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of  the  Florida  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  authorities  a 
collection  of  fungi  attacking  white  fly  or  mealy  wing  (Aleyro- 
didae)  in  that  State.  Mr.  L.  Lewton-Brain,  our  honorary 
plant  pathologist,  to  whom  I turned  them  over,  reported  that 
all  but  one  had  died  en  route.  Of  the  survivor  he  made  sev- 
eral tubes  of  isolated  cultures  and  one  of  these  we  applied  to 
a tree  infested  with  a similar  pest. 
A colony  of  horn  fly  enemies  was  received  from  Mr.  Koebele 
and  turned  over  to  Mr.  Swezey  of  the  Sugar  Planters’  Station 
for  attention. 
Yours  respectfully, 
JACOB  KOTINS KY, 
Superintendent  of  Entomology. 
REPORT  OF  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  ENTOMOLOGY 
ORALLY  SUBMITTED  AT  BOARD  MEETING, 
HELD  JULY  7,  1909. 
We  received  on  the  24th  a colony  of  fruit  fly  parasites  from 
the  entomologist  of  West  Australia  who,  on  his  way  to  the 
Orient,  took  it  with  him  to  Sydney  where  he  placed  it  in  care 
of  the  butcher  on  board  the  S.  S.  Aorangi.  All  possible  pre- 
cautions have  been  taken  to  prevent  any  of  the  host  flies  from 
escaping  here.  Mr.  Compere,  about  a year  ago,  left  a series  of 
specimens  of  these  parasites  with  Dr.  Perkins  for  identifica- 
tion. Dr.  Perkins  named  them  before  leaving  as  best  he  could 
and  left  them  in  the  cabinet  of  the  H.  S.  P.  A.  Experiment 
Station  where  they  will  serve  for  comparison  with  the  flies  to 
issue.  In  anticipation  of  the  possible  coming  of  these  inter- 
esting insects  Dr.  Perkins  secured  the  consent  of  the  H.  S. 
P.  A.  to  cooperate  with  us  and  detailed  Mr.  Swezey,  one  of 
their  able  staff,  to  attend  to  this  work.  To  him  the  colony 
was  intrusted  to  breed  and  make  the  most  of.  Because  the 
original  host  of  these  parasites  was  congeneric  with  our  own 
melon  fly  and  therefore  closer  related  than  the  Australian  fruit 
fly  better  results  are  hoped  for.  Asked  how  long  it  would  take 
to  ascertain  whether  the  parasites  will  attack  the  fly.  Mr. 
Kotinsky  replied,  at  least,  two  weeks. 
By  aid  of  the  press  representatives  in  attendance  Mr.  Ko- 
tinsky wished  to  impress  upon  the  community  the  importance 
of  burning  up  all  material  infested  with  melon  fly  as  such  mate- 
rial left  on  the  ground  forms  ideal  propagating  medium  for 
countless  numbers  of  the  fly.  He  cited  an  instance  of  an  aban- 
doned vegetable  garden  on  King  street,  where  he  found  thou- 
sands of  cucumbers  and  millions  of  maggots  in  one  of  the 
fields.  If  people  would  take  the  precaution  to  destroy  all  in- 
fested material  they  would  help  to  keep  the  fly  down  and  save 
themselves  and  their  neighbors  a lot  of  trouble  and  expense. 
