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DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY 
REPORT OF ENTOMOLOGIST, AUGUST, 1922 
September 21, 1922. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen: 
During the month of August the inscctary handled 3,200 pupae of the 
melon fly, from which there were bred 929 females and 927 males of 
Opius fletcheri. 
The distribution of parasites was as follows: 
MELON FLY PAKASITES 
Opius fletcheri • 
KAUAI— Mr. Wm. Eice, Lihue 250 females 250 males 
Mrs. Hans Isenberg, Lihue 100 females 100 males 
Diachasma Tryoni 
OAHU — Mr. Henry Eogers, Boyd Lane 100 females 100 males 
Mrs. Wall, Nuuanu Avenue 100 females 100 males 
Diachasma Fullawayi 
OAHU — Mrs. Wall, Nuuanu Avenue 40 females 30 males 
Opius humilis 
OAHU — Mr. Henry Rogers, Boyd Lane 50 females 50 males 
Tetrastichus Giffardianus 
OAHU — Mr. Henry Rogers, Boyd Lane 400 males and females 
Mrs. Wall, Nuuanu Avenue 500 males and females 
The Entomologist was occupied mostly attending to beneficial insects 
sent from Mexico by H. T. Osborn. Four shipments were received dur- 
ing the month of August, on the 9th, 15th, 23rd and 29th, instants, re- 
spectively, which consisted principally of internal parasites and pre- 
daceous species on mealy bugs, although one consignment of tumble bugs 
was also made. These were liberated, while the other beneficial insects 
were held in quarantine until their adaptability to our species of mealy 
bugs could be determined, and their multiplication effected. Three species 
of Coccinellid beetles (lady birds) have been successfully reared, and lib- 
erations made from the emergence. 
Respectfully submitted, 
D. T. FULLAWAY, 
Entomologist. 
