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A£ C. Burrill (July 26). "This insect is of but minor importance 
in this State. I have not yet seen what might be called a heavy 
epidemic ." 
CITRUS AN D SUBTROPICAL FRUITS 
MEXICAN FRUIT FLY ( Anastrepha ludens Loew) 
(Calif ornia Weekly News Letter, Volume 4, No. 33). "Quarantine 
Officers at San Fedro and San Francisco report numerous seizures of 
mangofifj oranges, grapes, avacodc. ^. and sapotes from Central American 
ports containing living larvae of the Mexican fruit fly. Some 
sapotes taken at San Pedro were shipped from Corinto, Nicaragua. 
Upon examination 7 larvae of this insect were found in one of the 
fruits » If these fruits were actually grown in Nicaragua thi9 
is a most interesting finding since the fruit fly has not previously 
been reported from that country." 
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) 
(Calif ornia Weekly News Letter, Volume 4, No. 33). "Quarantine 
officer at Los Angeles has taken many larvae and pupae of the 
Mediterranean fruit fly in an express package from Honolulu." 
PAPAYA FRUIT FLY ( Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerst.) 
(Bureau of Entomology Monthly News Letter No. 99). "The papaya fruit 
fly is very well distributed wherever papayas are grown. In some of 
the papaya groves the damage due to this species amounts to 90 per 
cent of the crop. In some parts of the interior of Panama it is 
impossible to grow papayas without having them infested, unless the 
very thick-fleshed varieties are grown. The picking and destroying 
of infested papayas and allowing chickens to live in the groves are 
the two most efficient control measures." 
CITRUS BLACK-FLY ( Al euro cant hus wpglumi Ashby) 
(Bureau of Entomology Monthly News Letter No. 99). "The citrus black- 
fly, introduced into the Canal Zone from the West Indies, is rapidly 
spreading, according to Mr. James Zetek. The pest is now wofcl 
distributed for about 12 miles out from Panama City along the Canal 
Zone, and has been introduced into the interior at Aguadulce. Two 
entomogenous fungi are following the black fly, but are not sufficient 
to check it." 
MEALYBUG ( Pseud ococcue sp.) 
(Calif ornia Weekly News Letter, Volume 4, No. 33). "The first in- 
festation of mealybug ever found in San Benito l?a0 been discovered 
on some ornamental shrubs." 
