326 



Galesus silvestri. 

 Oahu: 



Xuuanu Ave 1120 



duxCt fly parasite 



Spalangia cameroni. 

 Oaliu : 



Moaiialua 1600 



Eespeetfully submitted, 



D. T. FULLAWAY, 



Entomologist. 



DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 



REPORT OF THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR, OCTOBER, 1920. 



Hoiioliiln, October 30, 1920. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit my report of the work carried on by 

 the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of October, 1920, as 

 follows: 



During the month 04 steamers arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 24 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 12 vessels came through the Canal 

 Zone. The following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed on free as from pests •. . . . 1232 lots 37,282 pkgs. 



Fumigated 5 " 5 " 



Burned 70 '' 70 '' 



Returned 1 '' 1 " 



Total inspected 1308 lots 37,358 pkgs. 



Of these shipments 37,062 packages arrived as freight, 163 packages as 

 baggage and 133 packages as mail. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS 



During the month 21,219 bags of rice from Japan, 80 matts of rice from 

 China and 2794 bags of beans from Japan arrived clean. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED 



Artproximately 5137 pieces of baggage belonoing to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 36 lots of vegetables and 

 28 lots of fruit w^ere seized and destroyed. 



On October 1 a package of corn and a plant in the baggage of passen- 

 gers from Japan were seized and destroyed. 



On October 5 a Java Sparrow^ arriving from the coast for 'Sir. S. 

 Stephenson w^as killed with HCN, it being prohibited. 



On October 6 a package of barley from Japan in the mail was seized 

 and destroyed as contraband. A package of pea seeds, also in the mail 

 from Japan was fumigated on account of weevils. 



On October 13 a package of seeds in the mail from Japan was fumi- 

 gated on account of weevils. 



On October 18, per Santa Cruz, a -package of herbs containing rice 

 paddy was found in the mail from Manila. The rice paddy was burned 

 also wrapper of cocoanut leaves, showing disease w^as destroyed. On 



