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(.Melanauster chinensis Forester), and Emphytus cinctus L. was received 
on miscellaneous plants from England, Scotland, France, and Holland. 
In order to get some idea in regard to the possibility of injurious 
insects entering in bulbs, a number of shipments were given a rather 
careful inspection. One Holland shipment of lily-of-the-valley was 
found to contain Otiorhynchus sulcatus Fabr., and a Pyralid ( Pyralis 
farinalis L.) was collected in three shipments from France; one of 
hyacinths and two of narcissus. The lesser bulb fly ( Eumerus strigatus 
Fallen) was taken in several shipments of Dutch and French narcissus 
and jonquils, as was also the narcissus fly ( Merodon equestris Fabr.). 
A large percentage of the shipments were found to contain bulbs 
infested with Rhyzoglyphus rhizophagus Banks and Rhyzoglyphus 
hyacinthi Boisd. 
Fully 85 per cent of the bulbs of a large shipment of French Iris 
tingitana were infested with Anuraphis tulipce Boyer, and a species of 
the same genus was also received on Iris alberti from England. A new 
species of Liothrips was found on lily from France, and what appears 
to be an undescribed species of Tarsonemus was taken on narcissus 
from Holland. Unidentified Chironomids, Cecidomyids, and Agromy- 
zids were also intercepted. 
As in former years Coccids were frequently met with, the more im¬ 
portant being the following: 
Aspidiotus transparens Green on Cycads from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 
Selenaspidus pumilis Brain on — 1 —-, from Kimberley, South Africa. 
Targionia bromelice (Newst.) on pineapple shoots from Straits Settlements. 
Targionia hartii Ckll. on yams and sweet potatoes from Africa. 
Targionia sacchari Ckll. on sugar cane from Porto Rico. 
Chionaspis exalbida Ckll. on aloe and Pandanus from Port Elizabeth, South 
Africa. 
Chionaspis niger Ckll. on Litchi from Hawaii. 
Lepidosaphes alba (Ckll.) on Manihot sp. from St. Kitts, British West Indies, 
Bahama Islands, and the Belgian Congo, and on Manihot esculenta from 
Jamaica. 
Parlatoria calianthina B. & L. on Pyrus communis from Algeria. 
Parlatoria pseudaspidiotus Lindg. on orchids from the Philippine Islands. 
Lecanium cerasorum (Ckll.) on wistaria from Japan. 
Lecanium kunoensis (Kuwana) on plums from Japan. 
Lecanium persicce (Fab.) European Peach Scale, on Berberis verraculosa frojn 
France. 
Pulvinaria floccifera (Westw.) on Renanthera imschootiana from England. 
Pseudococcus boninensis Kuwana on sugar cane from Argentine. 
Pseudococcus comstocki Kuw. on persimmon from Japan. 
Pseudococcus crotonis (Green) on orchid from Porto Rico. 
Pseudococcus sacchari (Ckll.) on cow cane from Rhodesia, also Indian cane from 
Rhodesia, and on sugar cane from Cuba and the Virgin Islands. 
Pseudococcus virgatus (Ckll.) on Litchi from the Philippine Islands. 
