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The following table gives the amount of fruit, which was fumigated 

 at the principal ports of arrival in order to combat the introduction of 

 scale insects, mealy bug, etc. 



Fruit imported Fumigated 



cases cases 



Auckland 299,249 7751 



Wellington ... 305,050 2922 



Christchurch ... 62,332 280 



Dunedin 58,633 97 



Bluff 10,338 



Aspidiotus buddleice, Signoret 



Found by Mr Maskell in 1877 on tne silver wattle (Acacia dealbata) 

 in Nelson; also in Christchurch on the same kind of tree. 



Aspidiotus camellite, Signoret 



Originally noted by Mr Maskell in 1878 on camellias in Christ- 

 church. In 1885 he reported it as common about Wellington on 

 Euonymus, weeping willow, and other garden trees and shrubs, to 

 which it often did much damage. 



Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comstock. San Jose Scale 

 First reported by Mr Maskell in 1895, but his specimens were 

 Australian, and the insect was probably not in New Zealand at that 

 date. 



In the Agricultural Department's report for 1909 it is stated to 

 be firmly established in portions of the Nelson district and to be 

 found in isolated localities in other parts of both islands. It has been 

 noticed on apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, currants 

 and gooseberries. 



Aspidiotus hederce, Bouche (A. nerii) 



Originally recorded by Mr Maskell in 1881, as occurring in the 

 North Island (Wellington) on Coprosma, and later on Carpodetus 

 serratus and Vitex littoralis. The favourite food-plant in Europe, from 

 whence it was introduced, is Nerium oleander. In 1877 he also found 

 it on karaka (Corynocarpus Icevigata). It has also been met with on 

 palms and orchids in hot-houses, on grape-vines, and, in Christchurch 

 on wattles. In 1895 it was found on the skins of a shipment of lemons 

 imported from Portugal, and some of this fruit was sent up to Whan- 

 garei, where lemons are somewhat extensively grown. 



Chrysomphalus rossi (Crawford), Maskell (Aspidiotus rossi) 

 This species was recorded by Mr Maskell in May, 1890, as having 

 been received by him from Australia, where it was very common in 



