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(Eusepes postfasciatus Fairm.) was intercepted in sweetpotatoes from Brazil, 
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, and Trinidad. Exosoma lustitanica 
L. (Chrvsomelidae) was found in cipollini from Morocco. Exptochiomera oblonga 
(Stai) (Lygaeidae) was taken on eggplant, pepper, and tomato from Mexico. 
Faustinus cubae (Boh.) (Curculionidae^ infested peppers from Cuba. Frank- 
liniella schultzei Tryb. (thrips) was found on chinkerichee from the Union of South 
Africa. . Fulvrus bhhistillatus (Stal) (Miridae) arrived with Cattleya spp. from 
Colombia. Gelechia ericetella (Hbn.) (Gelechiidae) was taken on heather from 
Scotland. Gnorimoschema gudmanella (Wlsm.) (Gelechiidae) infested peppers 
from Cuba and Mexico and tomatoes from Mexico. Hellula phidilealis (Walk.) 
(Pyraustidae) was found on mustard, radish, and white greens from Cuba. 
Heraeus cincticornis Stal (Lygaeidae) arrived with Cattleya sp. from Venezuela. 
Hoplandrothrips xanthopoides Bagn. (thrips) was intercepted on Bryophyllum sp. 
from Barbados. Kalotermes snyderi Light (termite) was taken in mesquite from 
Mexico. Laspeyresia splendana Hbn. (Olethreutidae) was intercepted in chest- 
nuts from the Azores, Italy, Japan, and Portugal. Lecaniodiaspis dendrobii 
(Dougl.) (Ccccidae) was taken on Cattleya sp. from Colombia. The East Indian 
bean pod borer {Maruca testulalis Geyer) infested string beans from American 
Virgin Islands, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hawaii, Japan, and Puerto 
Rico, and Canavalia sp. and Dioclea violacea from Hawaii. Megalometis chiliensis 
Boh. (Curculionidae) arrived with nectarine from Chile. Pistache nut from Italy 
was infested with Megastigmus pistaciae Walk. (Callimomidae). Micrelus ericae 
Gyll. (Curculionidae) was found on heather from Scotland. Moodna bisinuella 
Hamp. (Ph^-citidae) arrived with corn from Mexico. Mordellistena cattleyana 
Champ. (Mordellidae) infested orchids from Colombia and Venezuela and M. 
chapini Ray arrived with orchids from Colombia and Mexico. Myzus hemero- 
cnllis Taka. (aphid") was intercepted on Hemerocallis sp. from China. Xapomyza 
lateralis Fallen (Agromyzidae) was found in witloof leaves from Belgium. Ophi- 
omyia pinguis (Agromyzidae) arrived with witloof from Belgium. The pink 
bollworm {Pedinophora gossypiella (Saund.)) was intercepted in cottonseed from 
Brazil, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, seed cotton from Brazil, Man- 
churia, and Mexico, cotton from Hawaii, and okra from Mexico. The vine moth 
(Polychrosis botrana (Schiff.)) arrived with grapes from Italy. Psylliodes chryso- 
cephala L. (Chrysomelidae) infested broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and turnip 
from Italy and turnip from France and Morocco. The European corn borer 
(Pyrausta nubilalis (Hbn.)) arrived with string beans from Japan. Ribua innoxia 
Hein. (Phycitidae) was intercepted in pineapples from Cuba. The mango weevil 
{Sternochetus mangifera F.) was taken in mangoes from Hawaii. Taeniothrips 
ericae (Hal.) (thrips) was taken on heather from Germany and Scotland. 
NOTES ON PLANT DISEASES INTERCEPTED 
Interceptions of citrus canker {Bacterium citri) during the year numbered 17, 
on 4 host species, with 4 countries of origin. Thirteen of these interceptions were 
made during the 6-month period March to August, inclusive. The banana leaf 
spot (Cercospora musae) was reported 15 times, although bananas receive relatively 
little inspection. Elsinoe australis, the sweet orange scab of South ^America, was 
found twice on oranges in stores. Lima bean scab (E. phaseoli) was intercepted 
304 times during the j^ear. Mycosphaerella schoenoprasi continues to be inter- 
cepted, especially from Japan, but not with such frequency as formerly. Pana- 
grolaimus hygrophilus, sl new species of nematode, was found November 27, 1939, 
in a wet rot of waterlily root from Cuba and later described. Papulospora 
coprophila was apparently rotting an onion bulb from Mexico on which it was 
intercepted in May 1940. Citrus black spot (Phoma citricarpa) was intercepted 
but twice during the 3^ear. During the course of an inspection of Sagittaria sp. 
corms from Wisconsin for export a new species of nematode was found and later 
described as Rhabditis chitwoodi. During the year Tritirachium, a new form 
genus in the Moniliaceae, was described, based in part on T. dependens, the type 
species found on Yucca treculeana from Cuba, but being secondary it is not listed 
as an interception. Uredo wakensis, described during the year, was intercepted 
at Honolulu February 22, 1938, on Tournefortia sp. from Wake Island and 
mentioned in the 1939 list of interceptions on page 4. The oriental lespedeza 
rust which goes under the name Lromyces lespedezae-procumbentis, although 
markedly different in host reactions and potentially a menace to plants of oriental 
species of lespedeza, was intercepted with lespedeza seed from Japan. 
It may be noted that some fairly common diseases are listed iii the detailed 
table. The general policy has been to list these common diseases until a reason- 
