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INSECT CONDITIONS IN PUERTO RICO DURING MARCH, APRIL AND MAY 1933 
San Juan Plant Quarantine Ofi'ice 
COCCIDAE 
Fhenacoccus gossypii Towns. & Ckll . was found on leaves and stem of tomato 
at Loiza on March 28, 1933. (Det. K. Morrison.) (C. S. Anderson.) 
KEMIPTSRA 
Piezosternum s ubulatum Thurib. was found on a leaf of "breadfruit at Bay am on 
on May 14, 1933. (Det. K. G. Barber.) (C.S.A.) 
Corecoris batata s Fab. adults were common on the leaves of grapefruit at 
Manati May 2, 1933. (Det. K. G. B.) (C.S.A.) 
LEPID0PT2RA 
A large number of larvae of Hyalurga vinosa Drury were found eating the 
leaves and stems of Sc hob er a a ngio sperma at Bayamon April 24, 1933. (Det. W. 
Schaus.) (A. S. Mills.) 
Sub lemma cinnamomea H. S. was caught at a light at Bayamon on May 28, 1933. 
(Det. ;7. S.) (C.S.A.) ~ 
CURCULIONIDAE 
Adults of Lac hn opus curvipes Fab. were found on grapefruit leaves at Dorado 
on May 23, 1933. (Det. L. L. Buchanan.) (C.S.A.) 
Adults of Diapre-pes abbreviatus , L. were abundant on the leaves of grapefruit 
at Vega Alta on May 5, 1933. (Det. L. L. B.) (C.S.A.) 
Adults of Tetraonyx 4-msculatu s Fab. were found on Ian tana flowers at Vega 
Alta on May 23, 1933. (Det. K. S. Barber.) (C.S.A.) 
DIPTERA 
Agromyza jucunda V.d.W. adults were reared from larvae making serpentine 
mines in the leaves of wild morning-glory at Vega Alta on November 22, 1932. The 
infestation w?s heavy. (Det. J. M. Aldrich.) (A.S.M.) 
Pholeomyia indecora Loew adults v;ere numerous on crotalaria blossoms at 
Barceloneta on April 25, 1933. (Det. J. M. A.) (A.S.M.) 
