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LOCAL  INSPECTION. 
At  the  request  of  the  owner,  a Monterey  cypress  hedge  was 
examined  and  found  badly  infested  with  the  Australian  beetle 
roach  ( Eleutheroda  dytiscoides) . This  is  a very  common  pest 
and  especially  so  on  Monterey  cypress.  Chickens  are  vey  fond 
of  the  roach  and,  if  trained  to  follow  the  attendant,  they  will  pick 
up  all  the  roaches  shaken  off  the  trees,  and  the  pest  may  thus  be 
kept  in  check.  Single  plants  or  where  they  are  not  too  crowded 
in  a hedge  may  be  sprayed  with  an  arsenical,  like  Parns  green 
(lead  arsenate,  being  white,  would  not  do),  provided  the  sprayed 
plants  are  beyond  reach  of  live  stock  or  poultry. 
An  idea  that  has  repeatedly  come  up  during  such  visits  and 
which  has  finally  crystalized  in  the  entomologist’s  mind  is  the 
great  need  in  Honolulu  of  a reliable,  trained  expert  horticulturist 
capable  of  carrying  into  effect  various  instructions  given  by  the 
entomolgist.  Moreover,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten  the  difficulty  is  of 
a horticultural  character.  Improper  irrigation,  wretched  or  nc 
trimming,  amateurish  landscaping  are  examples.  Finally,  the 
preparation  and  application  of  an  insecticide  or  fungicide  requires 
intelligence  the  garden  owner  can  almost  never  spare  and  his  yard 
boy  does  not  possess.  An  expert  as  here  suggested  must  be  well 
paid,  but  employed  only  for  the  actual  time  his  services  are  re- 
quired would  not  be  a burden  to  his  employer  and  his  work 
would  render  gardening  of  any  kind  a joyful  task.  Such  an  in- 
dividual, on  the  other  hand,  should  find  little  difficulty  in  finding 
continuous  employment.  In  order  to  prevent  the  possibility  of 
duplicity  such  persons  should  be  required  to  show  references  from 
local  horticulturists  and  entomologists. 
A lot  of  cocoanut  bunches  for  the  Alaska-Yukon  Exposition 
were  inspected  and  having  been  found  infested  with  live  scale 
bugs  were  fumigated. 
IMPORTATION  OF  FIG  INSECT. 
This  spring  we  resumed  our  effort  to  introduce  this  insect  into 
the  Territory  in  order  to  make  Smyrna  fig  culture  possible.  Two 
consignments  were  received  by  courtesy  of  the  Fancher  Creek  Nur-. 
series  of  Fresno,  California,  during  the  month  and  with  the  kino 
cooperation  of  Hon.  S.  M.  Damon  located  in  Moanalua.  The 
first  lot  came  on  ice  and  consisted  of  apparently  insufficiently 
advanced  stages.  There  being  no  evidence  of  results  another  lo4: 
was  cabled  for  and  the  mails  brought  it  on  the  23rd.  This  came 
in  excellent  condition.  For  the  first  time  we  received  the  insects 
alive  issuing  from  the  figs.  It  is  yet  too  soon  to  say  whether  they 
infested  our  growing  figs,  but  all  opportunity  was  given  the  in- 
sects to  do  so. 
