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Four packages of plants and three packages of fruit were 

 seized and refused shipment on account of infestation and un- 

 desirable soiL 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Inspection. 



Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, July 16, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 

 T. H. 



Gentlemen : — During the month of June the insectary handled 

 26,200 pupae of the melon fly. From these there were bred 630 

 females and 553 males, Opius fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows: 



Opius fletcheri. 



Females. Males. 



Oahu : 



Sheridan Street 456 376 



Kaimuki 7h 30 



Maui : 



Wailuku 128 116 



Diacliasnia tr\oni. 



Oahu : 



Honolulu 30 25 



Maui : 



Wailuku 50 20 



Paia 50 20 



Proctotrnpid. 

 Oahu : 



Nuuanu Valley 35 50 



C hale id. 



Nuuanu Valley, Oahu 20 25 



Tetrastichus. 



King Street, Honolulu, Oahu 500 



