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Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, Hawaii, November 21, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — We are still propagating and distributing the new 

 melon fly parasite, and during the month 2215 females and 1747 

 males were propagated from 81,900 pupae of the melon fly 

 handled. The distribution of the parasites was as follows : 



Opiits Flctcheri. 



Females Males 



Oahu— 



Kalihi 150 75 



Sheridan Street 450 270 



Moanalua 450 320 



Kalakaua Avenue 2o0 175 



W^aiahole 100 60 



Hawaii — • 



Kau 75 40 



Pepeekeo 40 25 



Kauai — 



Homestead 100 50 



Total 1615 1015 



We are also multiplying some of the fruit fly parasites, and 

 distributed these as follows : 



Tetrastich us. 



Oahu— 



Kalihi 800 



Piikoi Street 1000 



Chalcids. 



Moanalua 200 



Sheridan Street ■ 200 



D. TryoJi 



Manoa 100 



Piikoi Street 212 



Hawaii — 



Kau 75 



Total 2587 



