UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 
PORTO RICO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
OrpicE OF Special Agent in Charge. 
Mayaguez, Porto Rico, Aggust 12, 1912. 
Mr. Alex. Wetmore, 
San Juan, P. R. 
Dear Sir: 
I have your letter of Aiiguat 4th, but am unable to say definitely 
what the "green beetle" is. There is a species of Diabrotica of a green 
color lAhich has been common during the last year on weeds throughout the 
southern coast of the island, but I have not^ heard that this has caused any 
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injury in citrus groves. It seems more probable that the insect referred 
to by Mr. Martin is the small orange leaf weevil or ’•green bug’* mentioned 
on page 9 of our bulletin No* 10, which commonly attacks orange leaves in 
Porte Rico. I have sent specimens oT^the Diabrotica mentioned above to the 
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U. S. National Huseura for deteminationa and should be able to give you the 
specific name of it in the near future. 
Very truly yours. 
1 
Entomologist. 
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