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ed on several occasions on the Mexican Border, having been found 

 in cotton seed and cotton bolls, in suitcases of passengers, and in pil- 

 lows and quilts. These interceptions were especially fortunate, 

 since the infested seed was in the possession of immigrants enroute to 

 cotton fields where they were to be employed as laborers. Numerous 

 interceptions were made at the port of New York, the most important 

 of which perhaps, was the finding of living larvae of the European Corn 

 Borer (Pyransta niibilalis Hubn.) in a large shipment of Italian broom 

 corn. 



A wire worm {Agriotes lineatus Fab.) not known to occur in this 

 country, and considered very injurious to cereal crops in Europe, was 

 collected in a shipment of Danish potatoes ; and the Potato Tuber Moth 

 (Phthornnaea operculella Zeller) was taken on Irish potatoes from Aus- 

 tralia Chili, Peru, and Spain. The Sweet Potato Weevil {Cylas for 

 micarius Fab.) was taken in shipments of sweet potatoes arriving from 

 Nassau, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Isle of Pines, and Porto Rico; and 

 the West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil (Euscepes batatae Waterhouse) 

 arrived in tubers from Porto Rico. Yams from Jamaica and Cuba 

 were found to contain larvae of Palaeopus dioscoreae Pierce and P. 

 costicolUs Marshall respectively. The black fly of citrus (Aleurocan- 

 thiis woglumi Ashby) was collected on the foliage of the following fruit 

 trees arriving from Cuba at Florida ports of entry: grapefruit, lime, 

 mango, sapodilla; and Aleurothrixus hoivardi (Quaint.) was collected 

 on the foliage of grapefruit from Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



Living larvae of Anastrepha fraterculus Weid were collected in gua- 

 vas, mangoes, Cuban plimis, and Sapodillas from Cuba, and what ap- 

 peared to be the larvae of A . striata Schiner were found in guavas from 

 the same countr}\ Mangoes from Spanish Honduras were found to 

 contain larvae of an unrecognized species of Anastrepha. Three in- 

 sects, representing as many genera injurious to avocadoes were inter- 

 cepted; viz., Heiliptis per sea Barber, from the Canal Zone; Stenoma 

 catenifer Walsh, from Spanish Honduras; and what appears to be Co- 

 notrachehts persea Barber from Costa Rica and Mexico. The last 

 named insect was found quite abundant in avocadoes for sale in the 

 markets of Nuevo, Laredo, and Piedras Negras during the months of 

 May and June. Metamashis sericeus carhonarius Chev. w^as collected 

 on several occasions in shipments of bananas arriving from Guatemala 

 and Spanish Honduras. In addition to the above some eighty distinct 

 species of scale insects were found on plants offered for entry, many 

 of which are not at present established in this country. 



