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knowingly transport from one State or Territory into any other 

 State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia into a State 

 or Territory, or from a State or Territory into the District of 

 Columbia, or from a foreign country into the United States, the 

 gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard moth, plum curculio, hop 

 plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, or other 

 insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to cultivated 

 crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, orchard trees, 

 forest trees, or shade trees; or the eggs, pupte, or larvae of any 

 insect injurious as aforesaid, except when shipped for scientific 

 purposes under the regulations hereinafter provided for; nor shall 

 any person remove from one State or Territory into another State 

 or Territory, or from a foreign country into the United States, or 

 from a State or Territory into the District of Columbia, or from 

 the District of Columbia into any State or Territory, except for 

 scientific purposes under the regulations hereinafter provided for, 

 the gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard moth, plum curculio, 

 hop plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, or other 

 insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to cultivated 

 crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, orchard trees, 

 forest trees, or shade trees; or the eggs, pupae, or larvae of any 

 insect injurious as aforesaid. 



SEC. 2. That any letter, parcel, box, or other package contain- 

 ing the gypsy moth, brown-tail moth, leopard moth, plum cur- 

 culio, hop plant-louse, boll weevil, or any of them in a live state, 

 or other insect in a live state which is notoriously injurious to 

 cultivated crops, including vegetables, field crops, bush fruits, 

 orchard trees, forest trees, or shade trees, or any letter, parcel, 

 box, or package which contains the eggs, pupas, or larvae of any 

 insect injurious as aforesaid, whether sealed as first-class matter 

 or not, is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter, except when 

 mailed for scientific purposes under the regulations hereinafter 

 provided for, and shall not be conveyed in the mails, nor de- 

 livered from any post-office, nor by any letter carrier, except 

 when mailed for scientific purposes under the regulations herein- 

 after provided for; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, 

 or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything de- 

 clared by this section to be nonmailable matter, or cause the 

 same to be taken from the mails for the purpose of retaining, cir- 

 culating, or disposing of, or of aiding in the retention, circula- 

 tion, or disposition of the same shall, for each and every offense, 

 be fined, upon conviction thereof, not more than five thousand 



