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  across 
  no 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  transparent 
  coconnt 
  scale, 
  Aspidiotus 
  

   destructor, 
  but 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  scale-insects 
  were 
  observed 
  

   on 
  bananas, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  coconuts. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   coconut 
  estates 
  have 
  bananas 
  growing 
  for 
  food 
  purposes, 
  but 
  the 
  author 
  

   considers 
  that 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  bananas 
  on 
  Taviuni 
  and 
  particularly 
  

   among 
  coconuts 
  is 
  attended 
  with 
  very 
  serious 
  risk 
  to 
  the 
  coconut 
  

   industry. 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  plantations 
  of 
  bananas 
  at 
  intervals 
  along 
  

   the 
  coast 
  provide 
  an 
  extensive 
  area 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  transparent 
  coconut 
  

   scale 
  might 
  become 
  established, 
  should 
  it 
  ever 
  be 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  

   island, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  growers 
  should 
  be 
  urged 
  to 
  discontinue 
  the 
  

   cultivation 
  of 
  bananas. 
  A 
  bunch 
  of 
  bananas 
  infected 
  very 
  plentifully 
  

   with 
  ^. 
  fc^r?/cfo>" 
  was 
  noticed 
  on 
  board 
  ship 
  at 
  Levuka, 
  and 
  the 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  agent 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  promised 
  

   to 
  give 
  instructions 
  regarding 
  such 
  scaly 
  fruit. 
  The 
  conditions 
  under 
  

   which 
  bananas 
  are 
  grown 
  are 
  more 
  favourable 
  to 
  the 
  rapid 
  spread 
  of 
  

   scale-insects 
  than 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  coconuts. 
  The 
  outbreak 
  of 
  scale 
  

   in 
  Ta^'iuni 
  and 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  transparent 
  

   scale 
  there, 
  are 
  strong 
  arguments 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  regulations 
  for 
  compulsory 
  spraying 
  of 
  bananas 
  and 
  for 
  controlling 
  

   the 
  transport 
  of 
  fruit 
  or 
  plants 
  from 
  areas 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  scale 
  is 
  plentiful. 
  

   A. 
  destructor, 
  v^\i\Qh. 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  bananas 
  on 
  Vitilevu, 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  

   coconut 
  pest 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  and 
  a 
  menace 
  to 
  the 
  coconut 
  industry, 
  

   and 
  every 
  effort 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  eradicate 
  the 
  insect 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  

   to 
  check 
  its 
  spread, 
  particularly 
  to 
  coconut 
  areas. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  all 
  

   the 
  scales 
  are 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  England 
  for 
  identification. 
  

  

  Lewton-Brain 
  (L.). 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  Malaya 
  in 
  1912. 
  — 
  Bept. 
  Agric. 
  

   Fed. 
  Malay 
  States, 
  Kuala 
  Lumpur, 
  Bull. 
  no. 
  18, 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  

   pp. 
  1-45, 
  7 
  tables. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  agriculture 
  in 
  general 
  in 
  Malaya 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   1912, 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  cultivated 
  

   plants. 
  Of 
  the 
  pests 
  of 
  rubber 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  no 
  great 
  

   damage 
  was 
  done, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  rubber 
  tree, 
  Hevea 
  braziliensis, 
  is 
  

   generally 
  only 
  attacked 
  by 
  insects 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  weakened 
  by 
  bad 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  or 
  fungus. 
  A 
  mealy-bug 
  was 
  found 
  attacking 
  rubber 
  in 
  Perak, 
  

   but 
  when 
  the 
  estate 
  was 
  visited, 
  lady-birds 
  and 
  lepidopterous 
  larvae 
  

   were 
  found 
  prepng 
  on 
  the 
  scale, 
  and 
  as 
  no 
  further 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  

   reported, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  pest 
  is 
  being 
  held 
  in 
  check. 
  Of 
  termites, 
  

   Termes 
  gestroi 
  was 
  controlled 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Universal 
  White 
  Ant 
  

   Destroyer," 
  which 
  was 
  also 
  used 
  with 
  good 
  results 
  on 
  colonies 
  of 
  

   T. 
  carhonarius 
  and 
  T. 
  sulphureiis, 
  termites 
  that 
  sometimes 
  damage 
  

   newly 
  planted 
  stumps. 
  Against 
  Xylotrupes, 
  the 
  fork-horned 
  rhino- 
  

   ceros 
  beetle, 
  and 
  Brachytrypes, 
  the 
  large 
  cricket, 
  the 
  Carey 
  system 
  

   of 
  truncated 
  paper 
  cones 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  effective. 
  Xyleborus 
  sp., 
  

   a 
  small 
  shot-hole 
  borer, 
  was 
  found 
  attacking 
  full 
  grown 
  trees, 
  but 
  

   usually 
  only 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  weakened 
  by 
  too 
  close 
  planting 
  or 
  

   bad 
  pruning. 
  It 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  lopping 
  branches 
  

   overhanging 
  roads 
  and 
  railways 
  be 
  improved 
  ; 
  the 
  cuts 
  should 
  be 
  

   clean, 
  and 
  made 
  as 
  near 
  the 
  trunk 
  as 
  possible 
  ; 
  the 
  cut 
  surface 
  should 
  

   be 
  tarred. 
  Those 
  estates 
  which 
  leave 
  long 
  stumps 
  with 
  hacked 
  ends 
  

   are 
  sure 
  to 
  become 
  sources 
  of 
  infection 
  to 
  their 
  neighbours. 
  No 
  cases 
  

   of 
  healthy 
  trees 
  being 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  borer 
  have 
  been 
  recorded. 
  

  

  