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A curiosity in the scale line came on Japanese bamboo plants. The 

 scales themselves were partly hidden under the base of the leaves, but 

 a very pretty curved, brittle, glassy, threadlike tube about an inch long 

 protruded from the body of each scale. A Pleasanton lady on her return 

 from Japan had a very pretty split bamboo cage in which were some green 

 lettuce leaves. Upon inquiring what the cage contained, she replied, "Oh, 

 I have some of the dearest little Japanese song crickets you ever saw, 

 and the steward has given me fresh lettuce and fruit for them every day." 

 I felt sorry for the lady, but had no sympathy for her pets, as they 

 would have helped themselves to fresh fruit and other plant growths if 

 they had unfortunately gained their liberty in California. 



Upon another occasion the Chinese Ambassador had a similar cage 

 with a very large species of katydid, that, like the song crickets, met a 

 violent death. 



Our discoveries have added a great many scales to " Cockerill's Check 

 List of Coccidse" that were new to science. Besides these pests, a good 

 many leaf-eating caterpillars and beetles, leaf miners, stem and twig 

 borers, etc., have been destroyed. 



A pest similar to the codling moth damages apples in Japan and has 

 secured a foothold in Victoria, British Columbia. A cabin passenger 

 from Japan had some apples, which were confiscated, as they had evi- 

 dence of the work of the pests. The worms burrow all through the fruit, 

 but while none were found in this instance, their work was'evident and 

 the apples were destroyed. 



A very serious and disgusting pest was found in cucumbers from 

 Honolulu. This was the maggots of the fly that destroys cucumbers, 

 melons, and squash. This* pest was introduced into Honolulu some 

 three years ago, and last year it was stated that seventy-five per cent of 

 such products were destroyed by these maggots. The importers were 

 notified that no such stock would in future be allowed to come into the 

 State. The then Secretary of Agriculture of Hawaii, in a letter said: 

 " I have no desire to introduce this, or any other pest, into California, 

 or see any one else do so, but believe ordinary inspection at your port 

 by a competent person will be a sufficient safeguard, if all specimens of 

 fruit that show they are infected when they arrive are destroyed. * * * 

 I will state we shall feel satisfied that any of the products are clean before 

 shipment, if for no other than the fact they would not have any value 

 in the market. We propose to grow these products under glass if nec- 

 essary to get clean fruit, and you can depend that we will not knowingly 

 send any other, and all that we ask is that our shipments have a fair 

 show." In reply I wrote him: "We have no time to microscopically 

 examine every melon, cucumber, and squash that may come here from 

 the Islands for eggs or newly hatched larvae of the pest. I would there- 

 fore advise you to devote your attention to the cultivation of other 



