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INSECTS 
Coconuts : 
Solomon Island stag beetle ( Eur y tracheitis pilosipes Waterh.). 
Solomon Island elephant beetle (Xylotrupes nimrod Voet.=A\ gideon L.). 
Solomon Island rhinoceros beetle (Trichogomphus semmelinki Rits.). 
Ceylon rhinoceros beetle (Orudis rhinoceros L.). 
Red beetle or Asiatic palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferruginous Oliv.). 
Cane beetle (Sphenophorus obscurus=Rhabdocnemis obscura Boisd.). 
Small palm weevil ((Calandra) Diocalandra taitensis Guerin). 
Cabbage-palm beetle or leaf hispa {Brontispa froggatti Sharp). 
Copra bug (Necrobia rufipes Degeer). 
Longieorns (a) Xixuthrus costatus Montrouz. 
Longicorns (h) Olethrius tyrannus Thorns. 
Phasma or leaf insect {Qraeffea crouanii (Le Guillou) syn. Lopaphus 
coccophagus Westwood). 
Coecids (Coccidae). 
Stinkbugs (Pentatomidae). 
Rubber : 
White ants (Termes spp.). 
Sugarcane : 
Cane beetle ((Sphenophorus) Rhabdocnemis obscura Boisd.). 
Leafhoppers (PerkinsieUa bicoloris Muir., P. laiokensis Muir., P. papuensis 
Muir., P. rattlei Muir., P. variegata Muir., and P. vastatrix Breddin). 
FUNGI 
Coconut : 
Pestalozzia palmarum Cke., leaf disease and bud rot of coconut. 
Pythium palmivorum Butler, Godavari disease of coconut. 
Rubber : 
Fomes (semitosa) lignosus Klotzsch, root rot. 
General Regulations 
[Statutory Rules, No. 4 of 1923, February 28, 1923] 
CITATION 
Article 1. These regulations may be cited as the Plants' (Importation) 
Regulations. 1923. 
DEFINITIONS 
Art. 2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates : 
"Importer" includes the person who introduces any plant or the consignee 
of any plant. 
"Plants" means trees or plants and includes Cuttings and slips of trees and 
plants and all live parts of plants and trees. 
Art. 3. Revokes previous regulations. 
DUTIES of importer 
Art. 4. (1) The importer or intending importer of any plants shall, before 
the plants are introduced or landed in the Territory, notify the principal 
officer of customs ;it a port of entry of the fact that such plants are intended 
to be introduced into the Territory by him. 
(2) The importer shall thereafter cause the plants and the boxes, bags, and 
wrappings in which they are contained to be placed in the tent provided for 
the purpose of fumigation, or to such other structure as the principal officer 
of customs may direct and in such manner as such officer shall approve. 
FUMIGATION OF PLANTS REQUIRED 
Art. 5. Such plants, together with boxes, bags, and wrappings in which tinw- 
are contained, shall then be fumigated by the method provided by the director 
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