295 

 DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY 



Honolulu, September 30, 1913. 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 



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

 the Division of Entomology for the month of September, as fol- 

 lows : 



During the month 34 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 

 of which 22 vessels carried vegetable matter. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1.202 26,948 



Fumigated 4 82 



Burned 38 45 



Treated before releasing 1 1 



Total inspected 1,245 27,076 



Of these shipments, 26,874 packages arrived as freight, 101 

 packages by mail and 101 packages as baggage of passengers. 

 There were eight packages of vegetables and 28 packages of 

 fruit taken from the baggage of passengers and destroyed. 



Rkc. 



During the month 15,022 bags of rice arrived from Japan. Of 

 this amount 500 bags of rice were found to be infested with rice 

 weevil and rice moth (Paralipsa iiiodcsta). All other rice was 

 found after close inspection to be free from pests and was passed. 



Pcsfs Intercepted. 



Several shipments of ])ears and apples arrived and were found 

 to be infested with codling moth. 



Paralipsa modcsta and Colandra cry:;ae were found on rice 

 from Japan. 



Rose aphis were found on roses which arrived from San Fran- 

 cisco. 



Oiieciibees. 



Four queenbees were imported during the month of September. 

 Hilo Inspection. 



Brother ^Matthias Newell reports the arrival of seven steamers 

 and three sailing vessels, of which five steamers carried vegetable 



