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IUSSCT C03TOITI0NS IN PUERTO RICO DUPING JULY AND AUGUST 1933 
San Juan Plant Quarantine Office. 
COLIOPTERA 
A large number of adults of Hal tic a jama ic ensi s Pab. (Det. H. S. Barber.) 
and Ealtica occ ide nta l is Suffr. (Est. E.S.E.) were found on weeds and verbena 
at Pennelas and Loiza August 1-3. (E. G. Oakley) 
A few adults of C ryp tol aemu s tnontrouzieri LIuls. (Det. I. A. Chapin) were 
caught August 18 on Scirpus validus at Ponce. (E.G.O.) 
LEPIDOPEEHA 
Adults of Anticarsi a g emmatilis Hbn. (Det. W. Schaus) were numerous on 
cowpea leaves at Loiza August 7. (C . C-. Anderson.) 
Cannas were badly damaged by the larvae of Cal redes ethlius Cram. (Det. 
W.S.) at Mayaguez. An adult was reared. (A. G. Harley.) 
A heavy infestation of larvae of Diaphania hyalinata L. was eating the 
leaves in one-eighth acre of yantia at Adjuntas. An adult was reared. 
Larvae of Xan tho-oastis antillium Dyar (Det. 77. S . ) were stripping the leaves 
of a lily (H ymenocalii s sp.) at Mayaguez on July 15. An adult was reared. 
HEMIPT2PA 
Adults of Llormidea. angustata Stal. (Det. H. G. Berber) were numerous on 
the flower stalks of crotalaria at Manati August 15. (C.G.A.) 
A heavy infestation of adults and nymphs of Phthia picta Drury (Det. H.G.B.) 
were preventing tomatoes from growing and ripening properly at Bayamon on 
August 22. There were five or six plants in this garden. (A. S. Hills.) 
EYi.GNOPTSEA 
Adults of Zatropis denterus Cwfd. (Det. A. B. Gahan) were reared from 
galls on leaves of guava at Bayamon August 12. (C.G.A.) 
