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List of pests collected and reported from July 1, 1939, to June SO, 1940, inclu- 
sive — Continued 
[All findinpcs marked with an asterisk indicate State inspection] 
Country of origin 
Number of interceptions 
in— 
Pest and host 
a 
o 
"a 
1 
1 
(y 
1 
02 
Collected in— 
INSECTS— continued 
Mecinus circulatus (Curculioni- 
dae): 
Ficus sp 
Italy 
1 
Calif.* 
Megacerus alternatm (Bruchidae) : 
Ipomoea sp 
Hawaii 
1 
Calif.* 
Megalometis chitiensis (Curculi- 
onidae): 
Amygdalus per ska nectar ina 
Chile 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
28 
1 
1 
1 
I 
2 
1 
N. Y. 
(nectarine). 
Megastigmus pistaciae (CaUimo- 
midae): 
Pistacia vera (plstache). . 
Italy . 
N. Y. 
Merodon sp. (Syrphidae): 
Turkey. ... 
N. Y. 
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus 
do 
Netherlands 
D. C. 
(Roman hyacinth). 
Lycoris sp 
D. C. 
Narcissus sp . . 
. . do __ 
Calif. ,*^Md., 
Mertila malayensis (Miridae): 
Vanda sp. (orchid) 
India .. 
Mass., Pa., Va., 
Wash. 
D. C. 
Metamasius hemipterus (Cm^culi- 
onidae) : 
Ananas sativus (pineapple) 
Puerto Rico 
m 
La. a 
Fla.* 
Metamasius sericeus (Curculioni- 
dae): 
Ananas sativus . 
Cuba .- 
Bananajdebris 
Honduras, Mexico 
La., Tex. 
Musa sp. (banana) 
Ala., Md., Tex. 
Metamasius sericeus carbonarius 
(Curculionidae): 
Musa sp 
Guatemala 
N. Y., S. C. 
Micrapate scapularis (Bostriehi- 
dae): 
Wood 
Mexico 
N.^^. 
Micrelus ericae (Curculionidae): 
Calluna vulgaris (heather) 
Scotland . 
10 
1 
Mass., Mich.,N. 
Moneilema opuniiae (Cerambyci- 
dae): 
Cactus . 
Y., Pa. 
Calif.* 
Monotoma centralis (Monotomi- 
dae): 
Cucurbita maxima (squash) 
do-. 
do.. 
Colombia 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
53 
Tex. 
Moodna bisinuella (Phycitidae): 
7ea mays (corn) 
Tex. 
Mordellistena cattleyana (Mordel- 
lidae): 
Cattleya gigas (orchid) 
Calif.* 
Cattleya sp. (orchid) 
Venezuela 
D. C. 
Orchid . 
D. C. 
Mordellistena chapini (Mordel- 
lidae): 
Cattleya sp. (orchid) 
do 
Mexico . 
1 
D.'C. 
Lycaste skinneri virginalis (or- 
Tex. 
chid). 
Mordellistena sp., probably cat- 
tleyana (Mordellidae): 
Cattleya labiata (orchid) 
Brazil 
Calif.* 
Cattleya sp. (orchid) 
do.. 
Guatemala 
D. C. 
Mordellistena sp., near chapini 
(Mordellidae): 
Cattleya sp. (orchid) . 
D. C. 
Epidendrum sp. (orchid) 
do 
BrazU 
1 
Calif.* 
Mordellistena sp., probably cha- 
pini (Mordellidae): 
Ca«/ei/a sp. (orchid) 
D. C. 
