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RuGGLES (A. G). Section of Horticultural Inspection. Address of 

 Chairman. — //. Econ. EnL, Geneva, N.Y., xv, no. 2, April 1922, 

 pp. 146-149. 



The general lines adopted by the Minnesota horticultural inspection 

 service and the results obtained are briefly outlined: 



Harned (R. W.) & Kimball (H. H.). The Sweet Potato Inspection 

 Service in Mississippi. — //. Econ. Ent., Geneva, N. Y., xv, no. 

 2, April 1922, pp. 149-153. 



An account is given of the work of the sweet potato inspection 

 service in Mississippi and the main points of difference between it 

 and that of Arkansas. The chief aims of the service are to prevent 

 the further introduction and spread of Cylas formicarius (sweet potato 

 weevil) and injurious fungi, as well as any other pests occurring in 

 other parts of the world. 



Sasscer (E. R.). Important Insects collected on imported Nursery 



Stock in 1921. — //. Econ. Ent., Geneva, N.Y., xv, no. 2, April 

 1922, pp. 158-162. 



The pests intercepted during 1921 were : Otiorrhynchus {Brachyrhinus) 

 sulcatus, F., in the soil amongst the matted roots of Astilhe from 

 Holland ; brown-tail moth [Nygmia phaeorrhoea, Don.] in French fruit 

 and rose stock, and also in fruit seedlings from Holland ; gipsy moth 

 [Porthetria dispar, L.] in quince stock, larvae of Acronycta nimicis, L. 

 (sorrel cutworm) on quince, cherry and rose, and pupae of Apatela 

 auricoma, F. (dagger moth) on pear, quince and rose from France, and 

 the latter on cherry from Holland ; Eumerus strigatns. Fall, (lesser bulb 

 fly) in narcissus bulbs from Holland ; Amir aphis tulipae, Boy., on iris 

 from. England ; Cryptothrips dentipcs. Rent., on Liliuni candidum 

 from France ; egg-masses of Malacosoma neusiria, L., on apple seedlings 

 from France ; cocoons of Emphytiis cinckis, L., on rose stocks from 

 England, Ireland, France and Holland ; Aleurocantlms ivoglnmi, 

 Ashby (black fly of citrus) on citrus foliage from Cuba and Jamaica, 

 and on what appeared to be bay from the Bahama Islands ; A . 

 spiniferns, Quaint., on citrus leaves from Japan ; Anastrepha ludens 

 Lw. (Mexican fruit-fly) on mangos and sweet limes taken from immi- 

 grants at El Paso ; A. f rater cuius, Wied., on mangos and Cuban plums 

 from Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica ; the Mediterranean fruit-fly [Ceratitis 

 capitata, Wied.] in coffee berries from Hawaii ; larvae, apparently of 

 Conotrachelus perseae. Barber, from Mexico and Costa Rica, Heilipus 

 sp. from Mexico, and Stenoma catenifer, Walsh, from the Canal Zone 

 and Mexico, all in avocados ; Cryptorrhynchus (Sternochetits) 

 mangiferae, F., in mango from Hawaii ; Cylas formicarius, F., in sweet 

 potatoes from Cuba and Mexico ; Euscepes hatatae, Waterh., in sweet 

 potatoes from Jamaica, and the Bahama and Madeira Islands ; 

 Metamasius sericeiis, Oliv., on sugar-cane from Cuba and in ships' 

 stores and on banana leaves from Costa Rica ; and Platyedra {Pecfino- 

 phora) gossypiella, Saund., in cotton seed from England, Egypt, India, 

 and from the interior of Mexico. 



A list is also given of about nineteen of the more important scale- 

 insects intercepted from various countries. 



