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spideis extracted the juice's from the beetles after they had been caught 
and securely round about vith silk. 
Mealy bugs, Pseudc coccus spp. , rcre observed and are generally 
distributed on sugarcane, but are of minor import ance. 
The sugarcane looper, Remigia ( Mocis ) rep an da Fab., has been abun- 
dant and generally distributed during the year, feeding both on sugarcane 
and several grasses, especially Panicurr maximum . (Harold 3. Box. ) A '*. 
caterpillar was observed on August 28 feeding on guinea grass on the 
summit of Boggy Peak, the highest point on the island, 1350 feet. 
Man;' - coconut trees were observed the leaves of which had turned 
yellowish or brownish. Upon closer observation these rero found to be 
badly infested with Agpidiotus destructor Sign. 
The mango thrips, Heliothrips rubrocinctus Giard, was very scarce to 
absent on a number of mango trees examined in several oarts. of the ^r-'l^sd* 
This scarcity may be due to excessive rainf ■ 11 during and previous to my 
visit. 
The banana root weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germ. , was apparently 
not present in banana, piants observed in several localities. I believe it 
has not yet been recorded from Antigua. 
Hed spiders, Tetranychus sp., we're almost entirely absent on several 
Grasshoppers ( Locust idae) were doing some damage to the leaves of 
cassava. 
The pink boll worm, Pectinoohora gossypiella Saund. , badly damaged 
the 1928 cotton crops. The hurricane in the fall, however, destroyed all 
the young plants which were growing, and the crop of 1930 was free from 
the pest. This past season's crop, however, wa.s lightly Infested towards 
the end. The crop following the 1928 hurricane in Mont s err at, it is',. 
interesting to note, was apparently damaged, according to Mr. Warncford, 
as badly by pink boll worm as those crops preceding it. 
The cotton leaf worm, Alabama argiilace a Hbn. , wa.s scarce on cotton 
during the past year. 
A cotton stainer, p ysdercu s andreao L. , was generally present on 
cotton but only of minor importance. 
The cotton blister mite, jJ riophyos ~oss,ypii Glov. , was scarce as 
usual and did little damage. 
A leaf beetle, Honopha.eta. aecminoctialis Fab., was swept from s^eet- 
potatoes in small numbers and also observed in other plants, but the extent 
of the feeding of the adults, if any, was not determined. 
