540 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



QUARANTINE h2 .^(fe S DIVISION. 



REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1914. 



By Frederick Maskew. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Steamship and baggage inspection — 



Sliips inspected 60 



Passengers arriving from fruit Hy ports 3,159 



Horticultural imports Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 63,755 



P\imigated 788 



Destroyed or returned 65 



Contraband destroyed 1^ 



Total paix-els lioi-ticultui-al imports for the month 64,619 



Horticultural exports — 



Inspected and certified 2,984 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 

 From Belgium — 



Aleyrodes sp., and Tlirips sp., on Azaleas. 



From Ecuador — 



ChrjisoDtphalus dictuosijermi on rose plants. 



From England — 



Diaspis boisdnvalii on orchids. 



From Honolulu — 



Diasins hromelur and Pscitdococrns hromeWr on pineapples. 

 CnccHS loin/iihts on betel leaves. 

 LarVcE of weevils in sweet potatoes. 



Hemichionaspis minor and Chrijsomphdlus annidnm on green coinanuls. 

 Asterolecanium sp., Saissetici nigra and Saissetia hemisplurrica on Hibisctis 

 cuttings. 



From Japan — 



Lai-v;e of weevils in chestnuts. 



From Mexico — 



Lepidosaphes gloverii on limes. 



Lepidopterous larvae and Calandra orpzir in corn. 



LOS ANGELES STATION. 



Ships inspected 34 



Horticultural imports — Parcels 



Pa.s.sed as free from pests 90,293i 



Fumigated 600 



Destroyed or returned 14 



Contraband destroyed 4^ 



Total parcels liorticultm-al imports for the month 90,912 



