THE MELON FLY IN HAWAII. 3 



DISTRIBUTION, 



The melon fly has been recorded from India, Ceylon, Java, Timor, 

 Australia, the Philippines, Singapore, southern China, Japan, and 

 the Hawaiian Islands. The references known to the writers of its 

 presence in these countries are as follows: 



India. — Compere first recorded the melon fly from India, where 

 he collected specimens in and about Poona on September 28, 1903, 

 and at Bangalore in 1916. Froggatt (26) 1 in 1909 states that, in the 

 company of F. M. Howlett, he noted the pest in the gardens at Alla- 

 habad during May, 1909. Bezzi (36) in 1913, while studying the 

 fruit-fly material in the Indian Museum, found pinned material col- 

 lected at the following places in India: Many specimens from Cal- 

 cutta, taken in April, May, June, and September; others from Dur- 

 jhana, Nepal, the Terai, Ranchi, Jhansi, northwestern India, 850 

 feet (Brunetti) ; Katihar, Purneah District, northern Bengal, in 

 October; Allahabad, United Provinces, in August; Nepalganj, Nepal 

 Frontier, January 22, 1911; Siripur; Saran, northern Bengal, Sep- 

 tember 26, 1910; Adra, Manbhum District, October 12, 1909; and in 

 Bombay, in gourds, October 12, 1903. Maxwell-Lefroy (18) in 1907 

 states that this is a sporadic and occasionally a serious pest and gives 

 as its distribution Nasik, Pusa, Surat, Umballa, and " probably 

 throughout India." 



Ceylon. — The melon fly appears to be generally distributed 

 throughout Ceylon. Green (34), in 1912, and Rutherford (40), in 

 1914, list it among insects of economic importance. Bezzi (36), in 

 1913, records specimens in the collection of the Indian Museum 

 caught January 10 at Peradeniya. Froggatt (26) found the pest at 

 Jaffna in 1908. Compere (33), in 1905, records specimens taken at 

 Colombo. 



Java. — The melon fly was reported by Dammerman (41) in 1914 

 from Java, where it is frequently a serious pest. 



Timor. — Compere is our authority for the presence of the melon 

 fly on this island. 



Australia. — Hill (50), in 1915, has given the only record of the 

 presence of the melon fly in Australia. He records it from the North- 

 ern Territory as a pest of melons, pumpkins, and marrows. 



Philippine Islands. — Essig (35), in 1913, gives C. F. Baker as 

 authority for the presence of the melon fly in the Philippines. Mr. 

 F. Muir has recently informed the writers of its presence in these 

 islands, and specimens have been received from Mr. McKay, of the 

 Philippine Department of Agriculture. The melon fly was first 

 noted about Manila by Compere. 



Southern China. — Compere (33) states that about Macao and 

 Canton, in 1909, he found the melon fly a serious pest but not doing 



1 The figures in parentheses refer to Biblography, p. 57. 



