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ously infested with the caterpillars of the '"potato moth" {Lita 

 solanella). The crates with the potatoes were ordered back upon 

 the steamer and the Captain was instructed to see that all were 

 dropped overboard when the ship was one day from port. A 

 sworn affidavit, attested to by the Captain, First^ Officer and Pur- 

 ser to be delivered to me by return. The potatoes were so seri- 

 ously infected that not a single one could be found without one 

 or more worms and some were so badly attacked that not an inch 

 of sound tuber was left. The caterpillars appear to select or 

 prefer the depression around the eye of the potato to spin their 

 cocoons. Mr. Kotinsky has photographed a few of the cater- 

 pillars and their work ; these photographs will give you a clearer 

 idea of the destructiveness of the pest. We are not aware that 

 this moth will attack the sweet potato or yams, but from its 

 scientific name would conclude that it confines its attack to 

 ordinary potatoes. 



Garlic has heretofore been found free from insects, but on the 

 same steamer from Australia as the infested potatoes arrived, six 

 cases or garlic w^ere landed here by mistake and my assistant, 

 Mr. Jordan, found them attacked by a small brown bettle, so he 

 ordered the cases to be immediately placed on board again and I 

 advised the inspector — Mr. Ehrhorn — at San Francisco of their 

 condition, for if the beetle becomes established in California it 

 would be liable to reach us from there. 



On the S. S. "Hilonian" that arrived from San Francisco on 

 the 1 2th inst, amongst her freight we found seventy boxes of 

 scale infested apples that we had reshipped to California on the 

 S. S. "Sierra," sailing the same evening for San Francisco. 



On the S. S. "Korea" Mr. R. H. Sawyer, representing the 

 T)epartment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, returned from 

 Japan where he had been sent by Secretary Wilson to secure the 

 best variety of "rush" {Juncus) for the manufacture of the very 

 best matting. Mr. Sawyer succeeded in accomplishing his mis- 

 sion with the assistance of a number of guards to see that the 

 plants were not confiscated by the Japanese, as they strongly ob- 

 ject to any of such plants being exported to other countries. The 

 J uncus were carefuly fumigated, as the four baskets were for ex- 

 perimental culture here on the Islands. 



In the packages received by mail was one containing acorns 

 attacked by weevil beetles that we confiscated. Thirty-four pack- 

 ages of plants and seed arrived by mail and were carefully ex- 

 amined. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ALEXANDER CRAW, 

 Superintendent of Entomology and Inspector. 



