95 



crates poultry, W. F. Pogue. Maui ; 2 rabbits, 1 crate poultry, 1 

 crate pheasants, 1 crate pea fowls, 1 crate Chinese geese, W F X 

 Company. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honolulu, February 28, 1915. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work per- 

 formed by the Division of Entomology for the month of Feb- 

 ruary, 1915, as follows: 



During the month 47. vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu 

 of which 25 carried vegetable matter and two vessels moulding 

 sand. Seven of these vessels came via the Panama Canal. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 599 19,544 



Fumigated 2 25 



Burned 31 31 



Returned 4 4 



Total inspected 636 19,604 



Of these shipments 19,382 packages arrived as freight, 163 

 j)ackages through the postofifice and 59 packages as baggage of 

 passengers and immigrants. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 23,341 bags of Japanese rice, 27 .sacks of 

 Chinese rice and 1974 bags of Japanese beans arrived from 

 oriental ports, which after thorough inspection were found free 

 from pests and were passed for delivery. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Twenty-three packages of fruit and 5 packages of vegetables 

 were taken from the baggage of passengers and immigrants from 

 foreign countries ; all were destroyed by burning. In one package 

 of flowering bulbs we found many bulbs infested with the bulb 

 aphis {Pemphigus species), and fumigated the package before de- 

 livery. A lot of onions and garlic taken from a Filipino was 

 found infested with the larvae of a Lepidopteron; this illustrates 



