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Division of Entomology. 
Honolulu, November 1, 1910. 
Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and For- 
estry, Honolulu, T. H.. 
Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work 
of the Division of Entomology for the month of October. 
Of 29 vessels boarded we found fruits, plants and vege- 
tables on 17, and a careful inspection of all articles was made 
with the following result : 
Disposal 
zoith principal causes: 
Lots 
Parcels 
Passed as 
free from pests 
1,408 
22,609 
Fumigated 
before releasing 
10 
28 
Burned . . 
24 
31 
Total 
inspected 
1,442 
22,668 
PESTS INTERCEPTED. 
In a lot of orchids arriving on the transport Sheridan from 
Manila we found a large number of pests ; five species of 
beetles, some feeding in the decayed bulbs, caterpillars feed- 
ing on the foliage, three species of ants, several cockroaches 
(Phyllodromia ), sowbugs (Oniscus sp.), two species of 
spiders and several centipedes. We also found some very 
large slugs (Veronacella sp.) with eggs and young, and a 
few snails (Opeas sp.). All the material was destroyed 
after first being fumigated, so as not to allow any crawling 
creatures to escape. We understand that these orchids were 
taken from the forest a few days before shipment and placed 
in the shipping box and this accounts for the large list of in- 
sects and other creatures found. Some plant shipments from 
the mainland were fumigated on account of some minor 
pests and as a precautionary measure. 
There also arrived in the baggage of Japanese immigrants 
several lots of sand pears and apples, the latter containing 
holes showing the work of some fruit worm, but no larvae 
were found — the fruit being prohibited from landing, was 
promptly destroyed. 
The season being at hand when stored potatoes develop 
the potato scab (Oospora scabies), I have sent notice to all 
importers of potatoes to warn their Coast agents not to ship 
any infested potatoes to the islands. I have also written to 
some dealers in San Francisco regarding scaly lemons, warn- 
ing them of the return of such fruit when arriving here. I 
am pleased to state that on a whole all shipments have been 
