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Several adults of a leafhopper, Cica della coff eella Coz. , were taken 
on a coffee tree at Maricao, December 11, 1j30 (A. G. Harley; F. ". Oman 
det.); apparently not recorded "before from Porto Rico. 
A leafhopper, Cicadella sirena Stal, was lightly infesting a l/2-acre 
patch of okra at Trujillo Alto on ""arch 10, 1931 (Anderson and Mills; P. W. 
Oman det.). This is the first record for okra in Porto Pace. 
A scale, (So ncha s - p i s an^r ae c i Ckll. (Morrison det.), heavily infesting 
the "branches of an undetermined tree at Rio Piedras, July 7, 1930 (A. S. M. ) . 
Listed previously only on vanilla at Mayaguez (1917) and ornamental croton 
at Mameyes (1912). 
Adults of a coreid bug, Corizus hyalinus Fab. , were collected from egg- 
plant leaves at Caguas, February 13, 1931 (H. Faxon and A. S. Mills; K. G. 
Barber det.); previously recorded here only from Rio Piedras in June, 1916, 
as "very abundant on ™eeds in a garden, some feeding on tomato" ("Volcott's 
"List"). 
At Aguada C.ycloneda sanguinea L. 'was common in infested fields in 
March, but the pupae were highly infested "by an undetermined chalcid. Al- 
though the extensive properties of the Aguirre Sugar Co. on the South Coast 
suffc 'ed a considerable dry spell daring the winter, Mr. Herbert Osborn, 
jr. , and others reported the aphid not so bad as during the previous 
year. 
The cactus scale, lias-pis echinocacti o^-untiae Ckll. (Morrison det.), 
observed on a cactus (Opuntia?), at Coamo , September 30, 1930 (A. G. Harley), 
and one plant of Q-puntia brasiliense was moderately i:^ested in Santurce, 
March 24, 1931 (P. P. and A.' S. M. ). 
A few caterpillars of Dicne vanillae L. were observed eating the 
leaves of one vine at Rio Piedras on July 13 (A. S. Mills). 
A leaf beetle, Pi sonvcha laevigata Jacoby, was abundant and doing con- 
siderable damage to a fair-sized garden natch of both beets and Swiss chard 
at Palo Seco on August 29, 1930. The grower stated that these beetles 
had troubled him for several years and had necessitated constant measures 
of control (M. D. L. & A. S. M. ). 
Plea beetles, Soitrix cu cumer is Harr. and 3. pr. - yula Pab. , were more 
or less abundant on eggplant in several localities examined, especially 
during the fall and winter; more damage was done to seedlings than to 
plants in the field. ■ 
A nentatomid bug, Sasch i stu s pronator Pab., was observed in all stages 
feeding on the fruits in a 2-acre planting at Arecibo on February 24, 1930; 
about 15 per cent of the plants were affected (3. G. Anderson and A. S. 
Mills; H. G. Barber det.). 
