THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 221 



QUARANTINE hs M^ S DIVISION. 



Report for the Month of February, 1915. 



By Frederick Maskew. 

 SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Steamship and baggage inspection — 



Ships inspected 53 



Passengers arriving from fruit fly ports I I 3,444 



Horticultural imports— Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests I59 C77 



Fumigated _2 2.393 



Refused admittance ~~ _!__' _Z 'l09 



Contraband destroyed ,2 !."__ 17 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 162,196 



Horticultural exports — 



Inspected and certified 1,117 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



From China — 



Larvae of weevils in sweet potatoes. 



Chionaspis citri, Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis, Chrysomphalus aonidum Lepido- 



saphes bcckii, Parlatoria pergandii, Parlatoria ziziphus and Phomopsis cilri 



on pomelos. 

 Aphis sp. on packages of Chinese green goods (chow). 



From Holland — 



Lepidosaphes iihni on boxwood. 



From Honolulu — 



Diaspis hromehw and Pseudococciis bromeliw on pineapples and pineapple plants. 

 Coccus longulus on betel leaves. 

 Pseudococciis sp. on sisal plants. 



From Japan — 



Aleyrodes sp. on Camellia. 



Agromysa websteri on Wistaria. ' 



Lepidopterous piipw and Poliaspis pini on pine trees. 



Aulacaspis pentagona on cherry tree. 



(Jytospora sp. on chestnut trees. 



From Manila — 



Aleyrodes sp. on unknown plant. 



From Mexico — 



Lecanium sp. on stems of green cocoanuts. 

 Lepidosaphes gloverii on limes. 



From Nevada — 



Heterodera radicicola in potatoes. 



LOS ANGELES STATION. 



Ships inspected 34 



Horticultural imports — Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 92,229i 



Fumigated 32" 



Refused admittance 4 



Contraband destroyed 6 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 92,271J 



