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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  FORESTRY. 
Division  of  Entomology. 
REPORT  O'F  SUPERINTENDENT  OE  ENTOMOLOGY 
FOR  JUNE,  1909. 
Honorable  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Territory  of  Hawaii, 
Gentlemen : I beg  to  submit  herewith  my  report  covering 
the  work  of  the  Division  of  Entomology  during  the  month  of 
June,  in  addition  to  the  oral  report  on  the  Melon  Fly  parasite 
and  the  fig  wasp,  submitted  at  your  meeting  July  7,  1909: 
Inspection. 
We  examined  30  vessels,  of  which  15  brought  matter  subject 
to  our  inspection.  The  result  of  this  inspection  is  shown  in 
the  following  table: 
Disposal  with  Principal  Causes.  Lots.  Parcels. 
Passed  as  free  from  pests 397  5743 
Ordered  returned  1 15 
Fumigated  before  releasing.  17  32 
Burned 3 7 
Dipped  in  Bordeaux 1 1 
Total  examined 410  5798 
Among  the  more  important  pests  excluded  were  two  species 
of  Snout  beetles  (Curculionidae),  a leaf  beetle  (Chrysomelid) , 
a click  beetle  (Elaterid),  and  cockroach  ( Phyllodromia  hicro- 
glyphica ) on  Orchids  from  Manila ; a species  of  chaff  scale 
(Parlatoria)  from  Japan.  Palm  scale  ( Aspidiotus  palmae), 
mealy  bugs  (Pseudococcus  sp.),  whitewash  scale  ( Hemichionas - 
pis  sp-.),  thread  scale  ( Ischnaspis  longirostris) , leaf  miner,  a leaf 
hopper  on  Nephelium,  larvae  of  a banana  borer,  colony  of 
ants,  rose-leaf  caterpillar  and  a long  horned  (Cerambycid) 
rose  borer  on  a collection  of  plants  from  Singapore ; the  bean 
weevil  (Bruchus  obtectus)  in  beans  from  Spain  in  the  mails ; 
parasitic  fungus  on  yams  from  the  Orient. 
As  a courtesy  to  our  citizens  we  fumigated  a lot  of  cut 
flowers  and  26  cases  of  pineapples  shipped  to  the  Coast. 
At  the  request  of  the  manager  of  the  Cable  Company  we 
collected,  fumigated  and  sent  to  Midway  by  the  last  Flaurence 
Ward  a parcel  of  sand-binding  grass.  This  grass  I first  saw 
