MAJOR PEST INTERCEPTIONS 
NUMBER OF INTERCEPTIONS 
PEST Fiscal Year 1964 Average Per Year 1961-63 
Mediterranean fruit fly 223 191 
Mexican fruit fly 335 211 
Oriental fruit fly 43 37 
Olive fruit fly 84 61 
European cherry fruit fly 34 95 
Mediterranean land snail 57 68 
Khapra beetle 368 225 
Japanese citrus scale 424 407 
Black spot of citrus 561 425 
Citrus canker 239 258 
Sweet orange scab S55 OS 
Golden nematode tf 48 
The inspection of miscellaneous non-agricultural cargo at maritime ports 
is assuming even greater importance, with serious agricultural pests, 
such as the Khapra beetle, snails, and certain soil-borne organisms being 
found more frequently on these cargoes and in ships' holds. Khapra beetle 
problems, in particular, have be come more critical as additional com- 
modities and an increasing number of ships have been found contaminated. 
KHAPRA BEETLE -- COMPARATIVE FIVE-YEAR 
SUMMARY OF INTERCEPTIONS AND FUMIGATIONS 
Fiscal 
Interceptions == 
Packages (Boxes, bales, 
cartons) 
Year 
Number 
1960 iD 3 
1961 102, 010 
1962 85, 743 
1963 112,553 
210, 608 
