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tion to the problem that the pineapple companies have with 
this beetle in the canneries. Great numbers of the beetles 
come in with the pineapples from the fields, and have become 
a nuisance by getting into the open cans of pineapples before 
they are sealed up. It is reported that the finding of these in 
cans on being opened in the States has given rise to stories 
of young cockroaches being found in Hawaiian canned _ pine- 
apples. The canneries are greatly concerned in preventing the 
beetles from getting into the cans. Mr. Fullaway reported hav- 
ing advised the companies in regard to methods of preventing 
the production of these beetles where they have increased so 
greatly on account of the pineapple refuse from the canneries 
which has been hauled to the fields for use as fertilizer. Lim- 
ing of refuse piles has been tried to prevent the breeding of 
the beetles in this refuse. 
Lantana insects—There was a general discussion of the 
work of the introduced lantana insects and the effect that they 
have had on checking the lantana, and comparisons were made 
of the present conditions of the lantana with its much greater 
abundance at the time these insects were introduced from 
Mexico in 1902. The discussion was introduced by Dr. Kunhi 
Kannan of Bangalore, India, who stated that lantana had be- 
come established some time ago in India and that it is now 
spread throughout the country. He has been on an extended 
tour of Europe and the United States, having spent a year 
in study for the Doctor’s degree at Leland Stanford Univer- 
sity, and now on returning home was desirous of taking with 
him some of the lantana insects to try establishing them in 
India. He particularly wished to try the Agromyzid fly whose 
maggot feeds in the berries. 
Sternochaetus mangiferae—Mr. Swezey exhibited three 
pupae of the mango weevil taken from a seed of a mango on 
which thirty-one egg-punctures were counted on the surface of 
the fruit when it ripened and fell from the tree June 6. He 
stated that egg-punctures had been observed numerous on 
many of the mangoes, but on examination of the seeds usually 
not more than two weevils were found to have developed in 
each seed. In three instances only had he found as many as 
