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to an outbreak of a serious disease of the banana in Central 

 America, the West Indies and adjacent countries and in view 

 of the fact that there was a possibihty of bringing into the Terri- 

 tory banana plants from these sections, the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestry passed Rule VIII prohibiting the introduction of 

 any banana fruit, banana sprouts or plants from Central America, 

 including the Panama Canal Zone, the West Indies, Dutch Guiana 

 or any other locality where the said disease exists or may become 

 known to exist. An act passed by the last legislature to regulate 

 the importation and sale of seed into and within the Territory did 

 not provide funds for the appointment of a Territorial Seed In- 

 spector ; as my de])artment has in the past inspected all seeds to 

 prevent the introduction of seed pests, the duty now has fallen 

 on my division to examine and sample seed shipments coming into 

 the Territory. During the year we have kept samples of various 

 forage seeds which were imported for planting. In every instance 

 the seed was found very free from adulterations. Not being 

 equipped for a thorough seed test by sprouting, no experiments 

 were conducted on these lines. 



Appended hereto are some tabulations showing the total arrival 

 of vessels, their contents of vegetable matter and the disposition 

 of the various shipments. Also a list of the pests intercepted in 

 the inspection work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



Injurious insects and diseases intercepted which were found on 

 shipments of fruits, vegetables and plants imported into the Terri- 

 tory during 1911 : 



Orthoptera — Eggs of Holocloro species in peach twigs, 

 Japan : Phyllodromia germanica, Periplaneta americana, Paus- 

 tralasiae — in various shipments of merchandise and vegetables 

 from the Orient. 



TiivsAXoi'TKRA — Heliothri])s hacmorrhcMdali'^ on canielia. Syd- 

 ney. 



I [k.miptkra (Hctcroptcra) — Capsus species on pine tree, 

 Japan ; ca])sus species on orchids. Manila ; Tingid sjiecies on 

 orchids, Manila ; .\radid species on orchids, Manila. 



Hi:.M iPTi-.RA ( Houinptcra) — Chermes species on i)inc tree, 

 Ja])an : Laclmus s])ecics on i^inc tree, Japan; Macrosii)huni san- 

 l)orni on chrysanthemum, ( )hio, I'. S. A.: Aleyrodes citri on 

 orange leaves, Jai)an ; .Xspidiotus cyano])li\lli on palm. I'lorida ; 

 .Aspidiotus cvd()niae on cocoanut. Central America : Aspidiotus 

 ])erniciosus on ])each tree, Jajxm ; Aspidiotus nederae on lemons. 

 Sydney; Chrysomphalus l)iforniis on cocoanut. Central Anurica ; 

 CerojjJastes rusci on l(x|uat, Japan; Coccus hesiieriiU-rm on 

 Rhodea japonica, Japan; Chionaspis permutan> on Uinons, Syd- 



