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  (5) 
  Spanish 
  moss 
  and 
  corn 
  in 
  shuck, 
  or 
  shucks 
  removed 
  from 
  corn, 
  

   between 
  1st 
  Oct. 
  and 
  30th 
  June 
  ; 
  (6) 
  household 
  goods 
  containing 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  articles, 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  quarantine 
  applying 
  to 
  

   each 
  ; 
  (7) 
  living 
  weevils 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   infested 
  territory, 
  except 
  a 
  qualified 
  entomologist. 
  Under 
  certain 
  

   conditions 
  restricted 
  articles 
  can 
  be 
  shipped 
  from 
  uninfested 
  sections 
  

   of 
  States 
  in 
  which 
  boll 
  weevil 
  occurs. 
  

  

  No 
  restrictions 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  articles 
  : 
  — 
  (1) 
  Bales 
  of 
  

   cotton, 
  flat 
  or 
  compressed, 
  w^ith 
  no 
  restrictions 
  as 
  to 
  season 
  ; 
  (2) 
  lin- 
  

   ters 
  and 
  loose 
  cotton 
  hnt 
  ; 
  (3) 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal, 
  cake 
  and 
  oil 
  ; 
  (4) 
  corn, 
  

   shelled 
  or 
  shucked, 
  or 
  with 
  shucks 
  removed, 
  oats 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  seed 
  

   except 
  cotton 
  seed 
  ; 
  (5) 
  cotton 
  seed 
  shown 
  by 
  affidavit 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   sacked 
  continuously 
  for 
  nine 
  months 
  or 
  more 
  ; 
  (6) 
  cotton 
  seed 
  for 
  

   planting 
  purposes 
  only, 
  after 
  fumigating 
  with 
  carbon 
  bisulphide 
  by 
  

   competent 
  entomologist 
  ; 
  (7) 
  hay 
  ; 
  (8) 
  empty 
  freight 
  cars. 
  

  

  Vayssieke 
  (P.). 
  Cochenilles 
  nouvelles 
  de 
  I'Afrique 
  francaise 
  [New 
  

   Coccids 
  from 
  French 
  Africa.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Phytopath. 
  appliquee, 
  Paris, 
  

   i, 
  no. 
  9, 
  5th 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  p. 
  121 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  description 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  Mytilaspis 
  coccomytibus 
  dispar, 
  ssp. 
  

   nov. 
  and 
  Diaspis 
  taxicola, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  The 
  former 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  on 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  manioc 
  in 
  Madagascar, 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  

   collected 
  on 
  Taxus 
  baccata 
  in 
  the 
  Atlas 
  of 
  Blidah 
  (Algeria). 
  

  

  Chittenden 
  (F. 
  H.). 
  The 
  Florida 
  Fern 
  Caterpillar. 
  — 
  U.S. 
  Dept. 
  Agric, 
  

   Bur. 
  Entom. 
  Washington, 
  Bull. 
  125, 
  29th 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  11 
  pp., 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  The 
  fern 
  caterpillar, 
  Eriopus 
  floridensis, 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Florida 
  and 
  

   tropical 
  America, 
  but 
  is 
  extending 
  north, 
  causing 
  damage 
  in 
  green- 
  

   houses 
  in 
  Columbia, 
  Ilhnois, 
  and 
  Ohio. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  

   in 
  Mexico, 
  Guatemala, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  Jamaica, 
  Cuba, 
  

   Haiti, 
  St. 
  Lucia, 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  Venezuela, 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  

   Trinidad. 
  It 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  ferns, 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  destroy 
  more 
  than 
  

   it 
  requires 
  for 
  food, 
  cutting 
  plants 
  entirely 
  bare 
  and 
  attacking 
  each 
  

   new 
  leaf 
  as 
  it 
  appears. 
  Though 
  not 
  strictly 
  a 
  nocturnal 
  feeder, 
  it 
  

   shuns 
  bright 
  light, 
  and 
  is 
  most 
  often 
  found 
  feeding 
  exposed 
  in 
  early 
  

   morning. 
  Treatment 
  of 
  this 
  pest 
  is 
  not 
  easy. 
  In 
  one 
  case 
  a 
  spray 
  of 
  

   a 
  strong 
  decoction 
  of 
  hellebore 
  was 
  used 
  ; 
  this 
  scalded 
  the 
  foHage, 
  

   causing 
  many 
  plants 
  to 
  die. 
  A 
  bait 
  of 
  poisoned 
  bran 
  and 
  molasses 
  was 
  

   tried, 
  but 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  preferred 
  the 
  ferns. 
  Fimaigation 
  with 
  

   carbon 
  bisulphide 
  was 
  of 
  no 
  avail. 
  Lead 
  arsenate 
  when 
  used 
  in 
  a 
  

   solution 
  strong 
  enough 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  leave 
  a 
  white 
  

   deposit, 
  which 
  destroys 
  the 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fern. 
  A 
  spray 
  of 
  

   Paris 
  green, 
  strong 
  enough 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  caterpillars, 
  burns 
  the 
  foliage. 
  

   Paris 
  green 
  properly 
  mixed 
  with 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture 
  should 
  not 
  produce 
  

   this 
  effect. 
  Hydrocyanic-acid 
  gas 
  fumigation 
  is 
  also 
  suggested 
  for 
  use 
  

   when 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  hatching 
  and 
  during 
  moults. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  hand- 
  

   picking, 
  though 
  laborious, 
  is 
  most 
  successful, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  

   consisting 
  in 
  shaking 
  the 
  plants 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  tramphng 
  on 
  the 
  

   caterpillars 
  as 
  they 
  fall. 
  Ichneumon 
  extrematis, 
  Cress., 
  Sagaritis 
  sp., 
  

   and 
  a 
  Tachinid 
  fly 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  attacking 
  this 
  caterpillar. 
  

  

  