334 

 Rice, Beans and Cereals. 



During the month 23,679 bags of rice, 2062 bags of beans and 

 20 bags of corn arrived from Oriental ports. Sixty-five bays of 

 beans were found to be infected and after fumigation were 

 allowed to enter the Territory. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Twenty-one packages of fruit and 9 packages of vegetables 

 were confiscated from the baggage of passengers and immigrants 

 from foreign countries and destroyed by burning. 



A small package of seeds from Guam contained the following 

 pests : A few Lepidopterous larvae, scale insects on nipa nuts, 

 mango seeds containing Nitidnlid beetles and some Anthribid 

 beetles in other seeds. This shipment was thoroughly fumigated 

 and the mango seeds were destroyed by burning. 



Sixty-five bags of beans from Japan were infested with the 

 bean moth {Paralipsa modesta). The shipment was thoroughly 

 treated with carbon bisulphide before delivery. 



A shipment of orchids from Manila was treated to fumigation 

 on account of being infested with ants. 



A package of acacia seeds from San Francisco was found 

 weevily and was fumigated. 



A shipment of four small plants in baggage from Japan was 

 held until the soil around the roots was removed. 



One package of betel nuts from Manila by mail was returned 

 to shipper under the ruling of the Federal Horticultural Board. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



The breeding and distribution of the various parasites of the 

 fruitfly and the various dungflies has been continued on a small 

 scale. During the month of September the following parasites 

 were reared : 



Tetrastichus giffardii 12.100 



Diachasma fullawayi 789 



Diachasma tryoni 379 



Total reared 13,268 



The usual amount of breeding of parasites of the various 

 dungflies has continued and the following parasites, including 

 those of the fruitflies were liberated in various sections: 



