18 BULLETIN 885, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table V. — Host plants of the black fly {Aleurocanthus woglumi) — Continued. 
Scientific botanical name. 
Family. 
Common name (Spanish 
and English). 
Locality and by whom 
reported. 8 
MalpigMa glabra Linn, (x-3) 
Melicoccabijuga Linn, (x-2) . 
Mangifera indiea Linn, (x-1) 
Morus sp 
Musa paradisiaca Linn 
Musa sapientum Linn, (x-2) 
Passiflora edulis Sims, prob- 
ably referring to P. quad- 
rangularis Linn, as well). 
Persea gratissima Gaertn 
Psidium guajava Linn (x-2) 
Punica granatum Linn . 
Salacia reticulata Wight. 
Malpighiaceae. . . 
Sapindaceae 
Anacardiaceae . . 
Moraceae 
fScitaminaceae 
\ (Musaceae). 
do 
Ipassifloraceae . . . 
Lauraceae 
Myrtaceae 
icereza 
[Barbados cherry. 
fmamoncillo, mamon. . . 
(Spanish lime 
(mango . 
\mango . 
Punicaceae. . 
Celastraceae. 
Tabernaemontana coronaria 
Willd. 
Triphasia aurantiola Lour. . 
Trichilia spondioides Jacq . . . 
Wallenia laurifolia Sw 
^Ypocynaceae. . 
Rutaceae 
Meliaceae 
Myrsinaceae 
Plants of uncertain identity 
mulberry 
fplatano macho 
\ plantain, cooking banana 
fgnineo 
\banana 
f granadillo 
\maypop, passion flower. 
faguacate 
\avocado, alligator pear. . 
fguayabo, guayaba 
\guava 
fgranado 
\pomegranate. 
jasmin de montana 
crape jasmine, E. Indian 
rosebay. 
imoncillo 
jubaban. 
casmagUa 
'jasmin de candelero. 
jasmine 
jasmin de Persia 
jasmine 
manzana de rosa 
rose apple? 
palma de abanico. . . 
travelers' palm 
unknown tree 
Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. Las Sa- 
banas, R. P.— M. & Z. 
Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. Las 
Sabanas, R. P.— M. & Z. 
! Canal Zone, Panama, Colon, 
Taboga, R. P.— D. & Z. 
Cuba ( Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. Santi- 
ago, Mann; Jamaica.— A. &R. 
Lahore, India.— W. Q. & B. 
\Cuba (Guantanamo).— C. J. & 
/ H. 
jcanal Zone.— D. Z. & M. 
"\Cuba (Guantanamo).— C. J. & 
\Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
f bana).— C.J. & H. 
{Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. Canal 
Zone. Las Sabanas.— D. & M. 
\Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
/ bana).— C. J. & H. 
Ceylon (Peradeniya).— Ruth. 
Q. &B. 
[Cuba (Guantanamo). — C. J. & 
H. 
Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. 
Cuba (Guantanamo). — C. J. & 
H. 
Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. 
iCuba (Guantanamo). — C. J. & 
R. 
Do. 
Cuba (Guantanamo and Ha- 
bana).— C. J. & H. 
\Cuba (Guantanamo).— C. J. & 
/ H. 
India.— W. Q. & B. 
1 KEY TO NUMBEKS. 
x-1, x-2, and x-3 refer to the class to which the food plant belongs, x-1 being favorite or preferred food plant, 
x-2 occasional food plant, and x-3 supplemental food plant, for a discussion of which see text, p. 14-18. 
2 KEY TO INITIALS. 
A.— Ashby, S. F. 
* A. Q. & B.— Ashby, S. F., Quaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. 
* Brace, Q. & B.— Brace, L. J. K., Quaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. C. J. & H.— Cardin, Patricio: 
Johnston, J. R., and Hutson, J. C. 
* Comp. Q. & B.— Compere, George, Quaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. D. & M.— Dietz, H. F., and 
Molino, Ignacio. D. & Z.— Dietz, H. F., and Zetek, James. Mann.— Mann, W. M. 
* M. Q. & B. — Maxwell-Lefroy, Qnaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. M. & Z. — Molino, Ignacio, and 
Zetek, James. R.— Ritchie, Archibald H. 
» Ruth. Q. & B.— Rutherford, A., Quaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. 
«• W. Q. & B.— Woglum, R. S., Quaintance, A. L., and Baker, A. C. 
«• In the report of the hosts credited to Quaintance and Baker the first named person in everv case refers 
to the collector of the material. 
INJURY. 
Much has been written about the injury caused by the black fly to 
its favorite or preferred food plants. It has also been said that it 
only takes 20 months for this insect to increase to such numbers that 
it will kill its hosts, and "that an infestation of the black fly is in- 
variably accompanied by rapidly-increasing scale infestation so that 
the life of an infested tree is necessarily short" (25) . Furthermore, it 
