ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES.^ 

 By David T. Fullaway. 



While the work required of the entomologist was almost entirely 

 of a technical nature, it is necessary to preface the detailed account 

 of the entomological data gathered with a brief statement of island 

 conditions, in order to bring the bearing of the work in proper 

 aspect. 



Agriculture, though generally practiced by the natives, is veiy 

 poorl}' developed. The sj^stem is the one commonly in vogue in the 

 former Spanish dependencies, namely, the development of ranches 

 or farms more or less removed from the villages. In most cases 

 these are independently owned, though tenantry' is not altogether 

 uncommon. Sometimes the native lives on his ranch, but for the 

 most part he lives in the village and goes out to his ranch for short 

 periods. At the present time many of the ranches have been aban- 

 doned and the owners are working by the day for the Navy Depart- 

 ment on various public improvements. A practice which is becoming 

 quite common is the leasing of ranches planted in coconuts to Japa- 

 nese traders, who have the crop for a stipulated price in addition 

 to responsibility for the upkeep. The effect of this tendenc}" toward 

 abandonment of the farm on economic conditions in the island is 

 verj' detrimental to the general welfare. 



The methods of farming are crude, but there has recently been a 

 rather steady improvement in this regard. The most important 

 crops are coconuts, corn, coffee, rice, tobacco, and sugar cane. 

 Copra from the coconut is the only product exported, and last 

 year's crop amounted to $40,000. Extensive plantings of corn are 

 made each 3"ear, but the losses are usually great, and all that is har- 



1 The writer desires to aclinowledye with thanks the assistance of the entomolofiists of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experiment Station, and the Bureau of Science in Manila In the recognition of 

 the pests mentioned herein. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz, of the Bureau of Entomology, is responsible for the determinations 

 of Carpophilun macuIaiiiK, Epurwa luteola, Hannonia arcuata, CoccincUa rcpanda, Daulis 

 viulsanii, and CJilwnius biou^talus; Mr. C. L. Marlatt, of the Bureau of Entomology, for 

 Lepidosaphei sp. near lasianthi, Pulvinaria psidii, Pseudococcus sp., Aonidiella aurantU, 

 Pseudococcus citri, and Saisseiia nigra; Mr. .7. G. Sanders^ formerly of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, for Pseudococcus cocotis ; Mr. C. S. Banks and Mr. W. Schultze, of the 

 Bureau of Science, Manila, for Margaropus anniilaliis australis, and Marasmin trapezalis 

 and Pijrausta vastatrix, respectively; and Mr. F. Muir, of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Experiment Station, for Jihabdocnemis fausti and Perkinsiella n. sp. near sinensis. The 

 writer assumes responsibility for the other names. 



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