter. 
  The 
  dark 
  blue 
  blister 
  beetle, 
  Cantharis 
  stygica, 
  

   Lee, 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  done 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  buds 
  and 
  

   blossoms 
  of 
  asters 
  in 
  Philo, 
  Mendocino 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  The 
  red-humped 
  

   caterpillar, 
  Schizura 
  concinnxi, 
  S. 
  and 
  A., 
  has 
  been 
  attacking 
  the 
  foliage 
  

  

  