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34 Washington , D. C.,frora Holland, January 3°il925 + The specialist 
who identified the weevil states that it is an injurious species. 
A mealybug ( pseudococcus rnaritimus Sir.) on apple from the Azores 
was collected at Providence, R» I., "by inspectors from Boston, 
October 22,192*4. The specialist who made the identification 
stated: " I "believe a now distribution record." 
An identification has recently been received of a potentially 
dangerous potato weevil (Epicaerns cogn atus, ) specimens of which 
were collected at Galveston, Texas, October 17,192^, in potatoes 
from Vera Cruz, Mexico, The poiatoes were in ship ! s stores. So 
far as is known this insect does not occur in the United States, 
Inspectors at Key West, in the ordinary course of routine inspection 
work, March 28,1925, discovered in the ship's stores of a Standard 
Oil Tanker from Tampico, Mexico, a quantity of grapefruit and 
oranges. Infection of this material showed no external evidence 
of infestation of any kind, that is^of fruit fly. A number of 
the fruits were cut and in three of the grape fuit a large number 
of larvae were discovered, Hone were found in the oranges which were 
dissected. Specimens were forwarded to Washington and identified 
by the specialists as larvae of Anastrenha ludens Loew. The 
above interception strikingly emri&sizes the. danger of intro- 
ducing pests in stores of oil taafcfeEss and clearly shows that the 
iinspection of such vessels is very necessary. 
