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Beneficial Insects. 



On July 1 Mr. D. T. Fullaway again took charge of the Insec- 

 tary and the following parasites were reared and distributed dur- 

 ing the month : 



Bred— 



Tetrastichus 30,300 



Diachasma fullawayi 913 



Diachasma tryoni 554 



Total bred 31,767 



Liberated — 



Tetrastichus 28,100 



Diachasma fullawayi 957 



Diachasma tryoni 566 



Total liberated 29,623 



Besides the above parasites of the Mediterranean fruit fly, we 

 have also been able to liberate the following parasites for horn, 

 house and stablefly : 



African spalangia 900 



Philippine spalangia 900 



African hornfly parasite ". 500 



Philippine pteromalid 500 



Total liberated 2800 



For breeding purposes a total of 31,800 pupae were used and 

 the grand total of liberations of all parasites, including Opins 

 Immilis, exceeded 32,423. 



Hilo Inspection. 



Brother M. Newell reports tho arrival of eight steamers and 

 three sailing vessels at Hilo, of which five steamers brought 

 vegetable matter consisting of 228 lots and 3678 parcels. One 

 crate of wormy turnips was destroyed and all other shipments 

 were found free from pests. 



Inter-Island Inspection. 



During the month of July 63 steamers plying between Hono- 

 lulu and the ports of the other islands were attended to. The 

 following shipments were passed : 



