422 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



QUARANTINE t2 imk S D I V I S I ON. 



Report for the Month of September, 1916. 



By Frederick Maskew. 

 SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Ships inspected 71 



Passengers arriving from fruit fly ports 3,370 



Steamship and baggage inspection: 



Ships inspected _^ 

 Passengers arrivinj 



Horticultural imports: „ 



T-> J ^ r ^ Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 56,877 



Fumigated 1,341 



Refused admittance 56 



Contraband destroyed 12 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 58,286 



Pests Intercepted. 

 From Central America: 



Aspidiotus cyanophylU on bananas. 



From China: 



Cylas formicarius in sweet potatoes. 



From Hawaii: 



Diaspis hromeliw and Pseudococcus hromeliw on pineapples. 

 Coccus longulus on betel leaves. 



From Japan: 



Coccid on pears (fruit). 

 Cladosporium citri on lemons. 

 Pseudococcus sp. on pot plant. 



From Mexico: 



Pseudococcus sp. on green cocoanuts. 



From Nevada: 



Phorbia planipalpis in vegetable resembling mustard plant. 



From Tahiti: 



Morganella maskelli and Lepidosaphes beckii on oranges and limes. 



LOS ANGELES STATION. 



Ships inspected 23 



Horticultural imports: Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 33,285 



Fumigated 1 



Refused admittance 2 



Contraband destroyed 2 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 33,290 



Pests Intercepted. 

 From Central America: 



Aspidiotus cyanophylU and Pseudococcus sp. on bananas. 



From New York: 



Pseudococcus sp. on rose plant. 



