On their way from Jamaica to Suva, a collection of insects named Phaeneus sulcatus arrived in Auckland by the Aka roa last week. The insects are now in a city warehouse awaiting shipment to the Department of Agriculture at Fiji, where it is understood they are to be used in experiments to counteract a banana pest. Rather like Maori bugs in appearance, the insects are in a ganse-covered box, on which are instructions to keep the case out of the sun, and in a temperature of not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The insects were shipped from Jamaica, to Panama in a fruit steamer, and picked up there by the Akaroa.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 299, 14 September 1937, Page 2
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