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and 2700 horn fly parasites, as well as 500 Opius for the fruit 

 fly, were liberated on the windward side of Oahn : 400 Opiiis were 

 liberated at Ainahau and 800 Chaicids and 600 Galcsus silvcstvii 

 were liberated in squash fields in the lowdands. 



From the small lot of Australian parasites. Diacliosiiia tryoiii, 

 reared from cofifee berries from the Kona district we have been 

 able to rear only male parasites in the insectary. The same ex- 

 perience was had when Silvestri first brought them here. Never- 

 theless, the fact that we have been able to rear the parasite 

 from Kona material indicates that the parasite has established 

 itself there. 



HILO INSPECTIOX. 



Brother M. Newell of Hilo reports the arrival of ten steamers 

 and one sailing vessel at that port. Six steamers brought vege- 

 table matter, consisting of 208 lots and 3479 packages, all of 

 which were passed as free from pests. The steamer Kiyo ]\Iaru 

 also arrived direct from Japan, bringing 7395 bags of rice, 193 

 bags of beans, 15 bags of peas and 25 bags of peanuts, which 

 shipments were found to be free from pests of any kind. 



STORE INFESTATION. 



During the month E. ( ). Hall & Son called my attention to a 

 pest destroying the soft hair brushes in their store. I immedi- 

 ately investigated the trouble and found the brushes attacked by 

 the buffalo carpet beetle Antlircnus scropJuilariac, a very common 

 pest in houses on the mainland, generally attacking rugs, carpets, 

 furs, etc. I advised them to send all their infested packages to 

 the fumigating room on the Alakea dock for treatment, which 

 they gladly did. After a forty-eight-hour fumigation, wdiich pen- 

 etrated every box and crevice, we found all the pests dead. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



During the month of September 63 steamers plying between 

 the islands were attended to and the following shipments were 

 inspected and passed : 



Plants 62 packages 



Taro 985 bags 



\egetables 50 packages 



Total passed 1097 



The following packages were refused shipment on account of 

 infestation or of having objectionable soil attached to the plants: 



