4 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
in orange from the Union of South Africa; Ceratitis sp. at Miami in orange from 
Africa (army transport) ; Dacus sp. at Newport News in vegetable marrow from 
the Union of South Africa; Epochra sp., probably canadensis, at El Paso in currant 
from Mexico; Rhagoletis sp., probably cingulata, at St. Albans in wild cherry 
from Canada; Rhagoletis sp. at Brownsville, El Paso, Laredo, and St. Albans in 
husk tomato, red haw, walnut, and wild cherry from Canada and ]\Iexico. Four- 
teen interceptions which could not be identified beyond family (Tephritidae) 
were taken at El Paso, Hoboken, Laredo, Newport News, New York, and Norfolk 
in Celtis tala, Celtis sp., husk tomato, orange, and walnut from Mexico, the Union 
of South Africa, and Uruguay. 
In addition to the incompletely determined fruitflies the following miscellaneous 
insects of special interest were intercepted: Acanthoscelides sp., probably sub- 
muticus Sharp (Bruchidae), at El Paso in radish from Mexico; Acrolophus sp., 
Bear fervidus Busck ( Acrolophidae) , at San Juan with the roots of Cattleya gas- 
kelliana from Venezuela; Agriotes sp., probably obscurus L. (Elateridae), at 
Boston in sod with sand ballast from Scotland; Anaballus sp., apparently ampli- 
collis Fairm. (Curculionidae), at Hoboken in seeds of Adenanthera sp. in soldier's 
mail; Anaballus sp., probably amplicollis Fairm., at New York in sandalwood 
seed in soldier's mail; Anacentrinus sp., probably deplanatus Csy. (Curculioni- 
dae), at Brownsville and Laredo in sugarcane from Mexico; Baris sp., possibly 
laticollis Marsh. (Curculionidae), at Baltimore in turnip from Portugal; Brachy- 
rhinus sp., probably rugosostriatus (Goeze) (Curculionidae), at Blaine in soil 
around miscellaneous plants from British Columbia; Bruchus sp., near luteicornis 
111, (Bruchidae), at Philadelphia in vetch from Portugal; Bruchus sp., near 
rufipes Hbst., at Baltimore in vetch seed from Portugal; Calendra sp., very near 
phoeniciensis Chttn. (Curculionidae), at Nogales on spinach from Mexico; 
Calligrapha sp., near diver sa (Stal) (Chrysomelidae), at El Paso with mustard 
from Mexico; Centrinaspis sp., near picumnus Hbst. (Curculionidae), at Laredo 
on chrysanthemum from Mexico; Centrinaspis sp., near tonsilis Boh., at Laredo in 
corn from Mexico; Coccotrypes sp., possibly rolliniae Hopk. (Scolytidae), at 
Hoboken in Euterpe sp. seed in soldier's mail; Curculio sp., probably elephas 
Gyll. (Curculionidae), at Baltimore in chestnut from Portugal; Diabrotica sp,, 
near longicornis (Say) (Chrysomelidae), at Brownsville with cut flowers from 
Mexico; Dialeurodes sp., possibly glomerata Singh (Aleyrodidae), at Boston on 
fig leaf from Queensland; Eudalus sp., probaly setosus Lee. (Curculionidae), at 
Brownsville with peanuts from Mexico; Heterobostrychus sp., probably brunneus 
(Mur.) (Bostrichidae), on African mahogany from Gold Coast; Hypnoidus sp., 
near guadriplagiatus Champ. (Elateridae), at Laredo on orchid from Mexico; 
Leperisinus sp., probably oleiperda (F.) (Scolytidae), at New York on oak from 
England; Micrapate sp., near sericeicollis Lesne (Bostrichidae), at Nogales in 
bamboo from Mexico; Neodryocoetes sp., near hoodi Blkm. (Scolytidae), at San 
Francisco in courbaril seed from Venezuela; Psylliodes sp,, probably chrysocephala 
L. (Chrysomelidae), at El Paso, New York, and Philadelphia in turnips from 
England and Mexico; Rhynchites sp., near auratus Scop, (Curculionidae), at 
Washington, D. C, in Prunus sp, seed from Iran; Stephanoderes sp., near fiebrigi 
Hopk. (Scolytidae), at Hoboken in Triplaris sp, seed from Peru; Tetralicia 
sp,, possibly rotunda J. Baker (Aleyrodidae), at Nogales on Grecian laurel from 
Mexico, 
In addition to the incompletely determined insects listed above there were 
4,296 interceptions which could be identified to genus only. These were dis- 
tributed among 627 different genera, A total of 93 could be determined to family 
and subfamily only. 
Total of incompletely determined insects intercepted, 4,501. 
DISEASES 
Incompletely determined plant diseases intercepted during the year included 
Ceratostomella sp., Cercospora sp., and Helminthosporium sp. on husk tomatoes 
from Mexico; Diplodia sp. on- eggplant from Puerto Rico; Helminthosporium sp. 
on tomatoes from Mexico; Microdiplodia sp. on a rose bush from Egypt; Nectria 
sp, on a banana leaf from Panama; Ophiobolus sp, on an orchid from Colombia; 
Pestalozzia sp. and Phoma sp, on guavas from INIexico; Phoma sp. on an oxalis 
tuber from Bolivia and on chayote from Mexico; Phyllosticta sp, on a number of 
hosts from Mexico, including onions, orchids, cereals, flowering herbs, and shrubs, 
walnut, alfalfa, guava, chayote, and spinach; Puccinia sp, on various plants, 
including barley, from French Africa, oats from Australia and India, rye from 
England and Portugal, and wheat from Australia, French Africa, Morocco, and 
Portugal; Sclerotium sp. on wheat leaves from Australia and wheat stems from 
New Hebrides; and Uredo sp. on Salvia wagneriana from Guatemala, 
Incompletely determined pathogens recorded during the year totaled 6,25 L 
