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Insect Pests of the IVest Indies. 
Insect Pests of the West Indies. 
In answer to Mr. Hammond, the following list of West Indian 
insect pests lias been forwarded. The Orange Pests are not given 
in this list. Probably the Museum of the Jamaican Institute has 
records, as they have published catalogues under the title of Museum 
Notes. This list is further augmented by the identification of 
specimens sent over by the Imperial Department of Agriculture of 
the West Indies. The names of these species and their food plants 
are given in the following pages. 
A. Insects injurious to Sugar Cane. 
1. Large Sugar Cane Borer ( Diatroea saccharalis). (“Ins. Life,” Vol. iv. 
pp. 95, 103.) 
2. Sugar Xyleborus or Pin Borer ( Xyleborus perforans). (“ Ins. Life,” Vol. 
v. p. 31.) 
3. Sugar Cane Pin Borer ( Xyleborus putescens ). Barbados, Trinidad, 
St. Vincent. 
4. Boring Weevil ( Sphenophorus ). 
5. Tropical Sugar Cane Borer ( Chilo saccharalis). 
6. Scale (in Jamaica) ( Aspidiotus sacchari , Ckll .). 
7. Mites, vide ( Histiostoma rostroserratus (decaying plants). 
Bull. 40, Royal J Immature Gamasids (predacious). 
Kew Gardens. J Damacus or Motaspis, sp. Tarsonymus hancrofti , 
April, 1890. I Miller, does damage to canes. 
B. Cotton. 
1. Dactylobius virgatus , Ckll. = Mealy Bug on under side of leaves. Jamaica. 
2. Cotton Stainer ( Dysdercus andrex ), attacks bolls. Jamaica. 
C. Coffee. 
1. Scale ( Aspidiotus articulalus). Jamaica. Leaves. 
D. Allspice. 
1 . Pimento Borer (Cyrtomerus pilicornis), bores into twigs. Jamaica. 
E. Banana. 
1 . Aspidiotus articulatus, 
2 . Ceroplastes floridensis. 
3. Aspidiotus personatus. 
4. Aspidiotus ficus. 
F. Congo Pea Pests. 
Vide No. 54, Inst. Jamaica Mus. Notes. 
G. Cocoa Plant. 
1. Cocoa Bug ( Membracidse ). Leaf-hopper found in Trinidad. 
2. Leaf-cutting Ant ( Alta pedeus , L.). Trinidad. 
3. Longhorn Beetle ( Sterastoma depressum), on young plants. 
4. Palm Weevil ( Rhynchophorus palmarum). 
rare. 
J amalca. 
