-34CM 
Plat.ynota stultana Wals., a tortricid leaf tier, was described (Trans. 
Ent. Soc , Lond., p. 127-8, 1884) from Sonora, Mexico. It has also been known 
in southern California for several years. In 1933 it was found damaging 
the new growth on about 15 percent of the 100,000 rose plants in a greenhouse 
in Alexandria, Va. In Mexico and California it is recorded as attacking 
cherimoya, red pepper, bell pepper, grapefruit, orange, cotton, walnut, 
avocado, and several other plants. 
Ptinus tectus Boieldieu, a beetle, described from Tasmania (Ann. Soc. 
Ent. France IV, p. 652, 1856), is widely distributed in Europe, where it 
attacks stored articles, including dried milk, cereals, chocolate, pepper, 
fish meal, fertilizer, and woolen carpets. 'The first record on this continent 
was made in the winter of 1S31-32 at Vancouver, 3. C, and later that year it 
was. found in stored fish meal in California and in imported fertilizer in 
Washington. 
SUMMARY OF INSECT CONDITIONS IN HAWAII FOR 1933 
0. H. Swezey 
There were no outbreaks of the sugarcane leafhopper, Perkinsiella 
saccharicida Kirk., of any consequence. This insect is controlled by its 
most important natural enemy, the Fijiian bug Cyrtorhinus mundulus (Bredd.), 
which sucks the eggs. 
Rhabdocnemis obscura (Boisd.) is generally well controlled by the New 
Guinea tachinid Ceromasia sphenophori Vill . In particular locations, and 
with some varieties of cane, there is appreciable damage. 
The Asiatic beetle, Anomala orientalis Waterh. , continued prevalent in 
a particular area of one of the large sugar plantations, but the ac tuciU damage 
to the cane by its grubs was evidently slight, as the plantation produced a 
record crop. 
The Chinese rose beetle, Adore tus sinicus 3urm., continues as prevalent 
as ever as a garden pest. During the summer over 2,000 adults of the 
parasite Tiphia lucida Ashm. were liberated in favorable places. 
The pink sugarcane mealybug, Trionymus s acchari (Ckll.), is now well 
controlled by the Philippine parasite Anagyrus saccharicola Timb . , introduced 
in 1930. 
The pineapple mealybug, Pseudococcus brevities (Ckll.), is becoming of 
less importance in pineapple fields as better spraying methods and field 
practices for control are being made use of. This mealybug is apparently 
increasing in cane fields. 
The Chinese grasshopper, Oxya c Linens is Thunb., was less prevalent in 
some of the sections, where it was attacking sugarcane. The egg parasite 
Sc^lio pembertoni Timb., introduced from the Malay States in 1930, has been 
recovered in a few places. 
