othcr species present are: C. dane-phora . C. amllou,- 0. robust a , and 
C. congcnsis . 
A light infestation of Pseudo coccus citri fiisso -as noted on 
April 18 in a small variety planting at the Station at Rio Piedras; one 
small tree of Coffer. a rabica , however, had been nearly killed by the 
mealybugs. 
A hemis-oherical scale (Sa isseti a herrisoherica Targ. )was reported 
by Jesus Gomez as abundant at Guyanilla during April and causing 
considerable sooty mould on the coffee trees. 
A survey under- the direction of I. L. Torres, Director of Agricul- 
tural Extension of the Insular Department of Agriculture, in search of 
■ the banana root - eevil (Cos roouolitos so'rdldus G-erm. ) on banana, -as Trade 
during March and April on 300 farms comprising about 50,000 acres of land 
in the Ponce, Pcnuelas, and Guyanilla Districts. These places "ere 
nreviously thought to be uninfested. 'The infestation in the Ponce Dis- 
trict "as found to be generally distributed and from 7 to 20 per cent 
of the plantations —ere affected; in the other t^o Districts infestation 
vas found to-be just starting and still sc^ f bered and light. The '"hole- 
sale collection of larvae and adults of Strataegus quadr ifoveatus P. de'3» 
on cocoanut by boys for the Agricultural Extension Division of the 
Insular Department of Agriculture has been continued during the month 
and a large quantity of specimens have been gathered and destroyed in 
the Mayaguez district. 
The Agricultural Agent at Humacao reports a 2-acre planting of 
tobacco completely stripped of leaves by the tobacco hommorm (Protorarce 
sexta Joh.^ -during April at- Juncps. 
The bean lacebug- (C orythucha f ossyoii Fab. ) ^as found to be moderate- 
ly infesting a large garden patch of pole lima beans at Aguirre, April 4, 
M.D.L. and A. S. Mills) and on April 30 several good sized string bean 
plants on the Insular Experiment Station -rounds at Rio Piedras -ere 
considerably infested. 
A. S. Mills reports a moderate infestation of s r 'ord bean ( Cr-na>valia 
spp. ) pods during the latter part of the month at Florida, ^oy the co-pea 
pod and stalk borer ( Fund el 2 a cistipnnnis Dyar ). 
All stages of a plant bug (Phthla p i eta. Drury) »-e:. e found abundant- 
ly on a single tomato plant a.t the Insular Demonstration Farm at May ague z 
on April 22, but apparently doing but little injury. 
Dr. Pregrer report?, that about 10 per cent of the ra>et corn ears 
are infested by tao ccrn ear -orm ( Hoi io this ob sol eta Fab. on a small 
test plot at the Insular Station. 
