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partially in check by the abundant occurrenos of red-headed 
fungus which commonly attacks this scale. 
CITRUS VTHITEFLY ( Dialeurodes citri Ashm t ) 
Louisiana W« E* Hinds (February 23): The citrus whitefly was surprising- 
ly scarce and the trees were quite free from sooty mold* 
Haiti Roger C. Smith (February 22); In the r last two weeks we have 
sprayed citrus trees for aphids which have been sufficiently 
abundant • to cause large numbers of the younger leaves to-be 
badly curled. 
COFFEE 
COFFEE BERRY BEETLE ( Stephanoderes sp.?) 
Haiti Roger C. Smith (February 22): However, more important perhaps 
is a very small beetle which attacks coffee berries while still 
on the bushes; we fear it is Stephanoderes. These small beetles 
bore into the beans and seriously damage them* Not so much 
coffee damaged as these beetles usually attack: has been found, 
but the beetle probably is capable of becoming a severe pest, 
Several other small beetles have been taken in coffee, but I be- 
lieve they are scavengers or in some cases are attracted to 
moldy coffee, 
COFFEE TREE CRICKET (Probably new species) 
Haiti Roger C. Smith: The coffee cricket is probably the most im- 
portant coffee insect in Haiti (Fond des Negres) but actuals- 
it is of little consequence. The eggs are laid in May in tree 
cricket fashion in the young stems. They hatch from December 
on. Some of the eggs have hatched ncv (December 10), while many 
show advanced embryological devel.O'paesjfc.. Small brown and black 
ants enter the punctures and destrcy about one-third of the 
eggs. 
CASSAVA 
MAHIOC FLY ( Lonchaea chaJyJbea .Vied.) 
Ha iti Roger C. Smith (January 28): A generation. of these flies 
has just been completed and the manioc ( Man i hot sp. ) on the 
experimental farm at Damien has been seriously damaged. The lar- 
vae bore into the young growing tips and kill them. The buSc-in 
the axil of the next leaf below begins to grow. Plants were 
seen today where t"'igs were thus injured twice* 
