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On April 17 the United States Oustons Examiner in Philadelphia call- 
ed the attention of our inspectors to a case containing antiques from 
Syria packed in raw cotton. The cotton was removed and excelsior sub- 
stituted; half the 36.5 pounds of cotton was examined and all seeds re- 
moved from it, the whole lot "being then destroyed "by burning. Dead 
larvae were found in 18 of 10G seeds, and in the nineteenth a living 
larva was found. The - remainder of the seed was forwarded as an inter- 
ception to Washington. Reports on both the larvae found and the seed 
submitted now verify the presence of the insect in both cases. This 
case is of special interest, not only because it is a first record of ; 
the finding of live larvae of this insect at the port of Philadelphia, 
but also because of the unusual attendant circumstances. The case of 
antiques would normally have little interest for our inspectors and we 
are indebted to the Customs officials for bringing the matter to our 
attention. It may be added that this helpfulness on their part clearly 
implies a very encouraging degree of understanding and cooperation be- 
tween the two inspection forces in this port. 
GIPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar I. ) 
Infestations have been found in four- towns in Connecticut and in 
three towns in Massachusetts. The most serious infestations in the 
Barrier Zone have been found in the towns of Kew Marlboro, Sandisfield, : 
and Sheffield, Mass., and in the towns of Canaan and Salisbury, Conn. 
During April, nine crews scouted, in four towns, and two infes- 
tations were found in the town of Milan, but as the work in this tow: 
has not been completed, the size of these infestations is not known. 
JAPANESE BIDET LE ( Popillia .iaponica ITewm, ) 
Pour thousand three hundred and sixteen Japanese beetles were 
collected in and near 500 traps placed in Cape Charles, 7a. , between 
May 20 and August 30, 1930. The infestations are comparatively light, 
but fairly continuous throughout the town. A representative of the 
Moorestown Japanese beetle research laboratory spent several days in 
Cape Charles while the treating operations were in process, but failed 
after repeated diggings to locate any larvae whatever in the treated area. 
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