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"Thcre has "been about the usual prevalence of "the Mediterranean 
fruit fly ( Ceratitis c agitata 7ied. ) , in the Hawaiian Islands, as indi- 
cated especially by the wo my fruits of mango, ■guav.a, and papaya that 
are allowed to become fully ripened on the tree. The 'introduced 
parasites continue about the same extent of control as has been reported 
for the past several years, i.e., about 55 per cent of the maggots are 
killed by them." 1 .... 
0HA1TGE MAGGOT 
"The only infestations of the orange maggot ( Anastre-pha ludens Loew) 
in the United States determined between April, 1929, and the time of the 
preparation of this report in Octoher, 1930, consisted of larvae found 
in the fruit of three backyard plantings in the city of Brownsville, 
Texas, on November 19, 1929. The insect was found to he present, however, 
on more than one hundred properties across the Hio Grande in Matamoros, 
Mexico. The infestations . on both sides of the river appear at present to 
have been wiped out by the prompt spraying raid clean-up measures which 
were carried out during the following "winter and spring, but infested 
fruit from the interior of Mexico is still being sold on the markets of 
Matamoros." 2 
CI THUS APHID 
The' green citrus aphid (A"kis s--iraecol a Patch) was more abundant 
on citrus in parts of Florida than it had been for several years. By 
the last of March the infestation. had practically cleared up, owing 
apparently to very heavy rains. The infestation started to build up 
again in central Florida during June. During June outbreaks of rather 
severe proportions of various other aphi&s were reported from many 
parts of the northern United States. 
PAHLAT02IA BATH SCALE 
"The date-growing areas in which the Parlatoria date scale 
( Parlatoria blanchardi. Targ. ) is or has been present are the Coachella 
Valley and the Imperial Valley of California," the Salt Eiver Valley and 
the Yuma District of Arizona, and the vicinity of Laredo, Texas. In 
the Coachella Valley, during the fiscal year 1929, 430 infested palms 
were found on 27 properties. In the year ended June 30, 1930, intensive 
inspection and clean-up work was conducted on these sane rronerties, and 
59 imested palms were found on 12 of the 27 properties, the others 
being apparently free from infestation. No' infestations -severe enough 
to be classed as "centers of spread" have been found in this valley since 
August 19, 1929, when the first intensive inspection - was completed. In 
1 0. H. Swezey, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 
2 Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, U. 5. D. A. 
