. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. a. Insect Pests of the Lesser Antilles, 1912, p. 81. CITRUS INSECTS. 57 Prays citrl Miller.(Philippine Orange Moth. Hyponomeutidae; Lepidoptera.) Host: Orange, lemon, lime, mandarin, and cabuyao. Injury: Injures the blossoms of orange and lemon. Biology: Eggs deposited in the calices or peduncle of the flower; larvae upon hatch-ing bore through the inclosing parts, often destroying the calyx, pistil, and ovules;pupate within the flower and also in leaves or forks of twigs or branches. C. F. Baker
. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. a. Insect Pests of the Lesser Antilles, 1912, p. 81. CITRUS INSECTS. 57 Prays citrl Miller.(Philippine Orange Moth. Hyponomeutidae; Lepidoptera.) Host: Orange, lemon, lime, mandarin, and cabuyao. Injury: Injures the blossoms of orange and lemon. Biology: Eggs deposited in the calices or peduncle of the flower; larvae upon hatch-ing bore through the inclosing parts, often destroying the calyx, pistil, and ovules;pupate within the flower and also in leaves or forks of twigs or branches. C. F. Bakerstates that in the Philippine Islands the larva of this moth lives just beneath the rindnext to, but not in, the pulp. They produce the gall-like tumors which remain openat the tips. The adult moths are of two sizes. Distribution: Sicily, Italy, Corsica, Ceylon, Australia, , E. O. CaUfornia State Board of Horticulture, Monthly Bui., vol. 2, 1913, No. 11, p. , F. Dispense di Entomologia Agraria, 1911, p. , H. J. U. S. Dept. Agric, Bui. 134, 1914, p. Fig. .31.—Lemon butterfly (Papilio demokus). (Maxwell-Lefroy.) Wester, P. J. Dept. Public Instruction, Bur. Agric, Manila, P. I., 1913, Bui. 27, p. 60. Papilio demoleus Linnaeus. (Lemon caterpillar. Papilionidse; Lepidoptera.) Hosts: Orange, lime, lemon, and other citrus trees. Injury: Defoliates citrus trees and is one of the commonest butterflies in India. Biology: Eggs yellow and deposited on topmost shoots of the plant. On hatchingthe larvfe are brown with wliite markings; when fully grown the color changes to avivid green with lateral brown markings. Pupate on the plant. Adults large andconspicuous. (See text fig. 31.) Distribution: India and South , H. The Agric. Journ. of India, 1908, vol. 3, p. , H. Indian Insect Pests, 1906, p. 174. Nephopteryx sagittiferella Moore. (Perak Pomelo Moth. Phycitidse; Lepidoptera.) Hosts: Pomelo, lime, lemon. I
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