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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
orange from Portugal and Spain; Ceratitis sp. (puparia) on paper wrapping for 
poach from Union of South Africa; melon fly (Dacus cucurbitae) in cucumber from 
Hawaii; olive fruitfly (D. oleae) in olive from Italy and (puparium) in olive in 
brine from unknown locality; Epochra sp. in currant from Mexico; celery fly 
(Pnifophylla keraclei) in celery from Germany; Uhagoletis ccrosi in cherry from 
Italy; apple maggot (R. pomonella) in apple from Mexico; Rhagoletis sp. in black 
walnut and Crataegus sp. from Mexico and apple from Venezuela; papaya fruitfly 
{Toxotrypana curvicauda) in papaya from Panama; and trypetid (puparium) in 
rose hip from England, (larva) in globe artichoke from Italy, (adult) on medicinal 
herb and (larva) in orange from Mexico, and (adult) in airplane from unknown 
local it v. 
INSECTS OTHER THAN FRUITFLIES 
Larvae of Agromyza pinguis (Agromyzidae) were intercepted in witloof leaves 
from Belgium. The citrus blackfiy {Aleurocanthus woglumi) was taken on a lime 
leaf from the Bahamas and leaves of Citrus sp. from Cuba. Aleyrodes brassicae 
(whitefly) arrived on cabbage from England and cabbage and cauliflower from 
Italy. Anaphothi ips orchidii (thrips) was intercepted on Anthur ium scherzerianum 
from Japan. Aster olscanium stentae (Coccidae) was found on Euphorbia sp. from 
the Union of South Africa. Boris lepidii (Curculionidae) was taken in horseradish 
roots from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Bephrata cubensis (Euryto- 
midae) was intercepted in cherimoya and soursop from Cuba and custard-apple 
and soursop from Puerto Rico. Bouhelia maroccana (Coccidae) arrived with 
cipollino bulbs from Morocco. The garlic weevil (Brachycerus algirus) was inter- 
cepted in a garlic bulb from Italy. Br uchidius alfierii (Bruchidae) infested 
Egyptian clover from Czechoslovakia. Bruchus tristiculus was taken in Lathyrus 
spp. seed from Azores, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey and vetch from 
Netherlands. The turnip gall weevil (Ceutorhynchus pleurosiigrna) was inter- 
cepted in turnips from Algeria, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Netherlands 
and Scotland and rutabagas from England and Netherlands. The Asiatic rice 
borer (Chilo simplex) arrived with rice straw from China, India, Japan Manchuria, 
and the Philippines. Conotrachelus aguocatae (Curculionidae) was found in 
avocados from Mexico. Epicaerus cognatus (Curculionidae) infested potatoes 
from Mexico. Epinotia opposita (Olethreutidae) was taken in string beans from 
Brazil and Mexico and lima beans from Mexico. Larvae of Epipolaeus caliginosus 
(Curculionidae) were intercepted in hop roots from England. Eurycipitia vestitas 
(Miridae) arrived with orchids from Guatemala. The West Indian sweetpotato 
weevil (Euscepes postfasciatus) was taken in sweetpotatoes from Brazil, Ecuador, 
Grenada, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Virgin Islands and yam from Jamaica. 
Exosoma lusitanica (Chrysomelidae) was intercepted in cipollino bulbs from 
Morocco. Hemimene juliana (Olethreutidae) was taken in chestnut from Italy. 
Laspeyresia splendana (Olethreutidae) was intercepted in an acorn from England 
and chestnuts from Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, and Yugo- 
slavia. Leucaspis cockerelli (Coccidae) was taken on sour limes from Dominica, 
and L. loewi was found on a pine needle from Germany. Lygaeus gautemalanus 
(Lygaeidae) arrived with an orchid (Cattleya sp.) from Venezuela. The East 
Indian bean pod borer (Maruca testulolis) was intercepted in string beans from 
Brazil, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Japan, and Puerto Rico, lima beans from 
Cuba, pigeon pea from Puerto Rico, and on Mauna-loa from Hawaii and from 
unknown locality. Megastigmus pistaciae (Callimomidae) was taken with seed of 
Pistacio sp. from China and in the same host from Italy. Moodna bisineulla 
(Phvcitidae) arrived in green corn on the cob from Mexico. Mordellistena 
cottleyona (Mordellidae) was intercepted in orchid leaves from Brazil and Colom- 
bia. Naupactus xanthographus (Curculionidae) was found in packing for grapes 
from Argentina. Odonaspis penicillata (Coccidae) infested bamboo from China 
and Fiji Islands. The yam weevil (Palaeopus costicollis) was taken in yams from 
Jamaica and the Philippines. The pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) was 
intercepted in cotton bolls from Antigua and Jamaica, cottonseed from Egvpt, 
Ethiopia, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, and St. Kitts, seed cotton from 
Greece and Mexico, cotton lint from Mexico, (pupa) in raw cotton from St. Kitts, 
cottonseed in old bagging from Egypt, (fragment of adult) in cotton capsule from 
Antigua, in wad of seed cotton of unknown origin used as packing for earrings in 
the mail from England, and okra pod from the Virgin Islands. A larva of the 
vine moth (Polychrosis botrana) was intercepted on grape from Hungary. Pseu- 
dococcvs boninsis (Coccidae) was found on sugarcane f^om Cuba, Madeira Islands, 
and Mexico. Psylliodes chrysocephaln (Chrysomelidae) arrived with turnips 
from Denmark, England, France, and Netherlands and with broccoli and mustard 
from Italy. The red-banded thrips (Selenothrips rubrocinctus) was taken on rose 
