UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
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A black woolly caterpillar has "been observed on walnut in the district 
of Linares, that, •'•although it has not "been identified, is possibly 
Hemerocanpa sp. The "."c At s rp i I" 1 ar "destroys all the' leaves of the trees. 
This pest has not "been \o". .served; in 'fcrmer years,,/':, 
Cotin is .mutaV.iis ,i, 
near Camargo, Ch.ih'nah\ a.\ 
and ?» var. rrialina . 0V JansOn attacked peach 
1I0TES ONIiTSEC^aONDITinTTQ'TTT cosTA^-UCA, JUNE, 1931 
J. 1* <* .star ■;■'■ 
Direct r, of v i<--- lal Museum, San Jose. 
Almost all the pi 
woglumi -Ashby, Some :' 
appear dried u.p B Not % 
In April -an experiment « 
nothing definite has "been 
\ts of tH genus Citrus are infested by Aleurocanthus 
"ia"v%fcfcLi. ..tLill^JZ -..tire foliage and the branches 
In the coffee plantrti 
numerous badly injured plant 
young leaves. Some cocci da ■'•'a3. 
Stainton which live i>, the 'pa.^e? 
This larva spins a strong cocoon, 
nbat the pest up to the present, 
s chersopla aleyrodis , but 
his fungus, 
«i northwest of the capital are 
of aphids are fouiid on the 
"r'os-tona coffeellum 
utui and destroy it are present, 
s ^rooected by a great number of 
fine threads. The tips of, )he ln3jrsted.biTnch.es. arn "black. In some places 
termites ©re also found, We-, have fyp\ yet determined the cause of the trouble. 
♦ Termites have not been 'so numerous this-. T - *.;n.g last, Notwithstanding 
this, in some parts of the city they' -'Lve see: iu great numbers flying in the 
afternoons. Some houses of ;?ood are baaly damaged. 
