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the -rink boll ?orrr, but orobably rt lr?t half the loss should be 
attributed to it. As - whole the loss has rot beer- so great on the 
North Cor>st as or. the South Coast, but ir. certain northern localities 
it was as bad as in the worst infestations on the South Coast. 
A cotton stainer, Dysdorcus rr.d r eac L. , ras not abundant during 
the month and apparently did no appreciable drrr.age. (F.3.R. ) 
Tic melon worm, Dia-ih^nia hya.llr.ata L. , was generally present and 
troublesome to cucumbers at the station at Rio Piedras during the month 
necessitating 'spraying almost every other dn v to keep the oest in check. 
The melon aphid, An" vis yossyoii Glov. , was troublesome to cucumbers 
at the st'tation at Rio ?iedra,s throughout the month but Fas satisfactorily 
held in'chcch by froouent spraying. This insect was generally present 
but net serious or p. patch of okra at the station at Rio Piedras during 
the month. 
A lima bean pod borer, ??aruc a, tcstulalis Geyer, was observed doing 
considerable damage to the patch of pole limas at the Rio Piedras Station 
on August 18 by the larva.e eating into the blossom buds, which were then 
abundant, and feeding on the ovaries (P. Sein). Search ~t the end of 
the month, however, showed very few blossoms oresent and only one dead 
half-grown larva. (M.D.L. ) linety pods examined at the Isabela Substation 
showed no infestation, (G.iT.T. ) 
Tie lima. bear, ood borer Ptioll^ zir.cher.rlle Treit. -as not present in 
90 lima bear, pods examined at the substation at Isabela. (G.I'.T. ) 
The bean leaf roller, Gor.iurus ^roteus L. , was moderately abundant 
on pole limas at the station at Rio Piedras, P. R. 
Tie bean leaf webber, Nacoleia indicata Jab., was fairly abundant on 
pole limas during the month at the Station at Rio Piedras but possibly 
not cruite so abunda.nt as during July. 
A leaf beetle, Diabrotica gramir.ea Baly, caused considerable damage 
to limp beans ?t the station, especially to the blossoms, but also some 
leaves. (Phis beetle and Maruca and the lacebug combined prevented nod 
formation entirely, although other factors wore undoubtedly responsible 
for the nonformrtion of pods, possibly too hot weather. 
A bean leaf hopper, Prooarca f.-Vlis Do Long, w-s fairly abunda.nt on 
lima beans at the Itation at Rio Pi idras during the month. 
A leaf bug, probably Eval lodes a. sp. , according to Dr. H. H. Knight, 
was observed generally distributed at the end of the month in moderate 
numbers on the underside of the leaves of the pole lima beans er.d the okra, 
which grow on adjoining patches; both are about 25 or 30 yards away from 
the Ar.or.c. diversifolia trees upon which the insect feeds; no nymphs covld 
be four.d on either the beans or okra. 
