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and long staple varieties. Each of the fields selected is representative of 
the conditions for that particular class of field. Bolls, or squares when bolls 
arc not available, will be collected and kept on ice until they con be inspected. 
Live larvae of the pinlr 'boll worm were intercepted in cotton seed as fol- 
lows: In baggage at Baltimore from Forto Rico, in mail at Boston from Cyprus, 
and in baggage at Boston from St. Kitts. The infested seeds fro-. Cyprus were 
found in three pounds of raw cotton used as packing for antiques. 
Larvae of the pink boll worn were also intercepted at Washington, D. C, 
in seed cotton, in baggage fro- Antigua and Nevis, British Jest Indies. These 
are our first interception records for the pink boll worm from Antigua and 
Nevis. 
MEXICAN EHUIT JTLY ( Anastrepha ludens Locw) 
In Matamoros, on the Mexican side cf the river, inspections were continued 
of fruit growing locally and of imported fruit offered for sale in the markets. 
In the fruit from the interior of Mexico infestations were found in shipments 
of apricots, guavas, mangoes, oranges, and plums. Infestations were found in 
white sapotes, Sr-rgmti a greggi i , and sour oranges growing in Matamoros. The 
fruit from these trees has been picked off and destroyed by burial. Of special 
interest in explaining how infestations are started in Matamoros was the finding 
of a decayed mango which had been thrown out in the yard of a house in the north- 
west part of the city. Upon inspection 14 larvae of' the fruit fly were fo aid in 
this mango. Some fly traps were placed in various yards during the month in 
addition to the 84 which were already out. These trans are baited with an 
orange syrup solution and inspected twice weekly. Twenty-two adults of the fly 
were caught in these traps during the month. 
BATE SCALE ( Parlatoria blench a rdi Tars. ) 
During the past seven months only three infested p lms have been found 
by the routine crews that inspect the commercial garden.-:. On two of these 
palms only a single scale each was found. During the previous year scale was 
found each month, and 139 infested palms were founr 1 in the 11 months preceding. 
