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  w 
  rapped 
  the 
  fruit 
  in 
  paper, 
  twisting 
  it 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  stem 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   fruit, 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  being 
  left 
  entirely 
  exposed 
  and 
  yet 
  the 
  method 
  

   seemed 
  quite 
  efficacious. 
  Mr. 
  Krauss 
  of 
  Kamehameha 
  School 
  

   (present 
  as 
  a 
  visitor), 
  stated 
  that 
  to 
  his 
  observation, 
  D. 
  cucurbitae 
  

   is 
  less 
  injurious 
  on 
  windy 
  days. 
  The 
  fly 
  being 
  erratic 
  and 
  food 
  

   quite 
  abundant, 
  even 
  an 
  incomplete 
  covering 
  will 
  suffice 
  to 
  check 
  

   its 
  ravages. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  found 
  useful 
  hints 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  resistant 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  the 
  fruits 
  liable 
  to 
  attack. 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  of 
  Wahiawa, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Kamehameha 
  School, 
  are 
  growing 
  what 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  

   cherry-and 
  plum-tomatoes 
  which 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  attack 
  by 
  this 
  pest; 
  

   This 
  is 
  likewise 
  true 
  of 
  a 
  hard-skinned 
  variety 
  of 
  squash 
  which 
  he 
  

   is 
  growing. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  more 
  extensive 
  a 
  field 
  

   of 
  a 
  certain 
  crop 
  is, 
  the 
  less 
  subject 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  attack. 
  Mr. 
  Craw 
  

   stated 
  that 
  certain 
  varieties 
  of 
  cherries 
  in 
  California 
  are 
  known 
  

   to 
  be 
  immune 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale. 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  

   the 
  course 
  of 
  his 
  inspection 
  work 
  in 
  Ohio 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  that 
  sour 
  

   cherries 
  and 
  Kiefer 
  pears 
  were 
  always 
  free 
  from 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale. 
  

   Mr. 
  Austin 
  has 
  observed 
  that 
  rose 
  bushes 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  growing 
  

   within 
  a 
  slat 
  house 
  are 
  absolutely 
  free 
  from 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  Japan- 
  

   ese 
  beetle, 
  whereas 
  a 
  single 
  twig 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  rose 
  that 
  projected 
  

   outwardly 
  through 
  the 
  slats 
  had 
  its 
  leaves 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  beetle. 
  

   Mr. 
  Perkins 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  and 
  illustrations 
  of 
  certain 
  

   leaf-hopper 
  parasites 
  {Stylo 
  pidae), 
  which 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  fig- 
  

   ured 
  in 
  a 
  bulletin 
  soon 
  to 
  be 
  issued, 
  and 
  made 
  some 
  further 
  

   remarks.* 
  

  

  He 
  said 
  that 
  though 
  he 
  had 
  given 
  an 
  interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   parts, 
  dift'erent 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  Eaton, 
  he 
  was 
  prepared 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  

   the 
  latter 
  might 
  be 
  right, 
  or 
  both 
  wrong. 
  Thus 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  that 
  the 
  true 
  mouth 
  was 
  what 
  he 
  called 
  the 
  "foramen" 
  in 
  

   liis 
  figures. 
  This 
  occupied 
  a 
  half-way 
  position, 
  between 
  those 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  opening 
  by 
  Eaton 
  and 
  himself. 
  The 
  study 
  

   of 
  the 
  puparia 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  immature 
  insect 
  within, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  Xenini 
  would 
  

   very 
  likely 
  conclusively 
  settle 
  the 
  point, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  yet 
  had 
  

   time 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  necessary 
  study 
  of 
  these. 
  It 
  was 
  quite 
  clear 
  that 
  

   the 
  head-parts 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  males 
  and 
  females, 
  and 
  the 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   ones 
  in 
  the 
  puparium, 
  could 
  be 
  homologized. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  further 
  stated 
  that 
  years 
  ago 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  that 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Bull. 
  H. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Ent. 
  I, 
  pp. 
  86-1 
  ii. 
  Pis. 
  1-4. 
  

  

  