Enemies Of Beetle And

Snail Sought In Africa

A HAWAIIAN entomologist, Mr.

N. L. H. Krauss, left for Africa in June to carry on a search

for natural enemies of the Rhino ceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) and the Giant African Snail (Acha tina fulica). Satisfactory control of the beetle and snail has not yet been achieved in the Trust Territory of Micronesia. The recommenda tion of the Invertebrate Consul tants Committee for the Pacific, at the fifth annual meeting in Febru ary, was that further search for natural enemies of the beetle be made. The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture have also recom mended a continuing search for natural enemies of the snail be cause of its increasing population in Hawaii and because funds for continuous control by chemical means have been reduced. The cost is being shared by the Trust Terri tory and Hawaii.

It is expected that the work will require six to eight months in Ken ya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar.