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INSECT CONDITIONS III THE DOMINICAN RI^PUBLlC DURING .SEPTEMBER, -1931 
'• '.■■ -' »•-■ -'Juan Gomez Menor 
Ent apologist of the Agricultural '-Experiment Station, Md'ca, Dominican Republic 
"' "!■■• .-'•" Blissus leucopterus Say is very rare and only found on sugarcane. 
T Jliite grubs ( Phyllophaga spp. ) are very seriously damaging the roots 
of ■ cp f f e e '.- at Samaria . 
' The 'coTn' lantern fly ( Peregrinus maidis Ashm. ) is very injurious to 
rice in the northern part of the Republic. 
Bice is infested "by the ortalid Euxesta. annonae Fab. which produces a 
stem rot by admitting bacteria. 
Rice roots "ere attacked by Pseudococcus sn. 
Mormidea ypsilon L. produced " empty grain" in rice. 
I schnorhinchus champ ioni Distant is injurious to cotton at Bonao and 
Moca. 
Lepidosaphes gloverii Pack, is present but scarce on citrus at Moca. 
and Samana . 
Toxoptera aurantii Boyer was' found on the leaves of Citrus bigaradia , 
C. decumana . and other species. It is controlled to some extent by the 
fungus Acrostalagnus aohi dum . 
Homaledra saba.lella Cham, is very abundant on coconut palm and. Qrcodoxa 
caribea at Moca and Santiago but very scarce in Samana. 
Coconut is severely infested by scale, Aspid lotus perniciosus Const., 
in Samana. This scale is slightly checked by Sq/mnu?. panamensi s Gorham, 
A sp i di o t i ph agus citrinus Craw* , and Aphelinus chrysomphali Mercet. 
Coconut is also infested in a. minor '/;?:; by Ischnasrds longirostris 
Sign. , Diaspis boisduvali Sign, and Pseudococcus nipae Mask, in Samana. 
The green scale, Coccus viridis Green, is very abundant on Coffee and 
Psidium guava , but is well controlled by the fungus Cenhalospori um lecanii . / 
The moth Erinnys, ello L. is very common on manihot (cassava). The 
larvae are parasitized by Aoanteles flaviventris Cress, and the e^gs by 
Tr'icho gramma sp. • ■ , • . . , : ... 
