236 THE MONTHLY BtfLLETlN. 



QUARANTINE (t2(J|jlfe) Si DIVISION 



Report for the Month of April, 1916. 



By Frederick Maskew. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Steamship and baggage inspection: 



Ships inspected . 76 



Passengers arriving from fruit fly ports 3,920 



Horticultural imports: Parcels 



Passed as free from pests — ^ 144,793 



Fumigated 1,575 



Refused admittance 107 



Contraband destroyed 27 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 146,502 



Pests Intercepted. 

 From China: 



LarvEe of weevil in sweet potatoes. 



From Florida: 



Eudiagogus pulcher in celery. 



From Hawaii: 



Larvae of weevil in seed pods. 



Diaspis bromeliw and Pseudococciis hromeliiv on pineapples. 



Coccus longulus and Aphis sp. on betel leaves. 



Howardkt, biclavis, Lepidosaphes beckii and Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis on 



hibiscus cuttings. 

 Larvae of Trypetid in string beans, cucumbers and squash. 



From Japan: 



Phomopsis citri and Coccid on Japanese oranges 



Larv£e of weevil in chestnuts. 



Pseudaonidia duplex on camellias. 



Egg cluster, Porthetria dispar, on wistaria. 



Fungus on lemons. 



From Missouri: 



Coccus hesperidwn, Ceroplastes sp., Pseudococcus sp., and Pseudischnaspis bowreyi 

 on Agave sp. 



From Tahiti: 



Morganella maskelli and Lepidosaphes beckii on oranges. 



Fungus on limes. 



Larvae of weevil in sweet potatoes. 



Lepidopterous larvae in seed. 



LOS ANGELES STATION. 



Steamship and baggage inspection: 



Ships inspected 38 



Horticultural imports: Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 134,695J 



Fumigated : 39 



Refused admittance 9J 



Contraband destroyed 17 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 134,761 



