. Report of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii for the period ... Agriculture; Forests and forestry; Insects. 149 ''Tumble-Bug" (Copris Carolina^ Linn.). Large numbers of this beetle were received alive and immediately released in suit- able localities. This was the largest among the manure beetles received. It is dark . - . brown, ungainly in a])- pearance, almost an inch long, little Icfs wide, and over half an inch thick (Fig. 2). "These insects act the part of scavengers l)y breaking up and bury- ing the droppings of cattle and other
. Report of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii for the period ... Agriculture; Forests and forestry; Insects. 149 ''Tumble-Bug" (Copris Carolina^ Linn.). Large numbers of this beetle were received alive and immediately released in suit- able localities. This was the largest among the manure beetles received. It is dark . - . brown, ungainly in a])- pearance, almost an inch long, little Icfs wide, and over half an inch thick (Fig. 2). "These insects act the part of scavengers l)y breaking up and bury- ing the droppings of cattle and other ani- mals. The f e m 3 1e Scarabacus detaches a portion of the dung and forms it into a ball, sometimes as large as the fist; this it rolls along by means of its hind legs, by pushing when necessary with. Fig. 2. One of the Tmnblp {('opr[}< raro- liria. Linn.) from Arizona released on these Islands. (Original; photograph by Dr. Cobb.) its broad head, or by w^alking backwards and dragging the ball with its front legs. The strength and patience displayed by the creature in the execution of this task are admirable.''''' Other Manure iNiuMrrriNG Beetles. At least six other species of dung beetles were received and distributed. In dis- tributing them, variety of climate was provided these immigrants in order to give them every possible opportunity for propagation and carrying on the good work for which they were intended. Among our scale bug pests perhaps none at- (h) SCALE BUG ^j.^^^ j^^^j.^ attention than the ''Avocado mealv EISTEMIES. I V /o J •. A1- 1 \ 1 1 bug (Fscuaococcus nipae, Mask.), also known as "Alligator pear ; As a matter of common observation this scale insect, which attacks also fig, banyan, loread-fruit, mul- berry, guava and numerous other plants, is regularly each year, Sharp, Cambridge Nat. His., Insects II, p. 196. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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