VOL

XX

NO

I

THE

JOURN L

 

GRI ULTURE

o

th

X

s

UNIVERSITY

OF

PUERTO

RICO

THE

INSECTSOF

PUERTO

RICO

By

 eorge

 

olcott

P GE

Introduction

1

Thysanura

32

collembola

 

Dermaptera

 4

Orthoptera

37

ispotera

62

Embidiina

74

Corrodentia

74

Mallophaga

76

Ephemerida

78

Odonata

78 

Neuroptera

88

Trichoptera

92

Thysanoptera

94

Anoplura

102

jiomoptera

 3

plEMIPTERA

 

PUBLISHED

BY

UNIV RSITY

OF

PUERTO

RI O

THE GRI ULTUR LEXPERIMENT

ST TION

RfOPlEDHAS

P

R

 

AGRICULTURAL

EXPERIMENT

STATION

University

of

Puerto

Rico

Rio

Piedras,

Puerto

 i o

Jaime

BenPtez,

M.A.,

L M

Chancellor

Luis

Stefani,

M.S

ViceChancellor

STATION

STAFF1

Arturo

Roque,

M.S

Director

B.G.

Cap6,

Ph.D

Asst.Dir.forResearch

E.

Molinary-Sales,

B.S

Editor

 gronomy

and

Horticulture

,

Head

of

Dopt.

F.

Ar6stegui3,M.S.,Assoc.Agron.

P.

Landruu,

M.S.,

Asst.Agron.

P.

Mendez,

M.S..

Assoc.

Agron.

W.

Pennock,

M.S.,

Assoc,

llort.

C.

Rivcra-L6pez,

B.S.,

Asst.Agron.

J.

P.

Rodriguez,B.S.,

Assoc.Agron.

F.

Vazquez,B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

Stat.

 nimal

Husbandry

,

An.

Husb.,Head

of

Dopt.

L.

Rivera

Brenes,M.S.,Assoc.An.Husb.,Actg.

Head

of

Dept.

J.I.

Cabrera,

M.S.,Asst.

An.

Husb.

L.F.

Col6n,

B.S..

Res.

Asst.in

Chem.

E.delToro,

Jr.,

M.S.,An.Husb.

P.J.MaroMn,M.S.,Asst.

Chem.

J.

Rivera-Anaya,

D.V.M.,Assoc.Vet.

Chemistry:

I.A.Col6n,

D.Sc,

Chem.,HeadofDept.

A.

Garcia,2

B.S.,Asst.

Chem.

L.

Igaravidez,B.S.,

Asst.

Chem.

B.

Lopez-Ramos,B.S.,Res.Asst.

in

Chem.

F.

Sanchcz-Nieva,

M.S.,Assoc.

Chem.

Economics

M.Hernandez',

Ph.D.,

Econ.,HeadofDept.

I.Aviles*,M.S.,

Res.Asst.

in

Econ.

H.

BayrOn,

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

Econ.

J.R.

Calderon,B.S..Res.

Asst.

Econ.

D.

Haddock,

M.S.,Assoc.

Econ.

M.

Piuero,B.S.,

Asst.

Econ.

G.

Gonzalez,B.S.,

Res.

Asst.Econ.

F.

Roman*,B.S.,

Res.Asst.

Econ.

G.Serra,

Ph.D.,

Econ.,Actg.HeadofDopt.

E.

Silva,

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

Econ.

P.\;iz'|uez-Calcerrada,M.S.,Assoc.Econ.

Entomology:

G.N.Wolcott,

Ph.D.,

Ent.,

HeadofDept.

L.F.Martorcll,

Ph.D.,

Assoc.

Ent.

M.

Perez,

M.S.,

Asst.

Ent.

Plant

Breeding:

,

Plant

Breeder,

Head

of

Dopt.

P.Gonzalez-Rios,M.S.,Assoc.

Plant

Breeder,

Actg.Head

of

Dept.

E.Boneta,M.S.,Res.Asst.in

Plant

Brdg.

F.

Mariota-Trias,

M.S.,Asst.

Plant

Breeder

C.Moscoso,B.S.,Res.Asst.in

Plant

Brdg.

J.V61ez-Fortunb,M.S.,Asst.

Plant

Breeder

Plant

Pathology:

L.A.Alvarez,M.S.,

Plant

Path.,HeadofDopt.

J.

Adsuar,B.S.,

Assoc,

Plant

Path.

J.

Bird2,

B.S.,Res.

Asst.in

PlantPath.

A.

Cruz-Miret,

B.S.,Res.

Asst.in

PlantPath.

Plant

Physiology

•

,

Plant

Physiol.,

Head

of

Dept.

M.delC.C.Fernandez,

Ph.G.,

Asst.

PlantPhy

siol..(Mrs.)

E.Hernandez,M.S.,Asst.

Plant

Physiol.

.1.

Martinez,B.S.,lies.

Asst.

in

Chem.

G.Samuels,Ph.D.,VisitingPlantPhysiol.

M.A.Ti6,M.S.,Asst.

Plant

Physiol.*

SoOs

J.A.

Bonnet,

Ph.D.,

Soil

Chem.,Head

of

Dept.

G.

Nicvcs-Carcaflo,

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

inChem.

M.A.

Lugo-L6pcz,»

M.S.,

Asst.

Soil

Sci.

A.

Riera,B.S.,Asst.

Chem.

J.

Rold:in,B.A.,

Asst.

Chem.

Schoolof

TropicalMedicine

D.

Fernandez,

B.S.,Res.Asst.in

Chem.

(Miss)A.Mufiiz,B.S.,Res.Asst.in

Chem.

(Miss)G.M.V.do

Urrutia,B.S.,

Res.Asst.in

Nutr.

.(Mrs.)

University

of

PuertoRico

L.D.Rodriguez,B.S.,Res.Asst.inChem.(Miss)

Library:

M.L.Botances,B.A.,Asst.

Libr.

(Miss)

ServiceDepartment:

C.

J.

Clavell,B.S.,

Adm.

Asst.

R.

Grant,

B.S.,

Res.Asst.inAgron.in

Charge

of

Station

Farm.

Rum

Pilot

Plant

V.

Rodriguoz-Bcnitez,

M.S.,

Tech.Dir.

H.

Bran.

M.S.,

Asst.

Chem.

J.Gonzalez,B.S.,Res.Asst.in

Chem.Eng.

Y.

Pirazzi

de

Landrau,

M.S.,

Asst.

Chem.

(Mrs.)

J.Rivera,M.S.,Asst.

Chem.

(Miss)

Substations

Isabel

a:

A.

Riollano,

M.S.,

Agron.

in

Charge

C.M.

Cabrera,

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

Agron.

L.B.

Ortiz,

B.S.,

Res.Asst.

in

Agron.

 ajas

A.

Gonzalez-Chapel,

M.S.,Assoc.

An.

Husb.

in

Charge

F.

Gelpi,B.S.,Res.Asst.

in

An.

Husb.

 aPlata

M.

Rojas,

M.S.,

Asst.

An.

Husb.

I.

Carlo,

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

An.Husb.

Coffee:

A.Rodriguez-Cabrera,M.S.,Asst.Agron.in

Charge

S.

Rodriguez,B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

Agron.

Plant

Propagation

J.S.

Simons,

B.S.,

Asst.Agron.

in

Charge

Seed

Farms

Division

Main

Office

R.

Vizcarrondo,B.S.,

Agron.,

Head

of

Division

G.J.Rigau,»

B.S.,

Res.

Asst.

in

Agron.

Isabela

M.Aviles,M.S.,Asst.Agron.in

Charge

M.

Guevara,

M.S.,

Asst.Agron.

Lajas

C.Ortiz-Lugo,B.S.,Asst.Agron.

Tobacco

A.S.

Amy,B.S.,

Assoc.Agron.in

Charge

Minor

CropsSeed

Farm

H.Gandfa-DIaz,

B.S.,

Assoc.Agron.in

Charge

1

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of

dato

of

issue

1

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to

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JOURNAL

OF

AGRICULTURE

OF

THE

UNIVERSITYOFPUERTO

RICO

Issued

quarterly

bytheAgriculturalExperimentStationoftheUniversityof

Puerto

Rico,forthepublicationofnrticlesbymembersofitspersonnel,orothers,dealingwith

any

ofthemoretechnicalaspectsof

scientific

agriculture

in

Puerto

Rico

or

theCaribbean

Area.

Vol.

XXXII

Jitiiimry,

10-18

No.1

THE

INSECTS

OF

PUERTO

RICO

By

GEORGE

N.

WOLCOTT

 IN

fourteen

hundredandninety-two,

Columbus

sailed

the

ocean

blue

from

Spain,westward

from

the

CanaryIslands

outintothe

unexplored

Atlantic.Hisfirstlandfall,insteadofbeingoneoftheexpectedspice

islandsoftheEastIndies,orsomeoutlyingrepresentativeoftheages-old

and

highly

developed

civilization

ofIndiaorChina,provedtobe

merely

oneof

the

smallerislandsoftheBahamas,withonlybig-eyed,bronze-

colored,

nakedTainosasitshumaninhabitants.Returningthenextyear,

atthepeakofhistemporal

power

and

glory

attheheadofa

fleet

of

seven

teen

ships,Columbus

discovered

the

islands

of

the

West

Indies

which

bound

theeastand

north

oftheCaribbeanSea.Onthissecondvoyage,when

only

twenty-one

days

out

from

Gomera

of

the

Canary

Islands,

the

grand

fleet

firstsighted

the

steeplymountainous

and

forest-covered

island

of

Dominica:oneofthemostsouthernoftheLeewardIslandsof

the

Lesser

Antilles.

Going

ashoreand

taking

posessionfor

the

Spanish

Crown

of

MarieGalante,and

really

exploringGuadeloupe,

Columbuspassed

themore

northerly

islands

of

Montserrate,

Antigua,

Nevis

andSt.Kittsin

rapid

suc

cession,

tolandinSt.

Croix,

and

divide

the

fleet

for

exploring

the ElevenThousand

Virgin

Islands,

of

which

forty-six

were

actually

counted.

Onthe18thofNovember,

1493,

ColumbusdiscoveredVieques,andall

dayonthe

19th

his

fleet

sailedwestward

along

the

southerncoast

of

Borin-

quen,

which

the

AdmiralnamedSan

JuanBautista,

landing

onthe

20th

onthewestcoast.Shorepartiesofsailorsateseagrapes,presumablyfrom

much

larger

trees

thanthe

low

bushes

that

now

line

Puerto

Rican

beaches.

Howdifficulttoreconstruct

that

pre-ColumbianPuertoRico,withnoir

rigated

fields

ofsugar-cane,no

coconut

palms,

nograpefruitor

coffee

groves,

no

pomarrosa

thickets,

no

mangoes,

no

flamboyan

or

tulipan

to

flaunt

their

masses

ofbrilliant

blossoms

inthetropicalsunshine,sooppressivetothe

Spanish

sailorswarmly

clothed

in

woolen

garments

and

mail

Theman

grovesalong

the

shores

were

trees,

not

pollared

bushes;

with

no

terrestial

animal

present

(except

man)

larger

thanbatsand

rodents,

the

grasses

of

thesavannahsofthesouthcoastgrewhighamongthealmacigosandceibas,

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