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  ine 
  the 
  husks 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  he 
  was 
  planting 
  and 
  had 
  not 
  noticed 
  

   the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  weevil. 
  He 
  mfoi-med 
  me, 
  however, 
  that 
  for 
  

   the 
  past 
  eight 
  years 
  for 
  horticultural 
  reasons 
  he 
  had 
  removed 
  

   the 
  husks 
  from 
  all 
  seeds 
  he 
  planted 
  but 
  that 
  because 
  of 
  a 
  short- 
  

   age 
  of 
  labor 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  done 
  so 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  previous 
  years, 
  it 
  

   is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  suppose 
  from 
  this 
  that 
  the 
  weevil 
  made 
  its 
  ad- 
  

   vent 
  into 
  the 
  Moanalua 
  Gardens 
  not 
  earlier 
  than 
  1903. 
  Inqmry 
  

   of 
  Mr 
  David 
  Haughs, 
  Mr. 
  Higgins 
  and 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  P. 
  Wilder 
  brought 
  

   out 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  the 
  weevil 
  had 
  not 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  oc- 
  

   curred 
  in 
  Honolulu. 
  All 
  had 
  planted 
  seeds 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year 
  

   and 
  Mr 
  Haughs 
  m 
  his 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Territorial 
  Nursery 
  

   had 
  planted 
  mango 
  seeds 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  and 
  practised 
  removmg 
  

   the 
  husks 
  from 
  them 
  before 
  doing 
  so. 
  The 
  distribution 
  last 
  year 
  

   then, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  is 
  known, 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  this 
  Island 
  and 
  extended 
  

  

  from 
  Kalihi 
  to 
  Moanalua. 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  + 
  +1.^ 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  nth, 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  weevil 
  were 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  at 
  Washington 
  for 
  deter- 
  

   mination. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  26th, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  of 
  tne 
  

   Bureau 
  reported 
  it 
  as 
  Cryptorhynchus 
  mangijerae 
  originally 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  Fabricius 
  in 
  1774. 
  

  

  Larvae, 
  pupae 
  and 
  adults 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  all 
  through 
  July. 
  Durmg 
  August, 
  the 
  seeds 
  o 
  fallen 
  

   mangoes 
  contamed 
  some 
  pupae 
  and 
  many 
  adults. 
  As 
  late 
  as 
  

   Sept 
  nth 
  seeds 
  beneath 
  trees 
  m 
  the 
  infested 
  district 
  contained 
  

   adults 
  but 
  m 
  no 
  great 
  numbers. 
  It 
  appeared 
  that 
  the 
  -eev^s 
  

   remained 
  in 
  the 
  seeds 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  after 
  completing 
  their 
  tul 
  

   development. 
  On 
  the 
  last 
  date 
  mentioned 
  three 
  living 
  adults 
  

   were 
  removed 
  from 
  as 
  many 
  seeds 
  and 
  placed 
  m 
  tightly 
  corked 
  

   phials 
  beneath 
  a 
  plug 
  of 
  cotton. 
  On 
  Oct. 
  13th, 
  all 
  these 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  livmg. 
  I 
  was 
  absent 
  from 
  my 
  office 
  nearly 
  a 
  rnonth 
  

   but 
  on 
  my 
  return, 
  Nov. 
  15th, 
  one 
  weevil 
  had 
  died. 
  On 
  January 
  

   3rd 
  another 
  weevil 
  failed 
  to 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  lived 
  until 
  February 
  10. 
  From 
  these 
  observations 
  I 
  was 
  

   convinced 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  could 
  pass 
  a 
  considerable 
  period 
  m 
  a 
  

   dormant 
  state, 
  a 
  necessary 
  power 
  if 
  it 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  special 
  

   feeder 
  of 
  the 
  mango 
  seed. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  date 
  as 
  the 
  above 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  was 
  begun, 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  from 
  fallen 
  mangoes 
  

   from 
  the 
  infested 
  district 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  breedmg 
  cage 
  to 
  

   determine 
  the 
  latest 
  date 
  the 
  adults 
  would 
  continue 
  to 
  leave 
  

  

  