234 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
feature was the enormous amount of sooty-mold fungi covering the fruit, forest, 
shade, and ornamental trees and seriously affecting their growth and fruit 
produced hy them. 
Among the important injurious insects other than fruit fly taken in St. 
Vincent were the following: Xylcborus sacchari Ilopk., LachnopusCl) or 
Diaprcpcs (?) sp.. Cleogonus sp., etc., in seeds of angelin ; Lcpidosaphes alba 
Ckll. on stems of cassava; larvae of species of Pyralidae and Tortricidae in 
Cassia sp ; Leptoglossus vexillatus Stal and species of Olethreutidae and Psy- 
chidae on guava ; larvae of Lachnopisil) or Diaprepcs{l) and species of Blasto- 
hasidae in seeds of the Honduras mahogany; larvae of Diaprep08(1) sp. in 
seeds of mango; the scale insect, Targionia hartU on 5 percent of the yams; 
Xezara riridula on okra. At the electric light in the hotel room the following- 
well-known pests were taken: Ligyrus tumulosus, Cyelocephala vincentiae Ait., 
Nezora viridula, Achryson aurinamum L., Leptostylus testaceus Frol., Cryp- 
torhynelms sp., Xylophanes tcrsa, etc. In all parts of the island there was 
considerable damage being done to agriculture by the grasshoppers, Schistocerca 
impleta Walk, and S. pallens Thunbg., etc. 
Trinidad 
A splendid network of highways made it possible from October 10 to Novem- 
ber 4, 1931, to survey almost every section of Trinidad, including the northern 
mountainous range and the southwestern peninsula as well as the eastern 
coastal plain. The following important sections were visited: Port of Spain 
and vicinity, Carenage, Teteron, Magueripe Bay, Diego Martin, Greenhill, 
Maraval, Santa Cruz, San Juan. St. Augustine, the Maracas Valley, the Caura 
Valley, the Arima Valley, Valencia. Sangre Grande, Matura, Balandra Bay, 
Toco, Freeport, Couva, Montserrat, San Fernando, St. Madeleine, Hermitage, 
Union Hall, St. Marys, La Brea, Irois, Cedros, Chatham, Erin, Palo Seco, 
Siparia, Penal, Sadhoowa, Basseterre, Princes Town, Williamsville, Mayo, 
Caparo Junction. Flanigan Town, Brasso. Tabaquite, Rio Claro, Plaisance, 
Mayaro, St. Joseph, Cold Mine, and Upper Cunape. 
This island had a larger quantity and greater variety of host fruits than 
any of the other West Indian islands visited. Named in the order of their 
abundance the following fruits were seen and examined : Bananas, plantains, 
limes, immature grapefruit and sweet oranges, cherimoyas, avocados, Governor 
plums, papayas, golden apples, chili plums, yellow hog plums, guavas, mangoes, 
sapodillas, mamey apples, Belle apples, barbadines, pods of three different 
species of Inga, peachnuts, pomeracs, soursops, wild figs, akee fruits, sour 
oranges, bitter almonds, bela fruit, nutmeg fruit, etc. Vegetables examined 
were melons, squashes, cucumbers, okra, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, pigeon- 
peas, potatoes, sweetpotatoes, eddoes, yams, cabbages, wild cotton bolls, garlic, 
onions, etc. 
Infestations of fruit flies were found at 45 different locations, distributed 
over every section of Trinidad. Larvae of Anastrcpha spp. were taken in fruit 
of cattleya guavas, common guavas, chili plums, yellow hog plums, Inga 
ingoides, and sapodillas. Adults of Anastrcpha spp. were collected on chili 
plums. Cordia cylindristachya, guavas, and sapodillas, and some were reared 
from larvae out of chili plums and yellow hog plums. Adults of Anastrcpha 
striata Sell, were collected on guavas, oranges, Inga ingoides, and sapodillas, 
and reared from larvae out of guavas. Adults of Anastrcpha serpentina Wd. 
were taken on sapodillas as well as reared from larvae taken in this same host. 
Adults of A. fratcrculus Wd. were taken on guava. chili plum, and sapodilla. 
Adult specimens of A. e'halea Walk, were collected on guava and sapodilla, and 
one adult of A. sylvicola Knab was taken on guava also. The trypetid, Hexa- 
chacta amabilis Lw., was taken on guava and sapodilla, Acrotaenia sp. on 
sapodilla, and Blcpharoncura poeoUosoma Sen. on a species of Solanum. The 
papaya fruit fly, Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerst., was found in and on papayas. 
Among the more important injurious insects other than fruit Hies found in 
Trinidad were the following: Lydamis sp. in and on fruits of Annona montana ; 
larvae of Pyralidae in dried fruit of balata, Rheedia, calabash, and in pods of 
Inga ingoides; larvae of Blastobasidae in dried balata; ConotracJielus dimidi- 
atus (?) Champ, in 10 percent of the cattleya guavas and 20 percent of the 
guavas; Bephrata nwculicollis in 10 percent of the cherimoyas; Stcnoma 
anonella Lepp. and other Stenoma spp. in 15 percent of the cherimoyas; a 
Stenoma sp. in guava, J. setifera, and /. ingoides; Cwadella laudata Walk, on 
