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Heilipus lauri ,3oh.. was observed on avocado in March in Santa Ana 
Tlapacoyan, Oaraca, and also in Iguala, Guerrero. 
Trioza koebelei Kir]:, was observed on avocado in Coscornatepec, Vera 
Cruz. 
PJiyncliopho rus palmarum L. is an endemic species on the Island of 
Carmen, Campeche, and causes considerable damage to the coconut. Coconut 
in Iguala, and Acapulco, Guerrero, is attacked by this insect. 
Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyll. is common on the seedlings of 
Aguave in Carapeche and does considerable injury, especially to plants in 
uncared-for nurseries. It is also common in Yucatan. 
Azochis gry pus alls Walk, was observed on fig trees in February in 
Iguala, Guerrero . 
Toxotrypana * curvi Cauda Gerst. attacked papaya in the State of 
Oaxaca. 
Cosmopolite s sordidus Germ, was observed attacking banana in 
'Coscornatepec, Vera Cruz. 
There was an abundance of the woolly aphid ( Eriosoma lanigerum 
Hausm. ) on apples in Vigas, Vera Cruz. 
Heliothis obsoleta Fab. attacked corn from the month of March in 
Acapulco, Guerrero, and also in the vicinity of Tuxpan, Vera Cruz. 
laphygm a sp. We have been informed' that some caterpillars, possibly 
Laphygma sp. and Prodenla sp. , are damaging vegetable gardens and fruit 
trees on the Island of Cozumel, Qui tana Rob.-, but we do not have information 
as to the amount of in.jn.ry. L. f rugiperda Ebn. attacked corn in Iguala, 
Guerrero; and in Mazapa de Madero, Mariscal, and Jiquipilas, Chiapas. 
Agrotis c-nigrum L. caused considerable daraage to young corn in the 
vicinity of Tuxpan, Vera Cruz. This cutworm attacked corn in March in 
many parts of the State of Oaxaca. 
White grubs ( Phyllophaga spp. ) attacked corn and broad beans in Vigas, 
Vera Cruz, and also in Iguala, Guerrero, during February*. 
Mac ro dac tylus sp. attacked growing corn in the vicinity of Tuxpan, 
Vera Cruz. Corn and broad beans in Vigas, Vera Cruz, were attacked. 
The larvae of Lamellicorn beetles, probably Strategu s sp. , attack 
corn in Coquematlan and Cucuhtemoc, Colima. Strategus .julianus Burm. is 
very abundant and injurious in Soyalo, Chiapas. 
