June 1937] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 3 
Brazil, Mexico, and Turkey, cottonseed adhering to old bagging and rags, raw 
cotton packing, and cushion of saddle filled with raw cotton from Egypt, sunset 
hibiscus seed from Brazil, and okra pods from the Virgin Islands. Platythrips 
tunicatus was intercepted on heather from Scotland. The Philippine orange moth 
(Prays citri) infested sour limes from the Philippines. Psyllia peregrina 
(Chermidae) was taken on hawthorn from England. Psylliodes chrysocephala 
(Chrysomelidae) arrived with cabbage and turnip from Denmark, turnip from 
England, France, India, and Spain, rutabaga and turnip from Germany, cauli- 
flower and white-sprouting broccoli from Italy, and cabbage and cauliflower from 
Scotland. Cottonseed from Colombia and Panama were infested with the South 
American bollworm (Sacadodes pyralis). Sericothrips staphylinus was inter- 
cepted on a violet leaf from England. The durra stem borer (Sesamia cretica) 
was intercepted in broomcorn from Italy and Morocco and sugarcane from Madeira 
Islands. Larvae of the avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer) were intercepted 
in avocado seed from British Honduras, Honduras, and Mexico and avocado from 
Mexico. A larva of Talponia batesi (Olethreutidae) was taken in a cherimoya 
fruit from Mexico. Vesiculaphis car ids (aphid) was intercepted on azalea from 
Japan. 
NOTES ON PLANT DISEASES INTERCEPTED 
SPECIES NEW TO THE INTERCEPTION FILES 
Plant disease interceptions during the year included the usual number of 
organisms new to our interception files. Albugo bliti (Biv.) 0. Kuntze was found 
on Amaranihus from Cuba; Ascochyta conorum P. Henn. on spruce cones from 
German}^ and Norway; A. ly coper sici Brun. on eggplant from Italy and on 
tomatoes from Canary Islands and French Morocco; Botrytis elliptica (Berk.) 
Cke. on lily bulbs from Japan; Cercospora bloxami Berk, and Br. on turnip from 
Colombia; C. nicotianae E. and E. on tobacco from Cuba, Haiti, and Philippines; 
C. petroselini Sacc. on parsley from Morocco; Claviceps tripsaci Stevens and Hall 
on Tripsacum sp. from Mexico; Colleiotrichum erumpens Sacc. on rhubarb petioles 
from Sweden; C. spinaciae E. and H. on spinach from Belgium; Cylindrosporium 
chrysanthemi Ell. and Dearn. on chrysanthemji.ra from Mexico; Diplodia juglandis 
Fries on walnut from Poland: Diplodidla goetheana Trav. on palm from Italy; 
Fusicladium depressum var. petroselini Sacc. on parsley from Poland; Gloeosporium 
apiosporium Sacc. on bearberry leaf from Italy; G. intermedium var. epidendri 
Sacc. on orchid from Dominican Republic; G. leguminum Cke. on Prosopis from 
Mexico; Helminthosporium curvulum Sacc. on pepper from Cuba; Hemileia 
oncidii Griff, and Maubl. on orchids from Brazil and England; Hendersonia 
grossulariae Oud. on gooseberry from Norway; Leptosphaeria culmicola (Ft.) 
Karst. on wheat straw from France; L. iriiici (S. Gorovaglio) Pass, on wheat 
leaves from Italy; Melampsora pinitorqua Rostr. on mugho pine from Germany; 
Microdiplodia diervillei C. E. Fairman on Diervilla from France; Mycosphaerella 
lythracearum Wolf, on pomegranate from Mexico; M. shiraiana Miy. on rice 
hulls from Japan; Nectria binotiana Sacc. on orchid from Venezuela; Peronospora 
valerianellae Fckl. on Valerianella from France; Pestalozzia baiatae E. and E. on 
sweetpotato from Japan ; Phaeochora neowashingtonianae (Shear) Theiss and Syd. 
on palm from Mexico; Phoma echinopsidis Speg. on Echinopsis from Argentina; 
Phomopsis capsici (Magn.) Sacc. on pepper from Cuba and Mexico; Phragmi- 
dium disciflorum (Tode) James on rose from Hungary: Phyllosticta grandimaculans 
Bub. and Krieg. on strawberry from Norway; P. japonica Miy. on paddy rice 
from China; P. laeliae Keissler on orchid from Mexico; P. stanhopeae All. on 
orchid from Guatemala; Physalospora orchidearum P. Henn. on orchid from 
Dominican Republic; Pleospora neottiae Hollos on orchids from Guatemala and 
Mexico; Puccinia absinthii DC. on tarragon from England and on wormwood 
from France; P. houtelouae (Jennings) Holw. on grass from Mexico; P. chloridis 
Speg. on fingergrass from Mexico; P. mayorii Ed. Fischer on Sideritis from 
Greece; P. versicolor Diet, and Holw. on grasses from Mexico; Sclerotinia laxa 
(Ehrenb.) Aderh. and Ruhl. on apples from Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Poland, 
on cherry from Portugal, on plum from France, and on pear from Germany; 
Septoria anthrisci Pass, and Brun. on Anthriscvs from Italy; S. primulae Buch. 
on primrose from England; Stagonospora macrospora (Dur. and M.) Sacc. on 
agave from Italy; Uredo ignava Arthur on bamboo leaf from Tobago; U. rochiac. 
Putt, on Myrciaria from Brazil; Uromyces chloridis Doidge on grass packing from 
South Africa; and Ustilago esculenta P. Henn., an edible smut, on Zizania from 
Japan. 
