2 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
fornia and Florida and the Territory of Hawaii determine most of the intercep- 
tions made there, and speciahsts in the Bureau of Plant Industry determine a large 
part of the more difficult plant-disease material. 
The alleged origin oi plant materials cannot be verified in all cases. Obviously 
doubtful items are either omitted or the origin is listed as unknown. 
NOTES ON INSECTS INTERCEPTED 
FRUITFLIES 
The following fruitflies were intercepted: Anastrepha distincta Greene in Inga sp. 
from Mexico; A. fraterculus (Wied.) in peach from Mexico; Mexican fruitfly (A. 
ludens (Loew)) in avocado, grapefruit, mango, orange, peach, pear, pomegranate, 
ponderosa lemon, quince, sour orange, sweet lime, tangerine, and white sapote 
from Mexico; A. mombinpraeoptans Sein in Spondiai sp. from the American Virgin 
Islands, mango from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Mexico, 
and guava and mango from Puerto Rico; A. serpentina (Wied.) in sapote from 
Honduras, mamey and sapote from Mexico, and orange and sapodilla from Trini- 
dad; A. suspensa (Loew) in guava from Cuba and Puerto Rico; Anastrepha sp. 
in grapefruit from Argentina, sapodilla from Colombia, mango from Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and Panama, star-apple from Guatemala, mango and star- 
apple from Honduras, apple, apricot, avocado, guava, mango, orange, peach, pear, 
quince, and sapote from Mexico, and mango and sapodilla from Trinidad; Mediter- 
ranean fruitfly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) in tangerine from Brazil, in box contain- 
ing apples and pears from Germany, avocado, coffee berry, and pepper from Hawaii, 
bitter orange, pear, pricklj'pear, and where oranges had been stored on deck of 
ship from Italy, and orange from Portugal and Spain; Ceratitis sp. in grapefruit 
from Palestine and Union of South Africa; melonfiy (Dacus cucurhitae (Coq.)) in 
box of cucumbers from Hawaii; olive fruitfly {D. oleae Gmel.) in olive from Italy 
and Portugal; Dacus sp. in pumpkin from Union of South Africa; Epochra sp. 
in currant from Mexico; apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh)) in apple from 
Canada and Mexico and Crataegus sp. from Mexico; Rhagoletis sp. in black walnut 
and Crataegus sp. from Mexico; Spilographa sp. in Rosa spinosissima var. from 
Canada; papaya fruitfly (Toxotrypana curvicauda (Gerst.) in bag containing 
papaya fruit from Puerto Rico; trypetid in Wisteria sp. from Japan, cut flowers, 
seed pod, and Zinnia sp. from Mexico, Lonicera sp. seed from Sweden, rhizome 
from Switzerland, and peach and plum from Union of South Africa. 
INSECTS OTHER THAN FRUITFLIES 
Acrolepia assedella (Zell.) (Hyponomeutidae) was intercepted in leeks from 
Italy and Sweden. The citrus blackfly (Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby) was 
f' amd on leaves of lemon, orange, and sweet lime from Cuba, fruit of sour lime 
from Dominica, and leaf of sour lime from Jamaica. Pineapples from Mexico 
were infested with Alpheias conspirata Hein. (Galleriidae). Anthonomus funereus 
Champ. (Curcuculionidae) arrived with orchids from Mexico. Aonidiella com- 
perei McK. (Coccidae) was found on sour limes from Dominica and Guatemala. 
Aspidiotus coryphae Ckll. (Coccidae) infested coconuts from Philippines. Astero- 
lecanium stentae Brain (Coccidae) was intercepted on Euphorbia sp. from Union 
of South Africa. Baris lepidii Germ. (Curculionidae) was taken in horseradish 
from Poland. Bruchus pallidicornis (Boh.) (Bruchidae) infested lentil seed from 
Itp.ly. Cerotoma atrofasciata Jac. (Chrysomelidae) arrived with Oncidium caven- 
dishianum from Guatemala. The turnip gall weevil (Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma 
Marsh.) was intercepted in turnip from England, France, Netherlands, Scotland, 
and Sweden. The Asiatic rice borer (Chilo simplex (Butler)) was intercepted 
with rice straw from Japan. Chrysomphalus umboniferus Newst. (Coccidae) 
was taken on an orchid leaf from Venezuela. Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki 
(te"mite) arrived with Cycas sp. from Japan. Crocidosema plebeiana Zell. (Oleth- 
reitidae) infested Hibiscus sp. from Bermuda and okra from Cuba and Mexico. 
Diaspis visci (Schr.) (Coccida.e) was found on Juniperus sp. berry from Italy. 
C c muts from Hawaii and Philippines were infested with the Tahitian coconut 
weevil {Diocalandra taitensis Guer.1. Epicaerus cognatus Sharp (Curculionidae) 
was taken in potato from Mexico. Epinotia oppnsita Hein. (Olethreutidae) 
arrived with lima and string beans from Mexico and string beans from Venezuela. 
Eumecosomyia nubila Wied. (Otitidae) was taken in corn from Brazil and Mexico, 
lettuce from Mexico, and orange from Panama. Eupteryx melissae Curt. (Cica- 
dellidae) was found on sage from England. The West Indian sweetpotato weevil 
