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as like the "melon maggot," it is practically out of the reach 

 of the usual treatment for insect pests. I called the attention 

 of Postmaster Pratt to the condition of the contents of the 

 packages and he immediately notified the owner by telephone, 

 who offered no objections to our condemning the package. As 

 we were desirous of securing perfect specimens of the "onion 

 fly" for our cabinet collection, I turned it over to Mr. Kotinsky, 

 who bred out the perfect insect in a glass jar in our insect- 

 proof breeding room. 



Another package by mail contained thirty-two living pupae 

 of Platysamia cecropia and P. cynthia. I called upon the 

 owner of the package and he wrote out a request to Mr. Pratt 

 to turn the package over to me, which he did and they were 

 placed where no damage to the interest of this Territory 

 would accrue from their importation. The former is one of 

 the largest moths, the larvae average six inches in length 

 and are very general feeders. 



DESTEUCTION OF INFESTED CITEUS FEUITS. 



During November and December various consignments of 

 citrus fruits arrived from Japan and China, aggregating 2950 

 cases, that were seriously infested with injurious insects and 

 diseases, a full detailed record of which was presented your 

 Honorable Board at the time. The fruit and cases were all 

 destroyed by burning. We were threatened and served with 

 papers for law suits for damages by the importers, but under 

 the advice of Attorney General E. C. Peters, we carried out 

 your regulation and the laws of the Territory of Hawaii, thus 

 preventing the further introduction of more pests and blights. 

 The importers were granted the privilege of exporting the 

 fruit, but as the great distance would hardly warrant this ex- 

 pense, it was not done. In the case of condemned fruits from 

 the mainland this is frequently done, although we sometimes 

 have to resort to destruction of fruits and produce from there 

 also. One hundred and fifty orange trees infested with leaf- 

 miners from Japan were burned, also numbers of other trees 



