110 



Dirliiiius giffarcli. 

 Oahu: 



Kalihi 100 



DUNG FLY PARASITE. 



Spa la n g ia ca m eron i. 

 Maui : 



Paia 600 



CORX LEAF HOPPER PARASITE. 



Taranagrus oshorni. 

 Oahu -. 



Makiki Nursery 6,800 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Fullaway, 



Entomologist. 



Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 28, 1019. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work done by the 

 Division of Plant Inspection for the month of February. 1919, as follows: 



During the month 57 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 23 of 

 Avhich carried vegetable matter. Nine came via the Panama Canal. The 

 following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free frojn pests 415 14,341 



Burned 67 75 



Fumigated 5 26 



Returned 1 1 



Total Inspected 488 14,443 



Of these shipments, 14,173 packages arrived as freight, 160 packages 

 as mail and 110 packages as baggage. 



RICE and bean shipments. 



During the month 14,171 bags of rice and 2,577 bags of beans from 

 Japan were inspected and found free from infestation. 



. PESTS intercepted. 



Approximately 4,738 pieces of baggage belonging to passengers and 

 immigrants from foreign ports were examined, from Avhich 40 lots of fruit 

 and 24 lots of vegetables were taken and destroyed. 



On February 22 a small shipment of orchids and chrysanthemums from 

 Japan were fumigated as a precautionary measure and passed. On the 

 same date one maple tree, two ornamental plants and four orange trees, 

 taken from a passenger 's baggage from Japan were burned. Orange trees 

 are prohibited by law, and as the others were in the same package it was 

 deemed adA^sable to destrov the whole lot. -... '■'■'■ 



