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borers from India are known here. Of leaf hoppers and true 

 bugs, there are 17 species recorded from Formosa, India, China, 

 Japan and the Philip])ines. There are 3 root borers of the rice 

 plant recorded from India and Formosa, also a number of leaf- 

 eating beetles and moths from India, Japan, China and Java. If 

 any or all should ever gain a foothold here, it would go hard 

 with our rice growing industry. 



Sweet Potatoes. The few pests which gained admission to 

 these Islands as attacking sweet potatoes came here before the 

 Horticultural Quarantine was started. This, we know, for we 

 still find these same pests at times in the shipments arriving to- 

 day. Fortunately only a few came, as the records show that 

 there is another borer in Liberia, some leaf hopper in Java and 

 India and other pests in various countries of the Pacific. 



Bananas. We have only 2 or 3 minor pests attacking our 

 banana industry. About eleven pests are reported from other 

 countries among which is a very destructive borer. This species 

 has been- intercepted on several occasions. In Fiji there is the 

 banana fruit fly which does much damage to the fruit, also a 

 species in New Hebrides, Queensland and New South Wales 

 which does similar damage. In Central America a disease 

 known as the "banana blight" has killed off thousands of acres 

 in one year. Fortunately our rules and regulations prohibit the 

 importation of banana plants and fruit, so that only through 

 accidental introduction can these pests become established. 



Citrus Fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, etc.) We have a 

 few pests which damage our citrus fruits especially the Mediter- 

 ranean fruit fly. However, the records show that no less than 

 six other fruit flies exist in the Orient, India. Fiji, Mexico, 

 Central and South America and the West Indies. 



CocoANUT Palm. Our cocoanut palm and fruit is, on the 

 whole, free from serious pests — pests which would threaten the 

 life of the plant. We have a leaf roller which does considerable 

 damage in favorable seasons. W^e also have a few scale insects 

 infesting the plant but there are many more serious pests in 

 foreign countries which not only damage the palms but kill them 

 outright. In the Philippines and Cuba a disease often kills off 

 the groves, just as if a fire had swept through them. In Samoa 

 the two cocoanut beetles (these are as large as your thumb) do 

 a great deal of damage to the palms, often killing acres in one 

 season. These pests are so serious that the governments of the 

 different islands prohibit the transportation of cocoanuts from 

 one island to another. Fiji has many serious pests of the ccocoa- 

 nut oalm. Several large palm weevils exist on the Islands of 

 the Pacific and in the West Indies 



One could go on thus almost indefinitely, but let us be assured 

 that although Hawaii's agriculture has its insect and fungus 

 enemies, we are exceedingly fortunate in not having more of 

 those on the outside which are also, according to the record be- 



