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  Exhibitions 
  and 
  Notes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  stated 
  that 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  twig 
  and 
  leaves 
  received 
  a 
  

   few 
  days 
  ago 
  from 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Edwards 
  of 
  Kona, 
  and 
  labelled 
  

   "Giant 
  lemon 
  from 
  Fiji," 
  was 
  found 
  plastered 
  by 
  (Lecanium) 
  

   Coccus 
  viridis 
  (Green). 
  Of 
  the 
  entire 
  lot, 
  only 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  observed 
  showing 
  evidence 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  parasitized. 
  Since 
  

   Mr. 
  Green, 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  reports 
  the 
  insect 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  destructive 
  enemies 
  of 
  coffee 
  plants 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  he 
  was 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  regard 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  its 
  establishment 
  in 
  Hawaii 
  

   with 
  some 
  alarm. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  reports 
  that 
  about 
  90 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  destroyed 
  by 
  a 
  fungus 
  disease 
  during 
  the 
  

   rainy 
  season. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  that 
  useful 
  fungus 
  

   was 
  introduced 
  with 
  the 
  pest 
  into 
  Hawaii. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  also 
  records 
  

   some 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  Hymenopterous 
  parasites 
  bred 
  from 
  C. 
  vi- 
  

   ridis 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  but 
  so 
  little 
  is 
  known 
  a1:>out 
  the 
  scale 
  in 
  Hawaii 
  

   that 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  even 
  aware 
  whether 
  any 
  of 
  those 
  parasites 
  were 
  

   brought 
  along, 
  nor 
  could 
  he 
  tell 
  whether 
  the 
  scale 
  insect 
  parasites 
  

   already 
  here 
  will 
  take 
  readily 
  to 
  the 
  new-comer. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  these 
  

   facts, 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  commissioned 
  by 
  INIr. 
  Craw 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  Kona 
  

   at 
  the 
  first 
  opportunity 
  and 
  make 
  the 
  necessary 
  investigations. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  expressed 
  the 
  doubt 
  that 
  any 
  Lccaniinn 
  could 
  be- 
  

   come 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  on 
  these 
  Islands 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  variety 
  

   of 
  their 
  enemies 
  introduced 
  and 
  established 
  here 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Koebele. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  also 
  reported 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  (Lccaniuin) 
  Coccus 
  

   mangifcrae 
  (Green) 
  in 
  injurious 
  numbers 
  upon 
  the 
  Alfons 
  (In- 
  

   dian) 
  variety 
  of 
  mango 
  in 
  the 
  Moanalua 
  Gardens. 
  Mr. 
  Craw 
  

   believed 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  the 
  same 
  scale 
  upon 
  trees 
  in 
  Mr. 
  

   Giffard's 
  yard; 
  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  thought 
  that 
  such 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  im- 
  

   possible, 
  since 
  he 
  has 
  frequently 
  exchanged 
  plants 
  with 
  the 
  Gar- 
  

   dens. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  exhibited 
  a 
  female 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  species 
  

   of 
  Microcentrum 
  collected 
  in 
  his 
  house 
  on 
  October 
  24, 
  1905. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  first 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hawaiian 
  Islands, 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  recent 
  intro- 
  

   duction. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Craw 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  keeping 
  some 
  250 
  boxes 
  or 
  oranges 
  

   from 
  Japan 
  in 
  quarantine, 
  the 
  oranges 
  being 
  infested 
  with 
  some 
  

   six 
  species 
  of 
  scale 
  insects. 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  advised 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  

   parasites 
  from 
  these 
  scales 
  and 
  releasing 
  them, 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  already 
  

  

  