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NOTES FROM THE FEDERAL E0BTICCMUBA1 BOARD, SEPTEMBER 1, 1924. 
ETPE3CEPTI0ES 
4 « Conot ra chelus agcacatae Barber was taken from soil around 
avocados from Mexico at l^redo , Tesas, by Mr. A. A. Stalmach, 
April 9, 1S24. This weevil was collected by Dr. W. M. Mann 
at Huascata, Jalisco, Mexico, in . According to him 
this is a very serious pest, - so serious that the avocado 
trees from which Dr. Mann took the types of this species had 
been choppe 1 dov.n when he visited the place a few months later. 
5. Oranges with brown spots from Argentina were taken from ship's 
stores at New York City, July 25, 1924, by Mr. Ivan Shiller. 
Upon receipt in Washington, they were examined by Mr. J. A. 
Stevenson, pathologist, who reports that the oranges were 
infected with Ar, sntina scab, apparently a type of scab not 
present in the United States. 
5. In February cf this year, Mr. John T. Rogers, Inspector in 
charge at Charleston, South Carolina, forwarded to Washington 
several small green fregs, taker, from near Cooper River, 
Charleston, South Carolina. Other specimens of these frogs 
were sent in by Mr. Rogers under date of Jane 21 , 1924. They 
were referred to the Smithsonian Institution of the National 
Museum and we are advised that tl. ;y represent adults and young 
cf the very rare species, Hyla andersoni i, and that the National 
iseum has had, previous to these sendings, only two specimens 
of this animal although unavailing search had been ma.de for it 
on many occasions. Mr. Rogers was congratulated upon this 
important int erception. 
7. A moth, just identified as Fa ria s f abi a , Stall, was taken from 
cotton bolls from India at- the Inspection House, Washington, 
D. C. , May 13, 192- , by Mr. E. L. Sanford. Phis insect has 
become a cotton pest in India. If it were established in the 
United States, it might prove as serious a pest as the pink 
boll^urr. 
3. A larva of the Uest Indian sugar-cane root borer, Biaxreues 
abb r eviatus , which does not occur in this country, was inter- 
cepted at San Francisco November 24, 1923, by Messrs. Chatter- 
ley and Fields in roots of Ouontir sp. The ho e tie emerged 
July 17, 1924. While this insect could only exist in tropical 
United States, it should be carefully goarded against as it is 
capable of causing serious injury to fruits, vegetables and 
other plants. 
9. An earwig, ( Anisolabis annulipes ) was taken on Inhames from 
the Azores at Providence, R. I. July 8, 1924, by Mr. R. I. 
Smith. This insect is a serious pest in the Azores. It 
has not yet been introduced into the United .States. 
