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canadensis in any foreign country. He has visited Brazil, Spain, 

 Italy, Island of Malta, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji Islands, Austra- 

 lia, Thursday Island, German New Guinea, Java, Philippine 

 Islands, Japan, Malay State, China, India, Ceylon, Asiatic Tur- 

 key and Egypt. 



Mr. W. W. Froggatt, Agricultural Museum, Department 

 of Agriculture, Sydney, New South Wales, who spent over a 

 year of continuous travel to inquire into' the best methods of 

 dealing with fruit flies and other pests and the value of parasites 

 writes, "I have gone through my collection of Australian and 

 foreign fruit flies and see nothing like your Epochra canadensis. 

 I have a fairly large collection from various parts of the world 

 both from the East, Pacific Islands and South America and 

 Africa." In his trip he visited the Hawaiian Islands, United 

 States, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, Panama, England, 

 France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Asiatic Turkey, Cyprus, 

 Egypt, India and Ceylon. 



Dr. F. Silvestri, Portici, Italy, who has travelled in the 

 Canary Islands and West Africa in search of natural enemies 

 of fruit flies writes, "I have never seen in Italy or elsewhere 

 Epochra canadensis and Rhagoletis pomonella, therefore, I am 

 very sorry I can not give you any useful information about 

 these species. A careful study of the fruit flies in China and in 

 South America is necessary for being sure about the distribu- 

 tion of the species of some genera." 



Dr. T. Miyake, Imperial University, Komaba, Tokyo, Japan, 

 who has made an extensive study of the fruit flies of Japan 

 writes, "As to your inquiry regarding the occurrence of Epochra 

 canadensis I should answer the fly is not yet found in our coun- 

 try." 



Although the currant fruit fly is said to be "widely distribu- 

 ted in Maine," reliable records are limited to the two following 

 localities : Orono, Penobscot County and Waterville, Kennebec 

 County. Doubtful localities in the various counties of the state 

 of Maine, obtained from records of injury by apparently this 

 same pest published in the Annual Reports of the Maine Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station and through correspondence are 

 numerous. 



