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Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, December 31, 1917. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : During the month of December the insectary 

 handled 35,300 pupae of the melon fly, from which there were 

 bred 933 females and 764 males, Optus fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows : 



Opiiis flctcJicri. 



Females Males 

 Oahu : Kailua 1237 890 



Diachasina trvoiii 

 Oahu : 



Manoa 300 175 



Kalihi 25 10 



Nuuanu 100 73 



Diachasina fullaivayi. 

 Oahu : 



Manoa 100 125 



Kalihi 20 10 



TctrasticJiiis. 

 Oahu: 



Manoa 200 



Nuuanu : 300 



Chalcid. 



Oahu : Nuuanu 200 



Paranagrus (Corn Leaf Hopper Parasite) 



Oahu: 



Makiki Nursery 500 



Kailua 5900 



Maui : Haiku 9000 



Kauai : 



Kealia 2000 



Lihue 10600 



\Vaimea 200 



Respectfully submitted, 



David T. Fullaway, 



Entomologist. 



