Volume 39, Number 3, August 2004

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Regular Papers

351     TOYOSHIMA, Shingo and Norihide HINOMOTO
          Intraspecific Variation of Reproductive Characteristics of Amblyseius californicus
          (McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

357     HORI, Masatoshi
          Repellency of Shiso Oil Components against the Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma
          serricorne (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

363     FUKUZAWA, Mai, Sadahiro TATSUKI and Yukio ISHIKAWA
          Rearing of Ostrinia palustralis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Larvae with a Switchover
          of Two Kinds of Artificial Diets

367     WADA, Takashi, Katsuya ICHINOSE, Yoichi YUSA and Naoyuki SUGIURA
          Decrease in Density of the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck)
          (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Paddy Fields after Crop Rotation with Soybean,
          and Its Population Growth during the Crop Season

373     LIU, Zhu-Dong, Pei-Yu GONG, Kun-Jun WU and Dian-Mo LI
          Effects of Parental Exposure to High Temperature on Offspring Performance in the
          Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Adaptive
          Significance of the Summer Diapause

381     AKINO, Toshiharu, Kohji YAMAMURA, Sadao WAKAMURA and Ryohei YAMAOKA
          Direct Behavioral Evidence for Hydrocarbons as Nestmate Recognition Cues in
          Formica japonica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

389     HIROMORI, Hajime, Dai YAGINUMA, Ken KAJINO and Masayoshi HATSUKADE
          The Effects of Temperature on the Insecticidal Activity of Beauveria amorpha to
          Heptophylla picea

393     SASAKI, Ken, Hiroyuki KITAMURA and Yoshiaki OBARA
          Discrimination of Larval Sex and T iming of Male Brood Elimination by Workers in
          Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

401     KIM, Minsik, Dongyoung SHIN, Eunho SUH and Kijong CHO
          An Assessment of the Chronic Toxicity of Fenpyroximate and Pyridaben to Tetranychus
          urticae Using a Demographic Bioassay

411     ENDO, Nobuyuki, Makoto ABE, Takayuki SEKINE and Kazuhiro MATSUDA
          Feeding stimulants of Solanaceae-Feeding Lady Beetle, Epilachna vigintioctomaculata
          (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Potato Leaves

414     SATO, Takahiko and Hajimu TAKADA
          Biological Studies on Three Micromus Species in Japan (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) to
          Evaluate Their Potential as Biological Control Agents against Aphids: 1. Thermal Effects
          on Development and Reproduction

427     YARA, Kaori
          Relationship between the Introduced and Indigenous Parasitoids Torymus sinensis and
          T beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) as Inferred from mt-DNA (COI) Sequences

435     TRAN, Dang Hoa, Masami TAKAGI and Keiji TAKASU
          Effects of Selective Insecticides on Host Searching and Oviposition Behavior of
          Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a Larval Parasitoid of
          the American Serpentine Leafminer

443     SAKAMAKI, Yositaka and Tatsuya HAYAKAWA
          Specific Differences in Larval and Pupal Characters of Japanese Species of Adoxophyes
          (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)

455     ARAKAKI, Norio, Mitsunobu KISHITA, Atsushi NAGAYAMA, Midori FUKAYA, Hiroe YASUI,
          Toshiharu AKINO, Yoshio HIRAI and Sadao WAKAMURA
          Precopulatory Mate Guarding by t he Male Green Chafer, Anomala albopilosa sakishimana
          Nomura (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

463     SONODA, Shoji, Tetsuya MARUYAMA, Yohei IZUMI, Hideya YOSHIDA and Hisaaki TSUMUKI
          Molecular Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence and Gene Expression of a Transferrin Gene from the
          Rice Stem Borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

469     SHIMAZU, Mitsuaki
          Effects of Temperature on Growth of Beauveria bassiana F-263, a Strain Highly Virulent to
          the Japanese Pine Sawyer, Monochamus alternatus, Especially To lerance to High        
          Temperatures

477     JUNG, Chuleui, Sanghyun HAN and Joon-Ho LEE
          Release Strategies of Amblyseius womersleyi and Population Dynamics of Amblyseius
          womersleyi and Tetranychus urticae: II. Test of Two Release Rates on Apple

485     SHIMAZU, Mitsuaki
          A Novel Technique to Inoculate Conidia of Entomopathogenic Fungi and Its Application for
          Investigation of Susceptibility of the Japanese Pine Sawyer, Monochamus alternatus, to
          Beauveria bassiana

491     NAKAMOTO, Yutaka and Hiroyuki KUBA
          The Effectiveness of a Green Light Emitting Diode (LED) Trap at Capturing the West
          Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
          in a Sweet Potato Field

497     IMAMURA, Taro, Jaitip URAICHUEN, Porntip VISARATHANONTH, Sayaka MORIMOTO and
          Akihiro MIYANOSHITA
          Effect of Temperature on Development of Theocolax elegans (Westwood)
          (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Parasitizing Larvae of the Maize Weevil Sitophilus zeamais
          (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Brown Rice

505     ARAI, Tomonori and Koji MISHIRO
          Development of Allotropa citri Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and Anagyrus
          subalbipes Ishii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel
          (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

511     GOTOH, Tetsuo, Koichi YAMAGUCHI, Makiko FUKAZAWA and Katsuhiko MORI
          Effect of Temperature on Life History Traits of the Predatory Thrips, Scolothrips
          takahashii Priesner (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

521     HORI, Masatoshi
          Repellency of Hinokitiol against the Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius)
          (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

527     KAVALLIERATOS, Nickolas G., Željko TOMANOVIC, Petr STARÝ, Christos G. ATHANASSIOU,
          George P. SARLIS, Olivera PETROVIC, Marijan NIKETIC and Maria Anagnou VERONIKI
          A Survey of Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Southeastern
          Europe and Their Aphid-Plant Associations