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A.— SOME INSECTS WHICH MIGHT BECOME PESTS IN THIS 

 COUNTRY OWING TO IMPORTATION. 



Till': Japanese Fruit Scale {DinK/iiK pciiffii/oiia. Targ.-Tozz.). 

 The San .Tosk Scxi^k {A^iin'iIifihiK jii'micidsiis. Coins. |. 

 The Mediterranean Fruit Fly {('vratilis capitata. Wicd.). 

 Cherry Fruit Fly ilihagolcfis cci-axi. Linn.). 



These have Ijeen ah'cacly recurded in this country ; the second T found 

 on some American pears in a London shop, and the third and fourth are 

 given by Mr. George Verrall in his list of British Diptera. The .Ja|]arjese 

 Fruit Scale has Ijeen found liy i\lr. New.stead. 



THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. 



(ViTdtitis ciijiitatti. AVied.) 



This fruit fly is recorded by Verrall in his list of British I>iptera. 

 Tt must, however, lie very rare, and its record probably is in connection 

 witli imported fruit, for at one time im- 

 ported oranges could frequentlj' Ije found 

 with these maggots in them. It is a 

 widely distributed insect, being conniion in 

 Southern Europe, Malta, the Azores, the 

 Canary Isles, Bermuda, Australia, Natal, 

 the Cape, China, Brazil, etc. Its larv;e 

 feed in peaches, nectarines, apricots, 

 oranges, citrons, lof[uats, guavas, prickly 

 pears, etc. In parts of Spain the cultiva- 

 tion of peach, apricot and nectarine was 

 abandoned on account of its ravages. 



The fly (Fig. .317) is very marked in orna- 

 mentation, especially the wings. In length 

 it is little more than ,1 to 1 inch, with wing 

 expanse of over X inch ; the thorax is black, 



marked with grey-brown ; the short, Ijroad abdomen orange-yellow, the 

 hrst two segments with deeji apical laands of silvery-grej' ; the wings have 

 black lines and .spots at the base, with dark bars, as shown in the tigure. 



\fl. Kuiijht. 

 AM'AN Fill. IT FLY 



