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orange maggot were taken from the package, and as such were immedi- 

 ately pickled in alcohol. Then began a most careful search through 

 the entire contents of the package to find any scraps or broken pupal 

 cases. None were found, so we know that none of the flies had 

 emerged from the pupal stage of development. Aside from the speci- 

 mens in alcohol, the entire shipment was carefully taken to the city 

 incinerator and burned. 



The seriousness of the event can be appreciated by any fruit grower 

 who considers the features of the case; thirty-two pupas of the Mexican 

 fruit fly, alive and ready to emerge at any time, addressed to Pasa- 

 dena, the very heart of our great citrus district. Also the pupae were 

 loose — outside of the host fruit, sure to escape the notice of the 

 recipient, or any possibility of being cooked with the fruit. The 

 host fruits were small, berry-like, and withered so as to be almost 

 beyond recognition except by the characteristic guava smell. 



But for the extreme suspicion with which every package from any 

 region infested with fruit flies is regarded, followed ])y the minute 

 inspection always accorded them, we might have had an outbreak of 

 fruit fly in southern California. But because the quarantine division 

 is on the jo]) both whore trouble is expected and where it isn't expected 

 (by the general public), and thanks also to the post office authorities, 

 this dreaded menace to California citrus growers is still only a menace, 

 though we realize that it is a very real one. 



