. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 410 THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. December 29, INSECT NOTES. Larger Moth Borer of the Sugar-cane. Accounts of the larger moth borer of the siiojar- cane (Castnia licus) have been published in previous numbers of the Arjricidtvral Nrv-n (Vol. Ill, p. 42(3, and Vol. IV, p. 2(i), and in the West Indian Bulletin (Vol. VI, pp. 41-7). This insect appeared as a pest of cane at plantation Enmore in British Guiana in 1904, where it was the cause of a considerable amount of damage. Previous to that time, little was known as
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 410 THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. December 29, INSECT NOTES. Larger Moth Borer of the Sugar-cane. Accounts of the larger moth borer of the siiojar- cane (Castnia licus) have been published in previous numbers of the Arjricidtvral Nrv-n (Vol. Ill, p. 42(3, and Vol. IV, p. 2(i), and in the West Indian Bulletin (Vol. VI, pp. 41-7). This insect appeared as a pest of cane at plantation Enmore in British Guiana in 1904, where it was the cause of a considerable amount of damage. Previous to that time, little was known as to its habits. It was recorded as occurring throughout Central America, in South America, and in Trinidad. The recorded food plants were species of Orchidaceae and Bromeliareae, in South America, while it had been known as a borer in the banana in Trinidad. Mr. O. W. liarrett, late Entomologist and Pathologist, at the Porto Rico Experiment Station, writing to the Entomologist on the staff of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, stated that he had known Castnia licm in jNIexico, but not as a pest of cultivated plants. Cantnia licus has recentlj' been reported as attacking canes in Trinidad in connexion with the outbreak of the frog-hopper {Tomasjy's sp.) recently recorded in the A;;/i-i- ciiltnral (Vol. V, p. 330). Bulletin .54 of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, gives an account of C'istni/i Ucus under the title 'Giant Sugar-cane Borer,' with illustrations of the insect in its different stages. The occurrence of Castnia licus as a borer of canes in Tiinidad may indicate that it is travelling northward, with a chance that it will later become distributed in the i-slaiids of the Lesser Antilles. The moth borer {Diatraea Mcchamlis) was first described from South America, and is now known as a pest in the United States, having travelled northward through these i-slands. If Castnia tirus can breed as far north as Mexico, it should have no diff
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