| Show Keeping ing Up r e 0 c n e erv e em m Science Service Service Service Foe of Cane Borer Is Being Imported From FroB New Nev Guinea Honolulu Deep in the wilds of New Guinea lurks a killer insect without a name A party from Hawaii is slash slash- slashing slashing ing its way through the jungle risking death from disease and possibly un un- un unfriendly unfriendly friendly natives determined to get their hug bug Not that they intend to drag their six legged quarry back to the bar of civilized justice Quite the con con- contrary contrary they approve the creatures creature's lethal activities for it is one of the insects that unconsciously fights mans man's battles by killing other in in- in insects sects that are harmful to his crops This particular insect is an enemy of cf the sugar cane borer one of the tile most destructive pests both in Ha Ha- Ha HawaII wail and in the sugar area of the mainland United States It is hoped that it can be and ac ac- ac acclimated acclimated first in Hawaii and then possibly also the rest of the way across the Pacific Found Accidentally The new insect ally of sugar cane planters was discovered quite by accident A scientific exploring party was sent out by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters association under the leadership of Cyril E Pember- Pember Pemberton Pemberton ton to seek seck new types of wild cane Their boat was shipwrecked on the New Guinea coast Thrown onto a forbidding and pos pos- possibly pos pos- possibly sibly hostile shore the party occupied occupied pied itself with forays into the thc jun jun- jungles while they waited for help They discovered a patch of cane close to a swamp Some of the stalks were afflicted with borers They opened these up and up and found the sought long-sought enemy of ot the pest Marking the place of ot discovery and trusting the insects insect's descend descend- descendants descendants ants would still sun be there when they returned Mr Pemberton and his party journeyed on to Honolulu Elaborate preparations are being made for the insects insect's Importation With acclimatizing stations established established possibly In Samoa Fiji and New Caledonia the attempt will be made to transplant it to Hawaii |
