. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. FlG. 2.— Tedalia cardinalia view, iiiclosetl ii. last Inrv all enlarged (after Riley). a. full iirown 1 iv:\; b. pupn, dorsal il skin ; c, pupa, naked, ventral view^ Fir,. :i —Vedalia eardi- nalis, adult—enlarged (after Riley). casional specimen was found. I discovered there, for the first time, feeding upon a large female Icerya, the Lady-bird, which will become famed in the United States— Vedalia cardinalis (Figs. 2 and 3). I called the attention of both the gentlemen to this in- sect, yet neither of them had e
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. FlG. 2.— Tedalia cardinalia view, iiiclosetl ii. last Inrv all enlarged (after Riley). a. full iirown 1 iv:\; b. pupn, dorsal il skin ; c, pupa, naked, ventral view^ Fir,. :i —Vedalia eardi- nalis, adult—enlarged (after Riley). casional specimen was found. I discovered there, for the first time, feeding upon a large female Icerya, the Lady-bird, which will become famed in the United States— Vedalia cardinalis (Figs. 2 and 3). I called the attention of both the gentlemen to this in- sect, yet neither of them had ever seen it nor knew the beetle. Mr. Tepper has charge of a large collection of insects, and especially of Co- leoptera, at the South Australian Museum. Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the nursery, also called my attention to a beetle, a curculio, which is very destructive to olive-trees, eating the young shoots and leaves of the plants during the night and secreting itself in the ground during the day-time (Fig. 4).* Through the bureau of forestry at Adelaide I was informed that a colony of Icerya existed at Mannum, on the Murray River, and a trip to that ])lace was made on October 18. In two gardens Icerya was present; in one of them they ex- isted on only a few of the many orange-trees, and none examined showed any parasites, while in the other on two *Tlii8 is ail Otioibynchid nuknown to lis, aud will have to be referred to a spe- cialist abroad.—C. V. Fig. 4.—olive Siiant-lvptle— oularged (oi igiiuii).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Entomology. Washington : G. P. O.
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