245 



TOTAL NU.MP.ER OF PARASITES LIBERATED. 



(:\Iay 16th to Sept. 8. 1013, Inclusive.) 



Horn Fly 9 830 



Fruit Flv— Proctotrupids 9,140 



Chalcids . . 5,825 



Opius 20 



24,815 



DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT FLY PARASITES BY W. M. GIFFARD IN' KAU 

 AND KONA DISTRICTS. LOTS PER M.\UNA KEA VIA HILO 

 AUGUST 9 AND PER MAUXA LOA VIA KAILLTA AUGUST 13. 



Maitna Kca Lot. 



August 11 — W. G. Ogg, Pahala, Kau. Two vials approxi- 

 mately 50 Procs. liberated under two bearing coffee trees in Mr. 

 Ogg's garden. Xo other fruit present at the time but a few ripe 

 cofifee berries. 



August 11 — George Gibb, Naalehu, Kau. Six vials approxi- 

 mately 150 Procs. liberated under mango trees in his garden. 

 Oranges, limes and mangoes in season but only mangoes found 

 infested. Peach season over. Some coffee coming into season in 

 a few weeks. 



August 12 — Liberated one vial approximately 25 Procs. on Kona 

 government road about 2 or 3 miles on the Kau side of Hoonau- 

 nau among infested guava and coffee. 



N. B. Fruit in the Kau district was scarce at this time. Small 

 patches of coffee here and there ; will be in season shortly. Not 

 much wild guava fruit seen. 



Manila Loa Lot. 



August 13 — Capt. Cook Coffee Company. Kealakekua, Kona. 

 Six vials approximately 125 Procs. liberated by the manager 

 (Macfarlane) in the mauka coffee fields of Kaiwaloa at about 

 1800 feet elevation. 



August 13 — Robert Wallace, Kealakekua, Kona. Five vials 

 approximately 125 Procs. liberated by me personally in the Kyn- 

 nersley field of coffee just mauka of Julian Yates' house at Keala- 

 kekua near government road. In and near this field where I 

 liberated these parasites are numbers of peach trees but not in 

 bearing at this time. 



August 14 — On the morning of departure for Kau, Air. Wal- 

 lace and I together liberated 16 vials approximately 250 Procs. 

 in large coffee field immediately opposite Mr. Wallace's house. 



N. B. All the fields where these parasites were liberated con- 



