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The export in 1907 was 15 per cent or ■/& greater than that of 
1903. During the five years the exports of Ceara increased by 41 
per cent, those of Para by 13^, Mangabeira by only 2|. 
The exports in 1906 and 1907 were distributed among foreign 
countries as follows : 
1906 
Quantity. Value. 
U. S. A. 
Great Britain 
France 
Germany 
Belgium 
Uruguay 
Argentina 
In lbs. 
36.848.787 
27.329.740 
6.783.280 
5.021.071 
266.189 
652.986 
10.351 
1907 
In milreit. 
101.517.262 
72.613.947 
20.668.379 
13.157.196 
732.755 
1.560.213 
34.799 
Quantity. 
Value. 
In lbs. 
In milreis. 
U. S. A. 
Great Britain 
France 
Germany 
Belgium 
Uruguay 
Argentina 
36.984.752 
31.577.994 
5.513.554 
5.128.745 
39.195 
1.007.179 
24.620 
100.076.756 
83.215.943 
16.800 301 
13.991.199 
93.585 
2.640.484 
82.953 
The above does not include 385 lbs., of “ Massaranduba gum ' 
shipped in 1907 to Great Britain : the imports of Uruguay and Argentina 
are exports sent down the Plate River. 
The export to Great Britain shows a substantial increase of 154 
per cent. The imports of the U. S. A. and Germany are slightly 
increased, and those of France and Belgium decreased. 
W. J. G. 
A CAMPHOR PEST. 
An account of an insect attacking the camphor trees in Perak is 
published by Mr. Jacques Surcouf in the Journal D’Agriculture 
Tropicale, June 1908, page 186. 
The sample of leaves and insects were sent* by M. Geraud of 
Papan, Perak, to the Colonial laboratory of the Museum (presumably 
at Paris). The insects were identified by M. Heylaerts as one of the 
Psychodidae, Eumeta Hekmeyeri, Heyl. The caterpillar fixes itself on 
the lower side of the leaves and eats the parenchyma, cutting out 
circles which it winds round the lower part of its body so that the animal 
appears to be inclosed in a flower or little pagoda. The caterpillar in 
pupating spins a ccocoon which in the males is furnished with a 
