The black fly of citrus and other subtropical plants . diaby Maxwell-Lefroy in June, 1910. In the same year it was found inManila, P. I., by George Compere. In October, 1910, R. S. Woglum,of the Bureau of Entomology, in search of parasites of the citruswhite fly (Dialeurodes citri Ashmead), found Aleurocanthus woglumi atthe Royal Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, and it is in his honor that thespecies is named. From November, 1910, to June, 1911, Woglumfound this insect at the following places in India: Gujranwala; Kalim-pong, Sikkim; Lahore and Nagpur, Central Province. In November, 1913, Mr. A. Rut
The black fly of citrus and other subtropical plants . diaby Maxwell-Lefroy in June, 1910. In the same year it was found inManila, P. I., by George Compere. In October, 1910, R. S. Woglum,of the Bureau of Entomology, in search of parasites of the citruswhite fly (Dialeurodes citri Ashmead), found Aleurocanthus woglumi atthe Royal Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, and it is in his honor that thespecies is named. From November, 1910, to June, 1911, Woglumfound this insect at the following places in India: Gujranwala; Kalim-pong, Sikkim; Lahore and Nagpur, Central Province. In November, 1913, Mr. A. Rutherford added Peradeniya, Ceylon, to the Old Worlddistribution of the black fly. Aleurocanthus woglumi was first sent in to the Bureau of Entomologyfor determination from the New World in November, 1913, and Feb-ruary, 1914, by Col. C. Kitchner, from Half-Way, Jamaica. In May, 1914, S. F. Ashby, microbiologist of the Department of Agricul-ture of Jamaica, sent in specimens of this pest from Kingston, and BULLETIN 885, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF in 1915 he wrote two papers(2) and (3), indicating thereinthat it was rather widespreadover the island of February, 1916, PatricioCardin, entomologist of theexperiment station of Cuba,sent in specimens from Guan-tanamo, Cuba, and in thesame month L. J. K. Bracesent in specimens from Nas-sau, New Providence, Ba-hama Islands. In 1917 John-ston (16,17) showed that theinsect occurred in Cuba, atGuantanamo and same year Ritchie (34)states that the entire island[Jamaica] is becoming gener-ally involved. In an un-published report of Novem-ber, 1917, in the bureau files,Harold Morrison gives an ac-count of the black fly inJamaica and Cuba, and forthe first time called attentionto the fact that this insectwas established in the CanalZone and the adjoining partsof the Republic of Panama,having been found by him oncitrus and mango trees inCristobal, Ancon, and Balboain the former place and inColon and Panama in the lat
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