THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. 
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Table II. — Number and species of host trees of the Mediterranean fruit fly growing tin that 
portion of Honolulu bounded by Liliha, Punchbowl, Beretania, and School Streets. 
Apricot 
Avocado 
Breadfruit 
Carambola 
Chinese inkberry . 
1 
653 
58 
48 
6 
Chinese orange 148 
298 
8 
11 
1 
4 
20] 
94 
73 
80 
4 
13 
4 
40 
10 
33 
Coffee 
Coffee, Liberian. . 
Cotton 
Custard apple 
Damson plum 
Fig 
Guava, common... 
Guava, strawberry 
Java plum 
Kamani, ball 
Kamani, winged.. 
Kumquat 
Lemon 
Lichee 
Lime 
Loquat 
Mandarin 
Mango 
Mangosteen 
Mountain apple. 
Mock orange 
Orange, sweet. . 
Peach.. 
Pear, Bartlett.. 
Pomegranate- . 
Pomelo 
Rose apple .... 
Sapodilla 
Sapota 
Sour sop , 
Spanish cherry . 
Star apple .... 
Surinam cherry 
Wi 
Waiawi 
28 
154 
7 
41 
33 
372 
687 
69 
2 
128 
15 
25 
5 
30 
57 
1 
4 
63 
19 
60 
Total 4,610 
In this area of 60 blocks of varying size, 712 dooryards, or estates, 
averaged 6.5 host trees or shrubs. 
In Hilo, island of Hawaii, host conditions are quite as favorable for 
fruit-fly increase as in Honolulu. Thus the following numbers of host 
trees and shrubs were found in certain yards during March, 1914. 
Yard 1. 
Rose apple 1 
Surinam cherry 4 
Japanese plum 2 
Mountain apple 6 
Star apple 1 
Coffee trees 34 
Common guava 20 
Brazilian banana 15 
Avocado 4 
Mango 3 
Papaya 2 
Orange : 
Peach. 
Grape 
Winged kamani 
Mangosteen 
Fig 
Mimusops 
Yard 2. 
Surinam cherry 2 
Papaya 2 
Thevetia 1 
Yard 2 — Continued. 
Orange 2 
Strawberry guava 2 
Coffee 14 
Bananas. 
Avocado 2 
Peach 1 
Fig 3 
Mountain apple 2 
Lichee nut 2 
Common guava 3 
Yard 3. 
Rose apple 11 
Mango 2 
Thevetia 3 
Avocado 1 
Yard 4. 
Peach 
Mango 
Loquat 
Winged kamani 
Surinam cherry 
Strawberry guava 
