CONTENTS. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



PAGE 



Eeport of the Superintendent of Entomology and Inspector 99 



Introduction 99 



Agricultural-horticultural quarantine work 100 



Sugar cane pests 100 



Cocoanut pests 101 



Cocoanut crab {Birniis Jatro) 102 



Arrival of sugar ships in ballast 102 



Pests from Florida 102 



Infested Florida orange trees 103 



Danger from Floi'ida orange trees 103 



Official carelessness 103 



A dangerous shipment 104 



Authorities awakening 105 



Manila hemp plants (Musu textilis) 105 



Another dangerous introduction 106 



Poisonous and other reptiles 106 



Mail imports 108 



Destruction of infested citrus fruits 109 



Importations 110 



Eecommendations 110 



Introduction of beneficial insects 110 



luter-island inspection Ill 



Eeport of the Assistant Entomologist 113 



Introduction 113 



Breeding beneficial insects 113 



Verania sp 113 



Dung beetles 114 



Parasites of dung flies 114 



Asiatic ladybird (Chilocorus siniilis, Eossi) 114 



' ' Scutellista" (S. ci/anea, Motsch.) 116 



Hlppodamia umhUjua et spp 117 



Siphanta egg parasite (Aphanomcnis pKsilhis, Perk.) 117 



Distribution of beneficial insects 118 



Colonies of beneficial insects distributed during the year 



(Table) 118 



Breeding and study of economic insects already established here. 119' 



Useful insects 119' 



Preliminary uotes on lantana insects in Hawaii 119 



Lantana seed fly (Agroiin/z'ul) 119 



Lantana flower insects 121 



