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DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, A4ay 1, 1910. 
Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work of 
the Division of Entomology for the month of April. 
Of 33 vessels boarded we found fruit, plants and vegetables on 
21. The usual care was taken in the rigid inspection with the 
following results : 
Disposal with Principal causes. Lots. Parcels. 
Passed as free from pests 700 15,345 . 
Fumigated before releasing 23 29 
Burned 37 37 
Dipped in formaldehyde 1 1 
Returned 1 1 
Total 
762 15,413 
PESTS INTERCEPTED. 
On a shipment of plants from Fiji we found a plant infested 
with mealy bug Pseudococcus citri. In bamboo stems from the 
Orient and in packing material from same locality two species of 
ants were found. In seeds from East Indies we found some- 
larvae of a weevil. We also found tree seeds from the States 
infested with weevils. A box of limes from Acapulco, Mexico, 
came with the usual fruit shipments per ‘‘Sierra.” These were 
shipped by a San Francisco dealer and as they were infested with 
two species of scale insects and are on 'the prohibited list of 
fruits for the Territory we ordered them returned to shipper. 
A pomelo tree from Amoy, China, arrived without the usual 
\J. S. quarantine certificate and would have been destroyed under 
the ruling of that Department ; however, as most of the material 
used in shipping was furnished by the U. S. Experiment Station 
here, the whole matter was left to the Division of Entomology 
with the request to thoroughly disinfect the package. This 
has been done and all soil and packing material destroyed and 
only the plant, which fortunately was free from pests, was turned 
over to the Experiment Station. As the fruit is known to be of 
very fine quality and much time and trouble had been taken to 
procure the tree we are glad that we were able to assist in the 
introduction of it. 
As stated in my last report I was unable to submit Brother 
Matthias Newell’s monthly report and I now append it for March 
and April. 
