4 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AXD PLANT QUARANTINE (July 1937 
on spruce cone from Germany; P. juglandina on \^alnut from Poland; P. magnolii- 
cola on magnolia from Japan; P. seposita on wisteria from Japan; P. tinea on 
viburnum from Italy; Phyllostida auerswaldii on box from Germany; P. codiaeicoJa 
on croton from Bermuda; P. danoes on Ruscus from Italy; P. hihisci on Hibiscus 
from Bermuda; P. rubor urn on raspberry from Switzerlaiid; Phyiophthora capsici 
on tomato from Mexico; Puccinia angusiaia on Scirpus from Spain; P. incondita 
on Solarium from Mexico; P. pinipinellae on anise from Mexico; P. tageiicola on 
Tagetes from Mexico; Rhabdospora ramealis on Rubus from England; Sclerophoma 
{Phoma) strobiligena on pine from PJngland and spruce from Germany; Sepiobasi- 
dium prunophihnu on plum from Japan; Septoria alliorum on leek from France; 
*b\ siellariae on chickweed from Italy; S. weissii on chervil from Italy; Sphaeronema 
talcahuanense on^ Cryptocarya from Australia; Trematosphaeria caciorum on cactus 
from Mexico; Uredo behnickianum on orchid from Panama; U. guacae on orchid 
from Costa Rica; Uromyces commelinae on wandering jew from jMexico; U. limordi 
on sea-lavender from Union of South Africa; U. loti on lotus from Turkey; Verticil- 
liodochium tubercidarioidcs on walnut from Poland; and VoUdella alhldo-pila on 
orchid from the Philippines. 
A number of the fungi intercepted did not appear to belong in species described 
as occurring on the hosts affected and were determined tentatively if at all. 
Included in this group are Anthostomella sp. (unlike either of the two species 
described on orchids) on Oncidium speciosum from Mexico; Cladosporium sp. 
(undescribed) on croton leaf from Mexico; Collectotrichum sp. (no species reported 
on the host genus) on StapeUa si), from Arabia and Uganda; Cytospora sp. (no 
species reported for host) on Macrozamia from Australia; Didymosphaeria sp. 
(no species reported on host) on freesia leaves from Netherlands; Gloe&sparinm sp. 
(probably undescribed) on Cattleya gigas from Colombia; Gioeosparium sp. 
(unlike described species) on globe artichoke from England; Helminthosporium 
sp. or spp. (unlike species reported on host) on tomatoes from Haiti and from 
Mexico; Macrophoma sp. (no species reported on host) on ismene lily from Azores; 
Macrophorna sp. (with spores smaller than those of M. paeoniae^ on Paeania suf- 
fruticosa from Japan; Ophiobohis sp. (no species reported on orchids) on Oncidium 
cavendishianum from Guatemala; Peridermium sp. (no species reported on host) 
on Pinus halepenis from Italy; Pestalozzia spp. (no species reported on hosts) on 
Limonium sp. from Union of South Africa and on Oncidium bicallosum and 
Stanhopea wardii from Guatemala; Phomatospora sp. (no species described on 
host) on Camellia japonica from Japan; Phyllosticta n. sp. on holly from Yugo- 
slavia; Phyllosticta sp. (unlike species reported on orchids) on Laelia sp. from 
Mexico; Phyllosticta sp. (P. laeliae'! with small spores) on Oncidium ornitho- 
rhynchum from Guatemala; Phyllosticta sp. (no species reported on host) on 
Schizocodon macrophyllura from Japan; Rhabdospora sp. (no species reported on 
host) on Paeonia ?Jioutan from Japan; Sclerotium spp. (undetermined, apparently 
not reported on hosts) on Camellia japonica from Japan, on Carum carvi from 
Netherlands, on Lycoris radiata and Lycoris sp. from Japan, on mango seed from 
Sierra Leone, and on Nerine appendicidata and N. sarniensis from Union of South 
Africa; Sphaerulina sp. (apparenth' undescribed) on Paeonia moutan and P. suf- 
fruticosa from Japan; Uredo sp. (no rust reported on host) on MaxiUoria sp. from 
Venezuela; and Ustilago sp. (unlike species on host) on Phalaris canariensis 
from Morocco. 
Diseased seeds were^ound on a number of occasions, these interceptions includ- 
ing Erysiphe iimbelliferarum on parsnip seed from Germany and Netherlands; 
Fusicladium dcpressum (with shorter spores than the description gives) on Foeni- 
cnlum vulgare seed from India and F. depressum on Foeniculum sp. seed from 
Hungary and from T'nion of Soviet Socialist Republics; Gloeosporium, uhnicGlvm 
on elm seed from Canada; Phoma samararum on Fraxinus excelsior seed from Italy; 
Phomopsis tinea on Viburnum tinus seed from Italy; Sclerotium spp. on Carum 
cani seed from Netherlands, on mango seed from Sierra Leone, Pyrethrum sp. seed 
from England, and on acorns from England; and Ustilago sp. (unlike species 
reported as affecting seed of host) in seeds of Phalaris canariensis from Morocco. 
Among the important or unusual fungous disease interceptions not included in 
the foregoing paragraphs were Cephalosporium pammelii var. purpurascens on 
apple from Japan; Cercosporella albojuacidans on cabbage from Japan; Diaporthe 
perniciosa on apple from Morocco; Elsinoe phaseoli on lima beans from Cuba; 
Macrophoma oncidii on orchids from Brazil, Canal Zone, and the Philippines; 
Phoma citricarpa on citrus from China and .Japan; Pliyllosticta laeliae on orchid 
from Mexico; Puccinia cannae on camia from Mexico; Pucciniastrum myrtilli on 
azalea from Switzerland; Tilletia horrida in rice hulls from Japan and from the 
Philippines; J^redo jatrophicola on Jatropha from Puerto Rico; and Verticillium 
