406 AgricuUural GazeHe of N S.V. IMmj 2, 1908. 



As trees iiiT fruit iii!^' all t lie year I'dii ml in IJcniiuila, ami the Hies at tack 

 all kimis, lir>t apiira riii;^- in tlir l(i(|iiats in l-'cliruary ami Mareli, t'dllnw- 

 ing into the cit rus fruits, peaehes, Arc in Api-il ami May, and utliri- fi'uits- 

 riii'lil into December (winter time in IJermmla), tlie\' are verv ditHi'ult to 

 (leal with. 'I'he Goveriinienl unilertuok the work, ])urchase(l tools ami 

 ap]K)int((l an inspector for each of tlie nine parishes, witli an achlitioiial 

 one for Hamilton pai'ish, on account of the ruj^ii'il natui-e of jiart of the 

 j)arisli, or, in all, ten inspectors were a])pointe(l. Trees were primeil hack 

 hai-(l, all fruits punctui'ed or fallen were de^stroyed hy eoneetin<: them in 

 .sacks, weifj;'htin;4- them with stones and throwine- them into the sea. \\ Ikmi 

 more eoiivcniiMit, the fruits were l)urnt or hoileil. it is too eaidy to see- 

 the results of this work (.m the islaml : hut, accordin-:- to this re])ort, 

 Mr. Harris claims that there are fewer fruit-Hies in the orchanls than 

 thei'e have heeii for many yeai's at this season. 



Kegardini;- other legislation dealin<i- with insect pests in Jamaica, sinct^ 

 1001, fnmiLiation of all inconiinf^- plants has ht'cn in foi'ce under a prochi- 

 iiiation in the Act of 18.S4 — Seeds ami I'lants importation Law — which 

 was brouuht into force to deal with leaf disease of the coft'ee in Cevlon. At 

 the present time six fumigators are in use at the wharves, post ofHce, and 

 Government gardens. 



In Triniihid the Legislative Council jiassed an oi'dinance which enables 

 the (iovernor to declare certain districts infested with leaf-cutting ants 

 (Affa — ccrodoiiKi — n/iha/dfcs), ami thus enaljle planters to take means for 

 tlu'ii' destruction. There is also an ordinance in Trinidad dealing with 

 the large ]dagtie locust that at times does consideralile danuige in the- 

 grass lands. In each large town visited I have made a ]ioint of going 

 through the native fruit markets and seeing and sampling the different 

 kinds of fruits, but ]iropose to write a general report dealing witli them 

 on my return. 



I also examined all the different insect collections. In Mexico 1 only 

 found one, made by a local entomologist at Puebla, in the museum of the 

 University of State. In Hal)ana I went carefully over the very fine colU'c- 

 tions made 1)\- I>r. (lundlach over hfty years ago, and still in good preser- 

 vation in the museum attached to the Instituto <le Secuudo Ensenanza de 

 la Habana. 'I'here is also a collection in the old Relen church, whicli is 

 one of the largest Catholic colleges in Cuba. 1 called upon the Father 

 Director, but could not see what tlie collection contained as the priest in 

 charge was away. At the Agricultural i'lxiu'i-iment Station, thi'ough the 

 lundiiess of .Messrs. Home and Housen, 1 ol)tained a line series of all the 

 economic insects in their collections. .\ t Ixin^ston, Jamaica, I visited 

 the Jamaica Institute, where, in the museum attached to the library, are 

 two cabinets containing a collection of Jamaican insects chiefly gathered 

 toirether bv Messrs. Cockerell and Ta\loi' 'I'ownshead when thev were 

 curators of this museum. 



In conseipieiice of the (uitbi\'ak of yellow fevei' in 'Ihdnidad T was umd)Ie 

 to laml, and did not see .Mi'. I'rich's collect i(nis. At Hai'bados I went 



