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been written to, and copies of circular No. s> have been sent to each. 
The only definite information secured has come from Mr. Edwyn 0. 
Keed, of Banos de Cauquenas, who writes that he has traveled a great 
deal throughout Chile, but has seen the San Jose scale only occasion- 
ally on pears from Santiago. The first time he met with it was in 1872, 
when dining with Mr. Henry Meigs, the railway contractor. The scale 
was noticed upon pears brought on with dessert. The pears were so 
badly infested that they could not be eaten, and Mr. Eeed studied the 
insect closely and applied some washes to the trees. The significant 
point is that these trees were introduced into Chile from the United States. 
Mr. Meigs died shortly thereafter, and Mr. Eeed has not since visited 
his garden. The only evidence we have, therefore, of the occurrence 
of the San Jose scale in Chile indicates at the same time that it was 
introduced into that country from the United States. 
The San Jose scale occurs in Australia, but certainly not very 
abundantly. Mr. A. S. Olliff, government entomologist of Xew South 
Wales, reports (Agricultural Gazette of Xew South Wales, September, 
1892) that he received specimens of it on the leaves, fruit, and twigs of 
pear from West Maitland. and also that though not previously reported 
it has been known to some fruit growers for a number of years. 
Mr. Maskell informs us in a recent communication that he has 
received the San Jose scale on apple twigs from Mr. French at Mel- 
bourne, and also that the scale received from Mr. French on peach 
twigs from the same locality, and which he described under the name 
Aonidia fusca (Trans. Xew Zealand Institute, Vol. XXYII, 1894. p. 43j, 
is probably identical with Aspidiotus perniciosus. 1 He is inclined to the 
opinion that this insect was introduced into Australia from Japan, 
stating that within the last few years many fruit trees have been 
imported from Japan into Australia. 
Mr. Koebele, who has traveled very extensively throughout Australia, 
writes that personally he has never met with the species in that coun- 
try, although he kept a sharp lookout for it during his last trip abroad. 
In Hawaii Mr. Koebele writes that he found the scale on the island 
of Kauai upon prune and peach trees imported from California, some 
trees having been utterly destroyed by the scale and others badly 
infested. The importation from the United States of this inseet was 
also indicated by the fact that many other common injurious scales of 
this country were also found upon fruit trees imported from California 
and Florida. Mr. Koebele also made examinations, at our request, for 
Aspidiotus pvmiciosus on the island of Ceylon, and is rather confident 
that it does not occur there; at least he was unable to find it. 
It was surmised also that the scale might possibly have been intro- 
duced with Japanese plants, and Mr. Otoji Takahashi, a skilled ento- 
mologist, who has studied scale insects particularly with Oomstock at 
Cornell University, was corresponded with. Mr. Takahashi has studied 
'See Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXVIII, pp. 14-lti, .Ian.. 1896. 
