S. R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 131 
Issued September 1937 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
APRIWUNE 1937 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 90 
Announcements relatinj^ to black stem rust quarantine (no. 38) 90 
Classification of barberry and Mahonia plants under black stem rust quarantine regulations 
(B. E. P. Q. 385, revised) - 90 
Conference on black stem rust quarantine to be held in Washington, D. C, on July 14 91 
Notice of public conference to consider a revision of quarantine no. 3S, on account of the black 
stem rust of grains . 91 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 48) . 91 
Instructions to postmasters _ . 91 
Japanese beetle quarantine amended 92 
Modification of Japanese beetle quarantine regulations (amendment no. 1) 92 
. Notice lo general public through newspapers. 95 
Announcements relating to pink bolhvorni (piarantine (no. 52) 95 
Pink boUvvorm quar;intiiie regulations revised 9^ 
Modification of pink boll worm quarantine regulations (amendment no. 2) 96 
Notice to general public through newspapers '. 97 
Instructions to postmasters 98 
Administrative instructions— treatment requirements removed as a condition for interstate 
shipment of baled lint and linters and products thereof from certain specified pink bollvvorm 
lightly infested areas of New Mexico and Texas (B. E. P. Q. 414, revised) 98 
Administrative instructions — approval of alternative treatment for the interstate movement 
of baled cotton linters ginned from cottonseed produced in areas lightly infested with the 
pink bolhvorni (B. E. P. Q. 450) 98 
Announcement relating to Thurberia weevil quarantine (no. 61) 99 
Administrative instructions— approval for alternative treatment for cottonseed as a con- 
dition for interstate movement from the area regulated under quarantine no. 01 (B. E. P. Q. 
436) 99 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products,-... 99 
California State plant quarantines : 99 
Mississippi State plant quarantine.- 102 
Montana State plant quarantines 102 
Miscellaneous items 103 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Egypt (B. E. P. Q. 375, revised) 103 
Plaut-tpiarantine import and transit restrictions, Republic of Austria (B. E. P. Q. 402, revised, 
and supplement no. 1) 113 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Malta (B. E. P. Q. 406, revised, 
and supplement no. 1) 121 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. United Kingdom of Great Britain (B. E. P. Q. 416, 
supplement no. 2) ]22 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Rumania (B. E. P. Q. 422, supplement 
no. 2) 125 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B. E. P. Q. 426, supplement 
no. 1) 125 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Presidency of Montserrat, British West Indies (B. E. 
P. Q. 430) 128 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of St. Vincent, British West Indies (B. E. P. Q. 
431) 129 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (B. E P. Q. 432)--. 132 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Colony of Barbados, British West Indies (B. E. P. Q. 
433) -- - 133 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Colony of St. Lucia, British West Indies (B. E. P. Q. 
434) - -- --. 135 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Territory of Northern Rhodesia (B. E. P. Q. 435) 137 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Kingdom of Belgium (B. E. P. O. 437, superseding 
P. Q. C. A. 315) 140 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Greece (B. E. P. Q. 438 and supplement no. 1) 148 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Sweden (B, E. P. Q. 439, superseding 
P. Q. C. A. 321) 154 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Seychelles (B. E. P. Q. 440) 161 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Fernando Po and Spanish Guinea (B. E. P. Q. 441) 163 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of British-(iuiana (B. E. P. Q. 442) 164 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, French Colony of Algeria (B. E. P. Q. 443) 166 
Plant-quarantine imi)f)rt restrictions, French Zone of Morocco (B. E. P. Q. 444) -. 175 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Central America (B. E. P. Q. 445. superseding P. Q. 
C.A.314) 185 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Territory of Southern Rhodesia (B. E. P. Q. 446) 190 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (B. E. P. Q. 447) 195 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Belgian Congo (B. E. P. Q. 448) 200 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Iran (Persia) (B. E. P. Q. 449) 201 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 202 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 205 
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