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It is requested that the following 
member be quoted in the reply 
to this letter. 
Department of Agriculture, 
Federated Malay States. 
Straits Settlements 
& 
Kuala Lumpur 
18th. June, 1925 
Dear Hoitturn 
The information in your letter of the 17th. is most 
useful. The insect was sent in frojn Ipoh at the beginning of 
last year, but was probably present there some time before, 
about the same time or just after.it appeared at Singapore. 
Whether it could have been taken from Singapore to 
Ipoh, or whether the outbreak was general in the country, the 
beast having been here all the time, is difficult to say. On the 
other hand if might have been brought in at both localities. 
Unfortunately there are scarcely any records of Goccidae in 
Malaya, so it will be likely to remain a mystery. The fact that 
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the attacks are much less severe now may be due to a return to 
control which existed before, but we have so many general preda¬ 
tors in Coccids that it is possible that it is the latter which 
are now keeping the pest under. 
Yours sincerely 
A g: Gov er nrjien t En to mb 16 gis t 
S.S. & F.M.S. 
The Agt Director, 
Botanic Gardens 
Singapore 
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