Che corn ear worm, Heliothis obsoleta Fab., was very injurious to 
green corn, hardly an ear escaping injury. 
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied. , continues as 
the worst fruit pest. Mangoes were considerably attacked. 
The mango weevil, Crypt orhynchus mangiferae Fab., was found in about 
half of the mango seeds during the first half of the summer, but in only 
about one third of the seeds in the latter part of the season. 
The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano, was found for the first 
time in a Honolulu garden in February 1933. Since then it has been found 
widely spread on the island of Oahu, and was taken once on one of the 
other islands. Besides infesting the various garden peppers, this weevil 
is also infesting the fruits of eggplant and the common nightshade weed, 
5 Planum nigrum . 
The gladiolus thrips, Taeniothrips gladioli M. & S., has greatly in- 
terfered with the growing of gladiolus. Some gardeners have entirely 
abandoned growing it. 
Hemichionaspis minor (Mask.) continues to make inroads on hibiscus 
hedges. If it is not taken care of when found it eventually kills the bush 
and spreads along the hedge. 
Orthezia insignis Dougl. attacks many kinds of ornamental plants and 
continues its destructive work on lantana in various parts of the islands 
where lantana is a pest plant, not r-jfc'ays killing it outright, but injuring 
it and checking seed production. 
An immigrant mirid bug , . Pycnodere s quadrimaculatus Guerin, which was 
first found in Hawaii in 1929, has this year been reported as quite injurious 
to string beans. 
The koa moth, Argyroploce illepid a Butl . , which usually is so destructive 
to the seeds of the endemic koa tree ( Acacia koa ) , destroyed only from 25 to 
60 percent of the seeds. The larvae have been quite common on macadamia nuts, 
the injury being done chiefly in the husk. The seeds of a native tree 
( Alec try on macrococcus ) were found badly infested. 
The coconut leaf roller, Qmiodes blackburni Butl., which has not done 
conspicuous damage to coconut leaves in Honolulu in the past 5 or 6 years, 
attacked the young trees badly this summer in a section of the city, giving 
the trees a very ragged appearance. This outbreak finally subsided, and 
examination showed an abundance of cocoons of the parasite Cremastus hymen iae 
Vier., equivalent to a parasitization of 82 percent. Several other parasites 
had also been a factor. 
The Eice borer, Chilo simplex Butl. , has not been so serious, the last 
ripening crop appearing to be about normal. On account of the ravages of this 
pest when it first made its appearance, there was considerable reduction in 
the acreage of rice, and much of the land has been utilized for growing truck 
crops instead. 
The subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki continues to be 
very destructive to wooden structures in Honolulu. 
