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Nodonota lateralis Jac r is always a pest on apples. It also damages the 
flowers of dahlias and visits guachipelin, kapok ( Ceiba pentandra ) , p] r.i rir 
Oedionychis humeral is Fab. and 0. tenuicincta Jacr are found on gladiol 
at Paso Ancho de San Sebastian. Specimens were collected on August 18. 
Pachybrachys femoratus Oliv. was found eating apple leaves on Nobember 12; 
and it occasionally visits yellow dock, Indigof era sp., and tarqua ( Croton 
gossyoiifolium ) at Alajuelita, and orange at San Pedro de Montes de Oca. 
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Pachystethus nitidula Bl . eats the flowers of daisy ( Chry s r.r. t .-.ermm-. a. r :■: _--,..". 
during early winter. 
Pharaxonotha kirschi Reiti^ was found damaging a package of seedless raisin 
during November . 
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Pterocyclon eg e nun 31dfd. This borer killed a number of small avocado trees 
during October, November, and December. The adults are more destructive than the 
larvae. They bore into the trunks and branches and are the worst pest that I have 
observed on young trees. 
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Scymnus horni G-orh. was observed durin~ the winter feeding on Aleurocar.^nus 
woglumi Ashby. 
Steirarrhinus cupreotinctus Champ, was found on cedro dulce during August. 
St rigo derma rutelina Bates was damaging, potato between the middle of 
November and middle of December." 
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Strigo derma sulcicollis Cast, was collected on Polygonu m sp. at San Jose 
during December. 
DIPTEBA 
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Pseudolynchia maura Bigot is abundant and especially troublesome on young 
pigeons at San Jose. The natives believe that the pigeons can not live wit:, 
them, and it is a common practice to kill one of these flies from a newly 
acquired pigeon in order to prevent the bird from returning to his old home. 
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S imul ium metal licum Bell, and S. quadr i vi t tatu m Loew were collected on 
October 14 feeding on my hand while collecting at Las Pavas near San Jose. IPhey 
leave c round spot th.-t looks like a blood blister. The spot forms a dark 
colored scab. The bite is painful, especially if near the e; • . 
During November, December, and January Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerst . 
the most serious pest of papaya, in many cases destroying 100 per cent of the 
fruit. 
LEPIDOPTERA 
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Agraulis ,juno Cr. was reared from a caterpillar on granada morada ( Passificra 
(1) . Det. H. S. Barber. (2) Det. E. A. Chapin. (3) Pet. W. S. Fisher. (4). De 
M. W. Blackman. (5) Det. L. L. Buchanan. (6) Det. J. M. Aldriah. . Det. 
A. Stone. (8) Det. W. Schaus. 
