THE MELON PLY IN HAWAII. 61 



(20) Howlett, F. M. 



1909. Diptera. In Maxwell-Lefroy's Indinii Insect Life, p. 545 664, pi. 

 58-71, fig. 348-423. 

 No text regarding Dacus cucurbitw but figures adull female, eggs in gourd,*larva 

 and pupa, together with anterior and posterior spiracles of pupa, p. 633, fig. 4, 8. 



(21) KlKKALDY, G. W. 



1909. Entomological notes. In Haw. Planter's Record, v. 1, no. 2, p. .*52. 

 Short note stating that some parasites of the melon fly left with the Hawaiian 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry by Geo. Compere were being investigated by the 

 Entomological Division of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. (See (23) for 

 further information.) 



(22) Blackman, L. G. 



1909. Our melon pest. In Hawaii. Forester and Agr., v. 6, no. 8, p. 281. 

 Calls attention to an estimated loss of three-quarter million dollars annually to 

 Hawaii as a result of melon-fly attack and to the need of a search for and the 

 introduction of parasites of the melon fly. 



(23) KOTINSKY, J. 



1909. Report of the superintendent of entomology for July, 1909. In 

 Hawaii. Forester and Agr., v. 6, no. 9, p. 358-361. 

 Gives result of investigation referred to in (21). Records the rearings from 

 pupa? of Ceratitis capitata sent by Geo. Compere from West Australia. Consignment 

 on arrival at Honolulu, June 24, 1909, was turned over to the Entomological Divi- 

 sion of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Summarizes investigations made 

 by O. H. Swezey, of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (see p. 3G4— 365), by 

 saying that a few adults of Ceratitis capitata emerging first were allowed to die in 

 the rearing vials before removal ; that although 115 specimens of Chalcis (probably 

 Tetrasticlwides sp.) emerged and were placed with melon-fly maggots no mating or 

 oviposition was noted and no maggots became parasitized. Seven specimens of a 

 braconid (Apodesmia sp.) were reared, but no mating or attempts at oviposition 

 were noted, and no parasitism followed the confinement of these parasites with 

 cucumbers infested with maggots of Dacus cucurbitw. 



(24) Bezzi, M. 



1909. Le specie dei generi Ceratitis, Anastrepha e Dacus. In Bol. Lab. 

 Zool. Portici, v. 3, p. 273-313. 

 Dacus cucurbitw, p. 294 and 300. Purely systematic reference. 



(25) Van Dine, D. L. 



1909. Report of the entomologist. In Ann. Rpt. Hawaii. Agr. Expt. Sta., 

 1908, p. 17-41. 

 Page 32, a 5-line reference as follows : " It is believed that at the present price 

 of melons it would pay to grow muskmelons at least under cover, fertilizing the 

 flowers by colony of bees." 



(26) Froggatt, W. W. 



1909. Report on Parasitic and Injurious Insects. Dept. Agr. N. S. Wales, 



1907-1908, p. 53, 54, 56, 84-85, pi. 11, figs. 6, 7. 

 Records Dacus cucurbitw from gardens about Allahabad, India, and Jaffna. 

 Ceylon. States that Dacus cucurbitw was not attracted to citronella oil, although 

 other species of Dacus were ; that Mr.ir found India the native home of D. cucur- 

 bitw, and that his own later investigations showed that it was widely distributed 

 over India and Ceylon ; found Dacus cucurbitw wherever melon gardens were exam- 

 ined in Central and Northwestern India ; reared it from melons, cucumbers, bitter 

 gourd, and eggplant. 



(27) Marsh, H. O. . 



1910. Report of the assistant entomologist. In Rpt. Bd. Comrs. Agr. and 



Forestry, Hawaii, p. 152-159. 

 Forty-three lines of print calling attention to utter disregard by oriental gardeners 

 of clean cultural methods and resultant increase of Dacus cucurbitw about Honolulu. 

 Discusses results of spraying with poison baits and use of trap crop. In the latter 

 cantaloupes were used with cucumbers with negative results, since both crops were 

 entirely destroyed. Spraying experiments in which a solution of molasses 1 quart. 

 Paris green J ounce, and water 14 gallons was used, gave negative results, although 

 applied daily from September 9 to October 14. A solution with arsenate of lead 

 also gave negative results. 



