1. When referencing releases of Euseius quetzali agiinst broad and citrus 

 red mites in California, cite McMurtry, J.A., University of California, 

 Riverside, p. 192, in "Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the U.S. and 

 Territories — 1982," U.S. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 

 Miscellaeous Publication 1 505, 1992. (H.G. Johnson, University of 

 California, releaser). 



2. When referencing releases of Praon volucre zgzxnsi bird cherry-oat aphid 

 in Washington, cite Pike, K.S., "Washington State University, Prosser, 

 p. 261, in "Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the U.S. and Terri- 

 tories — 1982," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research 

 Service, Miscellaneous Publication 1505, 1992. (F. Gruber, USDA, 

 ARS, France, colleaor). 



Explanation of Entries 



All entries in the various sections of this publication should be fairly self- 

 explanatory. Hovk'cver, it may be helpful to explain the information included 

 in some columns of part A in sections I and II. 



Column 2. The country or State and sometimes county where the released 

 material was coUeaed are listed in this column, together with the acronym of 

 the quarantine, overseas, or nonquarantine facilities (the last with the 

 collector's initials) from which the material originated. The facility acronyms 

 are listed in section VIII with full facility addresses and with names of all 

 personnel participating in the collection, shipment, or release activities in 

 1982. The addresses are those of 1982. More details of the original overseas 

 collections and shipments are available from the ROBO data base (reports 5 

 and 8). 



Column 3. The State or Territory and county where the release was made and 

 the month of the release are listed in this column, together with the number 

 and stage of the organism released. (The category "county" also includes 

 parishes for Louisiana, independent cities for Virginia, and other political 

 subdivisions analogous to counties in the various States and Territories.) 

 Additional release details can be obtained from the ROBO data base (report 2). 

 The "e" following the number released indicates an estimate. The abbrevia- 

 tions used for the stages and types of organisms and States and Territories are 



listed following this introduction. Column 3 also references notes listed at the 

 end of part A in sections I and II. 



Column 4. Each importation, shipment, or release record in ROBO is 

 recorded by a file number, as illustrated by those listed in this column. The 

 file number for releases from quarantine consists of a facility acronym, the last 

 two digits of the year, and a four-digit consecutive number. For 

 nonquarantine releases, the initials of the project leader responsible for the 

 release are included in the file number. Also in column 4 are the facility 

 acronym and full name of the releaser(s). For some Extension personnel or 

 county agents and field personnel of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), 

 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), usually only the address 

 of the releaser's headquarters is listed rather than each specific address. All 

 facilities and personnel noted in this column are listed in section VIII. The 

 asterisk in this column indicates that specimens have been retained represent- 

 ing the material released. 



Scientific Names and Classification 

 Systems 



All scientific names in columns 1 and 5 of part A of sections I and II and 

 elsewhere in this publication have been verified by systematists of the System- 

 atic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) and the Systematic Botany and Mycology 

 Laboratory (SBML), ARS, Beltsville, MD. Their efforts are appreciated. The 

 most current names for the organisms according to these specialists as of 

 December 1991 have been used in this publication. The name under which 

 the organism was originally imported or released is retained in the ROBO data 

 base (see example 1 of the individual computer release reports), and searches 

 can be made using both original and current names. The higher classification 

 system for arthropods is that used by SEL scientists. The system used for 

 plants in seaion II is that of Cronquist (1981). 



The scientific name in this book for the plant in the United States known as 

 Russian thistle, Salsola australisR. Br. (=5. iberica, S. pestifer, or S. kali of 

 authors), is in accordance with the opinion of J.H. Kirkbride, SBML (personal 

 communication), based on Botschantzev (1974). The scientific name of the 

 plant known as musk or nodding thistle used in this report is Carduus nutans 

 Linnaeus; the subspecific epithets used in the 1981 report (Coulson et al. 



