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(Orchids) brought from Manila by the "Sheridan" on the 5th. 
We fumigated the plants to kill the scale and hand-killed the 
borers. The only adult borer found was killed in a cyanide 
bottle and placed in the collection for subsequent determination. 
The ants were preserved in alcohol and sent to a specialist to be 
named. 
Scabby Potatoes. — A Japanese merchant not yet familiar with 
our practice of excluding scabby potatoes had a lot of 100 sacks 
of badly infested potatoes come from Seattle on the 6th and at 
our instance destroyed. His petition to be allowed to feed these 
potatoes to pigs was refused for tactical reasons and because, as 
Dr. Cobb has proven, spores are not rendered inocuous by pass- 
ing thru the alimentary canal of an animal. 
Mango Aphis. — Mr. Mclrityre, of the Moanalua Gardens, re- 
turned from Manila on the 31st, bringing with him 5 wardian 
cases, with 20 mango plants in each, one with twenty-four man- 
gosteen sprouts, several packages of mango seeds, and four 
dozen mangosteen fruit. The last was refused admission in ac- 
cordance with Board regulations prohibiting importation of fresh 
fruits from the Orient. Some of the mango plants were found 
infested with aphis and all the cases were fumigated with hydro- 
Cyanic acid gas. The mango seeds were inspected, found ap- 
parently pest free and passed. The soil in the pots was origin- 
ally taken from here, and, in accordance with your instructions, 
was kept in screened houses while in Manila. A letter from the 
officer in charge of the Botanical Gardens, Manila, brought by 
Mr. Mclntyre and placed on our files, testifies to that effect. 
Upon examination nothing was found in the soil liable to become 
injurious and it was passed. 
Rice. — Formerly the rice coming here from Japan during July, 
August and September used to be heavily infested with a variety 
of pests. We have kept close watch on all incoming rice during 
the month and found it invariably clean. This is a result of he 
Board's fumigation campaign. 
WORK OTHER THAN INSPECTION. 
Professional Visits. — On the 13th T went to the Peninsula on 
request to ascertain the relation between the fruit and the insect 
found in unusual numbers in ripening figs. Upon examination 
several overripe figs were found adhering to the tree and 'n 
these a host of those beetles ( Philonthidae) so common here in 
decaying fruit. So abundant were these beetles that at the slight- 
est jar of the tree numbers of them would fall out and drop onto 
what was below them. The owner was written to and instructed 
to remove the infested fruit and drop it into kerosene and thus 
destroy most of the beetles as well as their habitation. 
On the 1 8th we visited a garden in the city on request to ic- 
connt for the death of a citrus tree. The plant was found to 
