Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 



HONOLULU 



J. G. SMITH, Special Agent in Charge. 



PRESS BULLETIN NO. 17. 



the: MANGO WEEVIL. 



(Crypt orhynchus mangiferae Fabr.) 



By D. L. Van Dine, 



Entomologist, Hawaii Experiment Station, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



The destructive work of the mango weevil in the seeds of 

 mangoes was noted in Hawaii for the first time last year. The 

 nature of the insect and its injury point it out to all persons 

 interested in the culture of the mango as a serious pest. In 

 the family Curculionidae, to which this beetle belongs, occur 

 numerous species of the most injurious character. The cotton 

 boll-weevil has destroyed over $50,000,000 worth of cotton in 

 the Southern United States since its appearance in Texas in 1892. 

 The curculios of the apple, plum, quince and strawberry do enor- 

 mous damage to these and related fruits. The chestnut weevil 

 and the acorn weevil, extending: their injury to other nuts, have 

 added greatly to the evil reputation of this family of beetles. 

 Looking in the future to the Mainland as a market, it is readily 

 seen that to prevent an embargo on mangoes, this enemy must be 



