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Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, Hawaii, June 6, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. • 



Gentlemen : — During the month of May the insectary handled 

 33,800 pupae of the melon fly. From these there were bred 9vS0 

 females and 731 males, Optus fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows: 



OphiS fletcheri. 



Females Males 

 Oahu— 



Sheridan Street 492 430 



Kaimuki 45 15 



Waianae 60 30 



Castner 140 .120 



Maui — 



Haiku ■ 105 80 



Kauai — 



Homestead 60 30 



Opius hiimilis. 



Oahu— 



Kaimuki 35 25 



Diachasma tryoni. 

 Kaimuki 55 20 



Diachasma fullawayi. 

 Kaimuki 30 15 



Tetrastichus. 

 King Street 2000 



