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Saissetia hemisphaerica Targ. was noticed on many Hibiscus sp. in flower 
"beds around Port-au-Prince, May 12. 
The leaf cutting "bee, Megachile concinna Smith, was reported from several 
localities damaging severely rose "beds around towns the middle of June, with 
no definite control to check them. 
The fire ant, Solenopsis g eminata Fab., was quite abundant in houses at 
Fetionville and Port-au-Prince, June 3« * n several case? they were associated 
with the "TiCacos" (Little Cacos) ants Pheicole megace'ohala Pah. 1 which seem 
to drive them away. 
An invasion of mosquitoes, Culex quinguefasciatus Say, Aedes aegypti L. , 
and Psorophora sp. , occurred in May throughout the Cul-de-Sac plain, "biting 
horses and mules, as well as human "beings. 
INSECT NOTES FROM PUERTO RICO 
G. N. Wolcott reported on September 15 that in the last few months two 
rather extensive collections of injured rice have "been sent in, from Arecibo 
and from Fajardo, injured by Diatraea saccharalis Fab. If low-land rice is 
ever grown extensively this may become a rather serious pest in Puerto Rico. 
INSECT CONDITIONS IN EGYPT FOR AUGUST 1S^5 
3y 
A. H. Rosenfeld 
Thanks to thorough measures of the Government authorities, the damage 
caused by the leaf worm (Prodenia) in the Delta has been only from 2 to 10 
percent from south to north. Rather serious isolated attacks have occurred 
in Upper Egypt as far south as Asyut, where, due to their rarity, the 
fellaheen are not experienced in fighting it. 
Some attacks of the two boll worms have been reported in the North of 
the Delta, varying from 2 to 5 percent, but there were no reports of damage 
by these insects from Upper Egypt. 
