. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. d in cane , G. J. Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 9, 1912, pp. 455-459. Aphanlstichus consanguineus Ritsema Bos. (The Flat-Headed Leaf-Miner Beetle. Buprestidae; Coleoptera.) Host: Sugar cane. Injury: Mines the leaves. Description and biology: Adult beetle, mm. long, black, head and prothoraxwith a bronzy tint. Pupa 3-5 mm. long, orange color, elongate elliptical, with allappendages beneath. Larva when full grown about 6 mm. long, orange colored,elongate, flattened, w
. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. d in cane , G. J. Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 9, 1912, pp. 455-459. Aphanlstichus consanguineus Ritsema Bos. (The Flat-Headed Leaf-Miner Beetle. Buprestidae; Coleoptera.) Host: Sugar cane. Injury: Mines the leaves. Description and biology: Adult beetle, mm. long, black, head and prothoraxwith a bronzy tint. Pupa 3-5 mm. long, orange color, elongate elliptical, with allappendages beneath. Larva when full grown about 6 mm. long, orange colored,elongate, flattened, with sides crenulate. Eggs laid singly in the leaf. Distribution: Java. Van Deventer, W. Handboek voor de Suikerriet-cultuur, Java, 1906, vol. 2, pp. 46-53, pi. 6. Hispa wakkeri Zehntner. (Sugar-Cane Hispid Miner. Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera.) Hosts: Sugar cane. • Injury: Mines the leaves of sugar cane. Description and biplogy: Adult beetle 5-6 mm. long, black, bristling with strongspines. Pupa cylindrical, yellow or red brown in color, 6-7 mm. long, formed in 200 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS the leaf mine. Larva yellowish white, flattened, legless, with small brown head,brown prothoracic shields, and two apical teeth. Mines the leaves. Distribution: Deventer, W. Handboek voor de Suikerriet-cultuur, Java, 1906, pp. 66-70, pi. 9. Diaprepes abbreviatus Linnaeus (spenglerl Linnaeus). (West Indian Sugar-Oane Root Borer. Brachyrhinidae [Otiorhyuchidse]; Coleoptera.) Hosts: Sugar cane, orange, guava, avocado, mango, rose, Indian corn, Guinea corn,sweet potatoes, Bahama grass {Gynodon dactijlon), limes, and other plants. Injurij: The larva does serious injury to the roots and the adult to the to transmission in seed-cane shipment. Description and biology: Adult 8-18 mm. in length; variable in color from white togreen and ochraceous, with from four to many denuded elytral striae beak thick, tricarinate, antennae elbowed. Pupa 19 , soft and white with a
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