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The pattttd. -lo'^0fppor*"-S;^nga.t3Ca fabae Harr . was present in moderate 
numbers in the same patch of pole limas at the Station in Rio Piedras. (M.D.L. ) 
Diabrotica innuba Jab. was quite abundant on cantaloupes at Isabela. (G.N.W. ) 
The melon worm, Dianhani a hyalinata L., was observed on July 31 to be con- 
siderably injuring the leaves and blossom buds of a f&u&r-sized patch of cucum- 
bers at the Station in Hio Piedras. The vines were just beginning to run by 
the end of the month and no fruit had set as yet. (M.D.I.) 
Pour moths of Bisgkaa&a ni-b' fla] is were reared from chayote ( Sechium 
edule . ) (P. Sein.) 
A mealybug, , presumably Pseudo coccus citri Rissc, was found on July 2 
to be moderately infesting several celery plants (one badly Infested) at the 
Station on grounds at Hio Piedras. The bugs were clustered at the base of the 
.stalks just above the ground, and a few were on the roots. We have only one 
previous record of injury to celery in Porto Rico by this insect, collected 
by T. H. Jones, July 3, 1912, Rio Piedras, determined by H. M rrison. (M.D.L. 
and P. Sein. ) 
Diabrotic a graminea Baly was fairly abundant and doing, moderate damage in 
a 1-acre planting of okra in Trujillo Alto on July 10. Most of the plants had 
finished bearing, however. (A. 3. Mils.) 
The pink boll worm, Pectinophora gosr-y-piella Saund. , was found on July 10 
infesting 10 out of 16 pods examined in a 1-acre planting of okra at Trujillo 
Alto. The okra adjoined a field of about lh acres of cotton which showed about 
85 per cent infested bolls. The okra plants examined were situated near the 
edge of the field next to the cotton. Tie infested pods were all mature, at 
least 3 or 4 inches in length, and each contained 1 or 2 larvae, and several 
pupae were found within the nods. The cotton was an old field which had been 
infested for some time. (A. 3. Mills.) 
The canna leaf-roller, Cairo des ethlius Cram., became destructively abund- 
ant during the month on a numW of plants at Isabela, averaging one or two 
larvae per plant. (G-.1T.W. ) 
The Hawaiian beet webworm, Fymeni a fascial! s Cram., was abundant on July 
12 (when first noticed) and through the rest of the month on several large 
patches of a weed, Gonrhrena dis-oersa . locally called "arraza contodo." 
The moths were much in evidence and the larvae were webbing together and 
skeletonizing the leaves to a considerable extent on the SI Morro Golf Course 
in -San Juan. (M.D.L.) 
