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Mites  and  beetle  larvae  on  yams  from  Hong  Kong. 
Two  shipments  of  Queen  bees  arrived,  one  by  mail  and  one 
by  Wells  Fargo  & Co.’s  Express.  The  latter  consisted  of  two 
brood  sections,  one  of  which  contained  only  dead  bees  and  was 
the  result  of  too  little  food  during  shipment,  the  other  was  in 
good  condition  and  after  removing  the  Queen  both  sections  with 
all  the  bees  and  boxing  were  burned.  The  mail  shipment  was 
treated  in  the  same  manner. 
A box  of  pine  trees  as  Japanese  baggage  was  confiscated,  fumi- 
gated and  after  a careful  examination  was  found  infested  with 
Lepidopterous  larvae  infesting  the  cones  and  twigs ; the  shipment 
was  burned. 
One  lot  of  pears  was  destroyed  on  account  of  being  badly  in- 
fested with  the  pear  scab  Fusicladium  dendriticiun.  As  this  dis- 
ease is  very  liable  to  attack  other  plants  such  as  Loquat,  etc.,  it 
is  best  to  dispose  of  such  material  although  the  chances  of  in- 
festation are  but  slight  under  such  conditions. 
A small  box  containing  three  young  horntoads  was  confiscated 
and  the  toads  killed. 
The  following  report  on  inspection  at  Hilo  was  received  from 
Bro.  M.  Newell : 
“Five  foreign  vessels  entered  Hilo  Bay.  There  were  109  lots 
and  1,619  parcels. 
“Three  cases  of  lemons  were  fumigated  on  account  of  purple 
scale. 
“A  small  amount  of  fruit  having  arrived  in  bad  condition  was 
thrown  into  the  water. 
“Everything  else  being  found  in  good  condition  was  passed. 
“An  injurious  weevil  that  does  damage  to  ferns  in  Honolulu 
has  been  introduced  into  Hilo,  where  it  was  not  known  until  re- 
cently, having  been  brought  here  in  ferns  from  that  city.” 
A sample  of  Hevea  leaves  was  brought  to  the  office  by  Mr. 
John  Palmer  from  Nahiku  showing  some  blight  which  riddled 
the  foliage.  The  general  appearance  looked  like  samples  of 
wind-beaten  foliage,  but  I recognized  some  spores  similar  to  the 
Shothole  fungus  of  the  apricot.  I submitted  these  samples  to 
Mr.  Lyon,  the  vegetable  pathologist  of  the  H.  S.  P.  A.,  who 
diagnosed  the  trouble  as  Phyllosticta  sp. ; the  shothole  fungus 
of  the  apricot  belongs  to  the  same  genus.  It  will  be  necessary  to 
carry  on  field  experiments  so  as  to  determine  what  remedy  would 
be  best  to  use  for  checking  this  disease.  Very  successful  work 
has  been  done  with  Bordeaux  wash  on  the  apricot  fungus. 
The  last  shipment  of  hornfly  enemies  received  from  Air.  Koe- 
bele  consisted  of  true  parasites,  an  Alysid  species.  Air.  Swezey 
reports  that  many  have  issued  from  the  puparia  sent  and  he  is 
now  propagating  these  on  home  collected  larvae  and  pupae.  It 
is  too  early  to  say  just  what  to  expect  from  this  new  importa- 
tion ; the  parasites  were  breeding  in  the  jars  and  if  the  Alysids 
