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QUARANTINE (2 ( A) H) DIVISION. 



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REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND 

 SEPTEMBER, 1917. 



By Frederick Maskew, Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer, San Francisco. California. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION 



Steamship and baggage inspection: 



ships inspected 



Passengers arriving from fruit-fly ports - 



Ships inspected -- - -!'" 



Passencrars arrivine from fruit-fly ports r.ooa 



Horticultural Imports: Pa _ r "!r, 



Passed as free from pests X 6 't" 7 j ■'. 



Fumigated • ?o 



Sterilized with steam ,52 



Refused admittance "! 



Contraband destroyed _ 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the two months 173,304 



Pests Intercepted. 

 From Australia: 



Eulecanium corni and mites on gooseberry plants. 



From China: 



Cylas formicarius in sweet potatoes. 

 Fungus on oranges. 



From Guatemala: 



Ceraputo sp. and Hemiptera on orchids. 



From Hawaii: 



Coccus longulus on betel leaves. 



Diaspis bromelVB and Pseudococcus bromeUa on pineapples. 



Trypetid larvae in decayed peach. 



Trypetid larvse in cucumbers. 



Weevils in seed pods. 



From India: 



Pseudococcus sp. on pomelos. 



From Japan: 



lulacaspis pentagona on cherry tree. 

 Lepidopterous larva' in beans and dried figs. 

 Pseudaonidia duplex on camellia. 

 Weevils In dry herbs and roots. 

 Larvae of Weevil in sweet potatoes. 



From Java: 



Calandra oryza in rice. 

 Pseudococcus sp. on pomelo (fruit). 



From Pago Pago: 



Coccid and Fungus on oranges. 



From Nicaragua: 



Bpermophagus pectoroHs in beans. 



From Tahiti: 



Fungus on oranges. 



Larva ..( linr. is iii 1I1 v 1 itrus wood. 



