22 THE FIG MOTH. 
Samples 4, 5, 6, 7, £, 9, and 10, the last three examined in February, 
1911, were perfectly sound as regards the presence of either insects 
or evidence of their work. 
Chttn. No. 1185. Unsterilized Smyrna Figs. 
Sample 11. — Sent by E. G. Smyth from Grand Hotel Hnck, Smyrna (Asia 
Minor), labeled "Pulled figs, not sterilized, packed September 16, 1910." 
Packed tightly and carefully in a thick box 8| inches long, 3$ inches wide, 
and 2 inches high. When received at Washington, D. C, November 5, 1910, 
one end of the packing box had become loose. 
From the sides of this mass of figs, which came out entire, every- 
thing looked clean, but on removing and examining each individual 
fig — 30 in all — every one contained more or less excreta, much of 
which, however, could be readily brushed off. 
There was no evidence of living insects at this time or later, when 
examined March 8, 1911. 
Chttn. No. 1186. Smyrna Figs Sterilized by Dry Heat (233° F.). 
Sample 12. — Grand Hotel Hnck, Smyrna (Asia Minor), labeled "Figs steri- 
lized in oven by dry heat, September 20, 1910 ; time 20 minutes ; average 
temperature 112° C. (233.5° F.) ; shipped October 14 by E. G. Smyth;" 
received in the Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, November 5. 
The figs were all separated and showed the effects of sterilization 
by dry heat in their bleached color. A careful but not microscopic 
examination was made of every fig, 40 in all, with the result that 
on looking over all of them a second time only one fig was found to be 
in any way unfit for human consumption. This single fig showed a 
hole on the side through which a larva had escaped, and the usual 
amount of excreta for one larva Avas contained therein. 
Chttn. No. 1195. Layer Figs Scalded at 212° F. 
Sample IS.— Labeled by E. G. Smyth "Figs scalded in hot water at 100° C. 
(212° F.) for 16 seconds, water containing 2\ per cent salt and some glucose." 
Careful examination in February, 1911, of this sample, which was 
packed under Mr. Smyth's direction, September 2, 1910, showed 
absolutely no signs of infestation by insects, but the figs were un- 
pleasantly sticky and adhered to the box. 
Chttn. No. 1187. Unsterilized Pulled Smyrna Figs. 
Sample l). — Grand Hotel Hnck, Smyrna (Asia Minor), labeled by E. G. 
Smyth " Pulled figs, not sterilized, packed September 16, 1910 ; " received 
in the Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, November 5. Oblong box, 
identical with No. 1185, as tightly closed as possible, containing 30 figs. 
On opening this box on day of receipt 4 nearly grown larvae were 
seen resting on one side between the layers of figs. Further search 
in taking the figs from the box and transferring them to a rearing 
