34 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
List of pests collected and reported from July 1, 1939, to June 30, 1940, inclu- 
sive—Continued 
[All findings 
marked with an asterisk indicate State inspection] 
Country of origin 
Number of mterceptions 
in— 
Pest and host 
O 
'3 
c3 
pq 
1 
Collected in— 
INSECTS — continued 
Pseudococais gahani (Coccidae): 
England 
1 
D. C. 
Pyrus communis (pear) 
Chile 
1 
N. Y. 
Pseudococcus kraunhiae (Cocci- 
dae): 
Japan... 
1 
1 
Calif.* 
Diospyros kaki (kaki persim- 
mon). 
Pseudococcus lilacinus (Cocci- 
dae): 
Citrus grandis (pomelo) 
do 
Wash. 
Java 
1 
Mass. 
Philippines 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Hawaii.* 
Phalaenopsis aphrodite (or- 
chid). 
Phalaenopsis cynthia (orchid) . 
Phalaenopsis schilleriana (or- 
chid). 
Pseudoparlatoria ostreata (Cocci- 
dae): 
Carica papaya (papaya) 
Psilarosae (Psilidae): 
Daucus carota (carrot) 
do. .- 
-—do 
do - 
Cuba 
Calif.* 
Calif.* 
1 
Calif.* 
N. Y. 
England, Finland, 
France, Ireland, Italy, 
Mexico, Netherlands, 
Scotland. 
Mexico 
1 
.... 
14 
Ma.ss., N. Y., 
Psychid: 
Ananas sativus (pineapple).. . 
Banana debris 
3 
1 
1 
1 
Tex. 
Tex. 
do .- . 
Tex. 
Japan 
Wash. 
Cattleya sp (orchid) 
Venezuela 
D. C. 
Chrysanthemum sp 
Japan 
1 
1 
.... 
Wash. 
Cupressus sp. (cypress) 
do 
. do... 
.... 
Wash. 
Wash. 
Lespedeza formosa alba 
do 
1 
Wash. 
Portulaca sp. (purslane) 
Prosopis sp (mesquite) 
Mexico. 
1 
Tex. 
do 
1 
Tex. 
Pyrus communis (pear) 
Tamarix gallica (French 
tamarix). 
Vitis sp (grape) 
Argentina. 
2 
N. Y. 
Mexico 
1 
- — 
Tex. 
Argentina 
1 
N. Y. 
Psylliodes chrysocephala (Chry- 
somelidae) : 
Brassica oleracea botrytis 
(broccoli). 
Brassica oleracea capitata 
(cabbage). 
Brassica rapa (turnip) 
Ptinus japonicus (Ptinidae): 
Corylus americana (hazelnut) . 
Ptochoryctis tsugensis (Xylorycti- 
dae): 
Pinus sp. (pine) 
Italy 
2 
1 
6 
N.Y. 
.. do... 
N. Y. 
France, Italy, Morocco- 
Canada 
Ala., N. Y. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
.- 48 
1 
26 
Vt. 
Japan . ... 
N.Y. 
Ptychopoda bonifata (Geometri- 
dae): 
Arachis hypogaea (peanut) 
Medicinal herb 
Mexico 
.... 
:::. 
Tex. 
. do-.. . .... 
Tex. 
Ptychopoda sp. (Geometridae): 
Herb 
Germany, Mexico 
Mexico 
2 

N. Y., Tex. 
Laurus nobilis (Grecian 
laurel). 
Taqetes florida (marigold) 
Pulvinnria floccifera (Coccidae) : 
Brassia gireoudeana (orchid).. 
Cypripedium sp. (orchid) 
Dendrobiumsp. (orchid) 
Epidendrum myrianthum (or- 
chid). 
Epidendrum vitellinum (or- 
chid). 
Epidendrum sp. (orchid) 
Tex. 
do 
Costa Rica 
4 
1 
1 
Tex. 
D. C. 
England, India, Trini- 
dad. 
France 
2 
1 
D. C, Wash 
D. C. 
Costa Rica . . 
1 
1 
1 
Calif.* 
Mexico 
Calif.* 
do- 
Calif.* 
