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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: 



additional expenditure, a further amended Act was passed (No. 

 2050) on the 28th December, 1906. The manner in which this has 

 affected the importation of fruits and plants has already been 

 touched upon. This amended Act, however, contained other 

 Clauses besides that of authorising Inspectors to charge fees; the 

 principal ones being Clause 3, Sub-Clause 1, which empowers any 

 principal officer of the Department of Agriculture, under a special 

 order from the Minister, to give any direction, or to sign, or exercise 

 any authority which he (the Minister) possesses. This was done in 

 order to facilitate the administration of the carrying out of the 

 Regulations during the Minister's absence. Another important 

 Section was Section 5, which gave the necessary authority to an 

 Inspector, under a General Order from the Minister, to exercise any 

 powers given under Section 7 of Act No. 1532. It also gave the 

 Minister power to appoint an Inspector temporarily for this purpose. 

 Power was also given to the Minister, under this Section, to cancel 

 any such appointment. It is now generally admitted that beneficial 

 results have accrued consequent on the adoption of this legis- 

 lation, which is evidenced by the total absence of any further 

 outbreaks of fruit fly in the State during the season 1907. 



The following are the insect and fungus diseases gazetted : 



INSECTS. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME. 



Acarid 



Aspidiotus rossi 

 Aspidiotus coccineus ... 

 Aspidiotus ficus 

 Aspidiotus perniciosus 

 Aspidiotus nerii 

 Athriostoma undulata 

 Bruchus chinensis 

 Bruchus emarginatus 

 Bruchus pisi ... 

 Caecoecia responsana 

 Calandra granaria 

 Calandra oryzae 

 Carpocapsa pomonella 

 Cecidomya destructor 

 Cecidomya oryzae 

 Chionaspis citri' 

 Chionaspis eugeniae ... 

 Dacus tryoni ... 

 Halterophora capitata 



COMMON NAME. 



Maori. 



Black Plate Scale. 

 Red Scale. 

 Fig Scale. 

 San Jose Scale. 

 Oleander Scale. 

 (No common name.) 

 Chinese Weevil. 

 Margined Weevil. 

 Pea Weevil. 



Light Brown Apple Moth. 

 Grain Weevil. 

 Rice W^eevil. 

 Codlin Moth. 

 Hessian Fly. 

 Rice Fly. 



White Scale or Louse of Orange 

 White Mussel Scale. 

 Australian Fruit Fly. 

 European or Mediterranean 

 Fruit Fly. 



