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there is a strip of moderate steepness extending from the eastern 

 edge of the main gulch to the foot of the steep pah, which might 

 he used for grazing, hut for tlie reasons just given I helieve it 

 would he better under a forest cover. 



The red hue on the accompanying bkie print shows the Hue 

 which I recommend be adopted as the forest reserve boundary. 

 This may be roughly described as follows : 



Starting at a point on the Makaha-Keaau boundary, at the 

 foot of the sLeep pali, somewliat above the railway, the forest line 

 should follow the foot of the steep pali around and into the main 

 Keaau Valley, thence up the valley on the western side of the 

 main stream bed to a point at the head of the large flat in 

 the center of the valley. Thence to the point on the Ohikilolo 

 boundary, at a large hau tree, where the line turns toward the 

 ridge, thence to and along the foot of the steep pali on the Ohiki- 

 lolo ridge to the boundary line between Ohikilolo and Makua, 

 thence up and across the ridge making said boundary and along 

 the foot of the steep slope on the eastern side of Makua A'alley to 

 a point at the head of the main flat, thence across the valley to 

 and along the foot of the steep slope on its western side to the 

 Kahanahaiki boundary, thence around the Kahanahaiki Valley, 

 following the foot of the steep slope, to a point near the shore 

 where the pali rises above the railway, thence along foot of said 

 pali to the Keawaula boundary. 



And I further recommend that the proper steps be taken to 

 have the portion of the above named lands, within and mauka 

 of the proposed line, set apart as a forest reserve. 

 ^''ery respectfully, 



RALPH S. HOSMER, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE DIVLSION OF 

 ENTOMOLOGY OF THE BOARD OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



BY JACOB KOTINSKY. 



SOAP AND SCALE INSECTS. 



One needs but to mention such pests as the Avocado Pear scale 

 (Pscudococcus iiipae, Mask.) and the Purple scale {Lepidosaphcs 

 beckii, Newm.), both scale insects, to realize the importance of 

 •this class of insects in a tropical or sub-tropical country. Al- 



