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DIVISION OF ENTO^IOLOGY. 
Honolulu, Flawaii, ]\Iay 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 fol- 
lowing results : 
Disposal zintli 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 Aca])ulco, ^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 Ter- 
ritory we ordered them returned to shipper. A pomelo tree from 
Amoy, China, arrived without the usual E^. S. Quarantine certi- 
hcate 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 Experi- 
ment 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 
IMatthias Newell’s monthly report and I now append it for ]\Iarch 
and April. 
In lilarch six vessels were boarded on which were found 94 
lots consisting of 1523 parcels. In April ten vessels were boarded 
