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DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honolulu, August 31, 1912. 



Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



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

 the Division of Entomology for the month of August as follows : 



During the month there arrived 36 vessels, of which 20 carried 

 vegetable matter and one vessel sand. The usual careful in- 

 spection was made with the following results : 



Disposal with principal causes. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1,040 17,200 



Fumigated or otherwise treated 6 36 



Burned 22 55 



Total inspected 1,068 17,291 



Rice Shipuiciits. 



Twenty-two thousand eight hundred and nine bags arrived 

 from Japan during the month and all was accompanied with cer- 

 tificates of fumigation. After thorough inspection the shipments 

 were passed as free from pests. In this connection I beg to re- 

 port that during last season we found some bean shipments in- 

 fested with the rice moth and thought at that time that the in- 

 festation was caused by the shipment being in contact with the 

 infested rice shipments. However, this season we again found 

 a small shipment of beans infested, and as all rice shipments had 

 been fumigated and found free from pests, we now have re- 

 quested the fumigation of all bean shipments under government 

 supervision before taken for shipment at Kobe or other Japanese 

 ports. The Japanese Merchants' Association has taken the mat- 

 ter up with their government, and I don't anticipate any further 

 trouble. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Thirty packages of fruit and 25 packages of vegetables were 

 confiscated from passengers and immigrants during the month. 

 One package of seeds from Sydney was found infested with 

 weevils (Calandria linearis). One package of seeds (Balanoear- 

 pus maximus) were so badly infested with Scolytid beetles that 

 hardly a single seed was free from the i)est ; the package was 

 fumigated for 24 hours and then all was destroyed by burning. 

 r)ne Hydrangea from the mainland was badly infested witii 

 Bryobia sp., a common red spider, and was thoroughly fumigated 

 before delivery. The common house ant ( Mono)iioriitnt pha- 

 raonis) was found in the baggage i>f an immigrant from ^'oko- 

 hama. 



