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ports were attended to and the following shipments were passed 

 as free from pests : 



Taro 455 bags 



\'egetables 256 packages 



Plants 108 packages 



Fruit 20 packages 



Total inspected 839 packages 



Four packages of plants and two packages of fruit were seized 

 and refused shipment on account of infestation and undesirable 

 soil. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Inspection. 



Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, September 30, 1917. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — During^ the month of September the insectary 

 handled 20,700 pupae of the melon fly, from which there were 

 bred 496 females and 472 males, Opius fletchcri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows : 



Females. Males. 

 Opius fletchcri 

 Oahu : 



Moanalua 260 250 



Waikiki 85 80 



Sheridan Street 95 60 



Tetmstichus. 

 Oahu : Keeaumoku Street 200 



Chalcid. 

 Oahu : 



Moanalua 500 



Kalihi 200 



Diachasma trxoni 

 Oahu : 



Keeaumoku Street 110 115 



Pawaa 50 20 



