Fighting Rhinoceros
p. 118 · Read in the full issue
W. Samoa
Entomologists And Wa Play Their Part
From Our Own Corresponder
Apia, Jan,
A PARTY of entomologists Gressit and Mr. Owei America, and the former Gc ment entomologist of Fiji, IV W. Simmons are at present vi the Territory to study met he control of the rhinoceros beetl the effects of scolia rufi( (Zanzibar wasp), introduced ir to combat the pest.
Dr. Gressit is staff entomoloi the American trust territori the Pacific, the Marianas, Ma and Caroline Islands, and hs headquarters in the Palau Is whose coconuts, like Samoa’s also suffering from the ravag the beetle.
Mr. Owen is entomologist fc Pacific Science Board of National Research Council o
Usa.
In the opinion of Mr. Simn who has visited Samoa on fom vious occasions, the damage bv the beetle in Samoa is deft decreasing, though it is dot whether this improvement c£ ascribed to the work of the Z bar wasp.