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division of ontomoloo-y, with Mr. R. C. I^. Perkins as assistant 

 siipcrintoiuUMit and Mossrs. G. W. Kirkahly and F. W. Terry as 

 assistants. 



DurinLi" the suninier of 1004 tin* Hawaiian Suf,nir Planters' Associa- 

 tion organized on a still moi"e elaborate scale a division of entomology 

 in their experiment station, Mr. R. C. L. Perkins resigning from the 

 Territorial de})artment to become director of the division of entomology 

 in the Sugar Planters' station, with Messrs. Kirkaldy and Terry as 

 assistants. Mr. Koebele, becau.se of his special duties in the collec- 

 tion and introduction of the parasitic and predaceous enemies of inju- 

 lious ii)s(H-ts from abroad, also resigned as superintendent of the Ter- 

 ritorial division of entomology. The board of commissioners of 

 agriculture and forestry appointed Mr. Alexander Craw. form(>rly 

 deputy commissioner of horticulture of California and State quaran- 

 tine otiicer, as superintendent of entomolog}', with Mr. Koebele as 

 consulting entomologist. Messrs. Koebele and Craw, are also con- 

 sulting entomologists of the Sugar Planters' experiment station. The 

 Sugar Planters' Association further appointed Mr. Otto H. Swezey- 

 as assistant entomologist. The board of conunissioners of agriculture 

 and forcstr}', to complete their stati', appointed Mr. Jacob Kotinsky 

 as assistant entomologist, Mr. C. J. Austin, inspector's assistant, and 

 the following ''honorary entomological inspectors" for the principal 

 ports of the islands outside of Honolulu: Mr. E. A. Frasier, Mahu- 

 kona, island of Hawaii; Mr. »]. Castle Ridgeway, Hilo, island of 

 Hawaii; Mr. AV. O. Aiken, Kahului. island of Maui; and Mr. W. D. 

 McBryde, Koloa, island of Kauai. 



The present official entomological organizations in Hawaii in the 

 order of their creation are: 



Department of Entomology, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, under the supervision of the Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Organized July 1, 1902. Lines of work: Collection and study of 

 the insect pests of Hawaii in their relation to the agricultural develop- 

 ment of the Territory and the publication of information on the life 

 history, development, habits, and injury, with the known cultural, 

 natural, and active remedies applicable for their control. 



Staff: D. L. Van Dine, entomologist. 



Division of Entomolog}^ Board of Commissioners of Agriculture 

 and Forestry of the Territorj^ of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Organized May 18, 1903. Lines of work: "All matters relating to 

 the exclusion or eradication of insects, scales, blights, and diseases 

 injurious, or liable to become injurious, to trees, plants, or other veg- 

 etation of value, and relating to the quarantine, inspection, disinfec- 

 tion, exclusion or destruction of any plant, article, or substance in- 

 jurious, or liable to become injurious, to trees, plants, or other vegeta- 



