BENEFICIAL INSECTS Plate NEWLY INTRODUCED SPECIES ■ CWOCHEP COMOAHY uth 3 ( BENEFICIAL INSECTS. SPECIES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. [Explanation of Plate.] 1. Orcus chalybeus, Boisd.; female enlarged. la. Head and prothorax of male; enlarged. 16. Natural size. 2. Orcus australasia, Boisd.; female enlarged. 2a. Natural size. 3. Novius Koebelei, Olliff.; male enlarged. 3a. Male; natural size. 36. Female; natural size. 3c. Larva; enlarged. 3d. Larva; natural size. 4. Shows branch with Cottony Cushion Scale, and larva of Novius Koebelei. 4a. Cottony Cushion Scale. 46. Shows larva of Novius Koebelei (natural size), preying upon Cot- tony Cushion Scale. 5. Leis conformis, Boisd.; female enlarged. 5a. Male; natural size. 56. Female; natural size. 6. Thalpochares coccophagus, Myer; enlarged. 6a. Natural size. 6XX .REPORT IMPORTATION OF PARASITES PREDACEOUS INSECTS,/ BY THE STATE BOABD OF HORTICULTURE. »*■. j IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, APPROVED MARCH 31, 1891. 183^ SACRAMENTO: state office, : : : : : a. j. johnston, supt. state printing. 1892. REPORT. To Hon. H. H. Markham, Governor, and to the honorable the Legislature of California: In accordance with an Act (Chapter CXCIV, Laws of 1891) entitled "An Act to appropriate $5,000 for the purpose of sending an expert to Australia, New Zealand, and adjacent countries, to collect and import into this State parasites and predaceous insects," approved March 31, 1891, we beg to submit the following report: Soon after the passage of this Act we applied to the Secretary of Agri- culture at Washington, D. C, to aid us in this investigation by sending on this mission Mr. Albert Koebele, an accredited agent of that depart- ment, and who, on a former mission, discovered the Vedalia cardinalis. We also requested that his salary be met by that department, we assum- ing to pay his expenses. This the Secretary consented to do, and on August 20, 1891, Mr. Koebele sailed for Australia, where he remained about a year. As to what was accomplished, we beg to refer you to his report and to the report of the Entomologist of this Board, which are herewith appended. b REr<>KT (>N PARASITES AND PREDACEOUS INSECTS. AMOUNT EXPENDED. The following are the expenditures incurred; all vouchers and item- ized bills are on file in the office of the State Controller: 1891— Oct. 31— Voucher No. 1 $395 25 Oct. 81— Voucher No. 2 380 68 Nov. 30— Voucher No. 3 313 43 Dec. 28— Voucher No. 4 236 87 1S92— Jan. 25— Voucher No. 5 297 54 Feb. 29— Voucher No. 6 312 00 .Mar. 21— Voucher No. 7 297 47 Apr. 25— Voucher No. 8 365 52 Aug. 4— Voucher No. 9 918 12 Sept. 26— Voucher No. 10 131 65 Cost of transmitting funds — \'