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INSECT ••G6^TDITt6NS ; 'lE" SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA 
"by Dr. Salvador Calderon ,..,,. 
Direction General de AgriCultura, Salvador : . < •/ 
Hammoderus spinipennis Thorns. Bores in the trunk of coffee bushes, 
especially of young plants-.- - • • . ■ , r .' 
■ Gal 1 1 p o gon b arb a turn Fab. , Macrpbasis diversicornis Haag, Oncideres 
poecila Bates (?), Psilo-ptera (Lamp_eti_s) simplex Waterh. , and Pachylis 
hector Stal. damaged Alhizzia Trial acocarpgt , a tree used Cs coffee shade, in 
the eastern' part of the State. 
Conotrachelus sp. In coffee fruits;' probably not injurious. 
Apion . sp... In fruits of Andira inemis and of coffee'. 
Idiarthron subqua.dratum S. Z. & P. Damages coffee by cutting young 
twigs, leaves, and fruits. This and similar insects are known locally as 
•chacuates, or chacuatetes., ■'•'"■:'. "'•■ ' 
Auximo.basi s coff eella ' Busck. : The larva of this mo'th causes considera- 
ble damage to coffee seeds, both" in the field and when stored.' In the 
field the larvae are generally found in fruits on the. lower branches, or . 
on those that have dropped. ;, -," '..'.', 
Leucoptera cpff eella S.taint.. Mines in coffee. ■ v 
Saissetia hemis-ohaerica Ta'rg. . found on coffee, at times abundantly; 
and Si. nigr a Beit,, found on Goff e a liberica and Eugenia malaccensis . 
Toxp-ptera aurantiae Boy. and Toumeyella sp. attack' limes-. 
Ootinis mutabilis G. & P. found in citrus fruits. 
Anastr e-phg serpentina Wied. Bred by Dr. Rafael Gonzalez Sol from 
avocados, and also re-ported by him from mangoes. (These are both unusual 
record.s for this species. — Bates.) 
Rhyncho-phorus -palmar urn L. This is the commonest sevil in the buds 
of dying coconut palms; possibly secondary. 
Ehina barbirostris Fab. bores in the terminal buds of coconut palms, 
and the coyol palm (Acrpcomia vi nif era). It is possible that it is 
secondary to a bacterial or fungus attack. 
Galerita ruficollis Dej. found in dead coconut palms; probably only 
incidental. 
