230 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
limes, soursops, papayas, pineapples, grapefruit, sapodillas, Barbados cherries* 
cashew fruits, cocoa, rigs, jackfruit. bitter almonds, cherimoyas, custard-apples, 
pomegranates, mamey apples, immature avocados, etc. Vegetables examined 
were okra, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, sweetpotatoes, yams, cas- 
sava roots, etc. 
From tbe above the following trypetids were taken: 91 larvae of Anastrepha 
spp. in the fruits of yellow hog plums, mangoes, and guavas, 19 adults of 
Anastrepha acidusa being collected on the fruit and leaves of these same hosts. 
Fifty-four adults of Anastrepha suspensa were taken from the fruit and 
leaves of mango, guava, and rose apple, the last-named host not bearing fruit 
at this time. One specimen of Anastrepha Integra was taken on a leaf of rose 
apple. Three adults of the papaya fruit fly, Toxotrypana curvicauda, were 
found on the leaves of papaya and 10 of its larvae in papaya fruits. One 
specimen of Aorotaenia testudinea and six of Acrotaenia sp. were taken on 
leaves of guava. One adult of Btepharoncura fulvicollis V. d. W. was collected 
on a leaf of cocoa. In addition to the foregoing, 7 Anastrepha suspensa and 5 A. 
acidusa reared from rose apple at Moca by Dr. Gomez-Menor were later for- 
warded by him to add to the collections. 
Among the more important injurious insects other than fruit flies taken were 
the following : Larvae of a species of Apioninae in 50 percent of the fruit of a 
Eugenia sp., and larvae of a species of Curculionidae in 4 percent of the fruit 
of sapodilla. Leptoglossus stigma was taken on bitter almond. L. gonagra and 
Dysdcrcus andreae were taken on cocoa foliage. Diaprepes aboreviatus and a 
Lachnopus sp. were swept from hog-plum leaves, etc. 
American Virgin Islands 
The three principal islands of this group were visited July 31- August 6, 
1931. The authors surveyed St. Thomas jointly, after which they separated, 
Mr. Kisiiuk visiting St. Croix and Mr. Cooley going to the island of St. John. 
St. Thomas and St. Croix having fairly good roads, were quite intensively sur- 
veyed, but the area covered on St. John was limited considerably due to lack 
of roads and difficulties of traveling by horseback and on foot. 
The following districts were visited on St. Thomas: The city of St. Thomas 
and vicinity, Ma Folie, Canaan, Lovenlund, Peterson Hill, Tutu Bay, Mosquito 
Bay, Crown Mountain. Pearl Bay, and Magens Bay. Sections visited on St. 
Croix were Christiansted and vicinity, Anna's Hope, Two Friends, Orange 
Grove, and Frederiksted. On St. John, the following places were visited : Cruz 
Bay, Adrian, Susannaburg. Denis Bay r Hogsnest Bay, and Casey Bay. 
There was a great scarcity of host fruits on all of these islands, St. Thomas 
having more diversified varieties than the others. Among the principal fruits 
examined in the field and public markets at St. Thomas, Christiansted, and 
Frederiksted were the following: Bananas, mangoes, yellow hog plums, sour 
limes, maiijack, cocoa plums, pomegranates, soursops, immature cherimoyas, 
avocados, sapodillas, breadfruit, etc. Vegetables seen were a few tomatoes, 
eggplants, peppers, okra, etc. 
During the course of the survey of these islands, fruit-fly infestations were 
found at 6 different locations on St. Thomas and at 1 point on St. Croix. 
Three adults of Anastrepha acidusa were taken from three different hosts, viz., 
mango, guava, and manjack (Cordia sp.). Two hundred and three larvae of 
Anastrepha sp. were taken in yellow hog plums and mangoes. 
Among the more important injurious insects other than fruit flies taken 
were the following: The pink bollworm, Pcctinopliora gossypiella, in okra on 
the island of St. John ; Lachnopus curvipes on mango at St. Thomas ; and the 
scale insects, Vinsonia stellifera and Coccus mangiferae on mango leaves on 
the island of St. Croix. Metamasius hemipterus, the West Indian cane weevil, 
was taken in an overripe sapodilla on the island of St. Croix. 
St. Kitts and Nevis. British West Indies 
These islands are grouped together for convenience since they are but 2 miles 
or so apart. During the course of the survey (Aug. 7-12, 1931) of St. Kitts 
the following fruit-growing centers were visited: Lamberts, Wingfield Manor. 
Romneys, Monkey Hill, Stapleton, Greenhill. and Basseterre and vicinity. On 
Nevis the points visited were Banyans, Stoney Grove, Wards, Hamilton, Brown 
Pasture, Fothergills, Charlestown and vicinity, Jessops, and Mosquito Bay. 
