1936] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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MISCELLANEOUS PLANT DISEASES 
An unusual number of pathogens new to our interception files were added 
during the year, several undescribed species were intercepted, other organisms 
were found on material from additional countries, and interceptions of im- 
portant diseases such as citrus canker continued. For convenience some of the 
more important and interesting interceptions are briefly noted in alphabetical 
groups, fungi and bacteria determined to species in the first group, nemas in 
the second group, and new or apparently new species of fungi and nemas in a 
third group. 
Arthrobotrys superba on Ficus sp. from Barbados; Ascochyta heterophragmia on 
Camellia jap onica from France; Bacterium citri on Citrus spp. from China, India, 
and Japan; Bacterium pisi on peas from Mexico; Botrytis allii on onions from 
Japan; Ceratostomella (Graphium) ulmi on elm logs from France; Cercospora 
destructiva on Euonymus japonica variegata from Japan; C. handelii on azalea 
from Belgium; C. neriella on oleander from Bermuda; C. odontoglossi on Odonto- 
glossum sp. from England; Cerotelium desmium on cotton leaf from Martinique; 
Colletotrichum omnivorum on aspidistra from Germany; C. peregrinum on Fatsia 
japonica from Japan; C. truncatum on lima beans from Cuba; Dematium pullulans 
on plum from Chile; Diplodinia salicis on willow from Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics; Discosia artocreas on peony from Japan; Discella carbonacea on pussy 
willow from Germany; Elsinoe phaseoii on lima beans from Cuba and Puerto Rico; 
Gloeosporium catechu on betel palm from the Philippines; G. elasticae on Ficus 
religiosa from Mexico; G. pelargonii on geranium from Puerto Rico; G. piperatum 
on peppers from Java; G. polymorphum on dracaena from Japan; G. rhododendri 
on rhododendron from England; Glomerella cincta on orchid from Jamaica or 
Colombia; Godronia cassandrae on lingon berries from Newfoundland; Helmin- 
thosporium allii on garlic from Chile, France, Italy, and Mexico; H. oryzae on rice 
from the Orient; H. ravenelii on smut grass from Mexico; H. sativum on wheat 
straw packing from England and Japan; Leptosphaeria circinans on Medicago sp. 
from Turkey; L. heterospora on iris from Germany, France, Netherlands, and 
Turkey; Leptothyrivm macrothecium on peony from Japan; Microdiplodia wis- 
tariae on wisteria from Japan; Monochaetia paeoniae on peony from Japan; 
Mycosphaerella brassicicola on cauliflower from Belgium, England, France, and 
Germany, on broccoli from Brazil, and on cabbage from England; M. moutan on 
peony from China and Japan; .V. musae on banana leaf from Puerto Rico; 
Nigrospora oryzae on rice from French Morocco; Ophiobolus graminis on wheat 
from France; Papulospora parasitica on tulip bulbs from Netherlands; Phoeni- 
costroma chamaedoreae on palm leaves from Mexico; Phoma camelliae on camellias 
from Japan; P. rostrupii on carrot from England and France; Phyllosticia betae 
on chard from Italy; P. cynarae on globe artichokes from France; P. diver gens on 
Albizzia seed pod from British West Indies; P. globuli on eucalyptus from Aus- 
tralia; P. rabiei on Cicer from Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Polythrincium 
trifolii on clover from Turkey; Puccinia allii on garlic from Brazil and Egypt and 
on leek from France; Pyrenophora ciliolata on primrose from England; Ramularia 
destructiva on sweet gale from Scotland; Scirrhia bambusae on bamboo from 
Italy; Sclerotium oryzae in rice straw from Spain; Septoria azaleae on azaleas 
from Belgium; S. castaneae on chestnut from Italy; S. citri on lemons from 
Egypt, India, Italy, and Spain; S. insularis on ivy from England; S. nigerrima 
on pear from Italy; Sporonema camelliae on camellia from France; Termitaria 
n. sp. on Reticuliiermes speratus Kolbe on an unidentified plant from Japan; 
Thecopsora padi on spruce from Norway; Urocystis colchici on colchicums from 
Netherlands; U. tritici on seed wheat from Australia; Uromyces glycyrrhizae on 
licorice from Greece; T T stilaqinoidea virens on rice from the Philippines; Vcrmi- 
cularia cacti on cactus from Puerto Rico; and V. capsici on pepper from Java. 
Interceptions of nematodes included Acrobeles glaphyrus on tuberose from 
Mexico (not a plant parasite and hence not included in the list); Anguillulina 
agrostis on Festuca sp. from Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; .4. dipsaci on 
various hosts from Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, 
Netherlands, Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Wales; A. pra- 
tensis from Argentina and Germany; .4. gallica in elm from France; Anguillulina 
sp. on potato from Cuba; Aphelenchoides fragariae on strawberry from France; 
A. parietinus from Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, China, Denmark, England, 
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, and Union of South 
Africa; A. hunti in tiger lily from Japan and Physalis from Mexico; A. solani in 
potato from Cuba; Aphelenchus avenae from Australia, Bermuda, England, Ger- 
many, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Peru; Cephalobus cubaensis in 
potato from Cuba; Cephalobus sp. (apparently new) in burdock from Japan; 
