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A brown a-ohid was abundant on a number of the tender shoots and young 
leaves on a fairly large grape arbor at Puerto Heal, Vieques Island, on 
September 28. 
Adults of Pi an rones s-oe:igleri L.. were less abundant than a short tine 
ago at Isabela, only one or two egg clusters being found in several hours' 
search in the citrus nurseries, whereas many were fou ] t< . ■ rds the end 
of August in the sane place in a much shorter time (G-.27."/oleott) . 
An undetermined snail was re-coried by 7.. H. T" *. ht cf the Insular 
Experiment Station as skeletonise ~ leaves in a seed- bod" of several 
thousand .grapefruits at the experi .ei t fan at Irujillo Alto the last of 
August. The seedlings were not mo re than 6 inches in height and were 
generally infested, about 5 uer cent being hilled before control measures 
could be adopted. 
The papaya fruit fly ( T o ::o t ryri an a c urv i c auda Gerst.) was not found in 
several fruits cut open on a farm near' Ponce on September 9. The owner 
stated that no infested fruits had been noticed for several weeks, where- 
as formerly they hacj been heavily infested. As previously reported, many 
infested fruits had been destroyed and I suspect that this resulted in 
greatly reducing the infestation in this planting. 
The scale Ps eudo-pa rl at p r i a ostreata Ckll. was abundant on a number of 
grapefruit, trees near Ponce on September 9. 
The cassava shoot borer ( Lonchaea chalybea V/eid. ) was received under 
date of October 2 from the local Agricultural Agent at Bayamon who stated 
tnat for some little time the insect had been very common in all the 
cassava plantings in the district and had considerably reduced the yield. 
By the eaixy part o- fcu.e ion'on nost, oi one cotton had <0(jcn harvested 
around Isabela and during the month larvae of the pink boll worm ( Pectino- 
•phora gossypiella Saund. ) were abundant in alternate hosts, especially in 
the bolls of the maga tree ( Montezuma sueciossisima ) (G-.x'.Vf. ). 
Only one moth of the bean pod borer ( Zticlla zinchcnella Treit.) was 
taken during three nights' collecting, September 25-27, at Puerto Heal, 
Vieques Island. 
The moths of the bean leaf folder ( Hacoleia indicata lab. ) were fairly 
common at light September 25-27 at Puerto Heal, Vieques Island. 
The bean aphid ( Aphi s runic is L. ) was found on September 6 in con- 
siderable numbers on many of the vines on the jjatch of pole limas at the 
Rio Piedras Station; in some cases the long stems of the vines were crowded 
and there was a light to moderate infestation on many leaves. 
