108 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Apiii-June 
Potatoes (Solanuni tuberosum L. ) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Certiticate declaring freedom from the Colorado potato beetle {Lepti- 
notarsa decenilincata Say), potato flea beetle {Epitrix ciicumeris 
Harr.), potato tuber worm { (Phthoriniaca) Guorwioschema operculella 
Zell.), potato wart {Synch ytrium cndobioticum (Schilb.) Perc), scab 
{Acti)iotnyccs scabies (Thax.) Guss.), powdery scab {Spongospora 
subtoTanea (Walls) Lang), and root-knot nematode {Uetcrodera 
(radicicola) marioni (Cornu) Goodey). 
3. If, upon inspection, found infected with potato w^art they will be 
destroyed iimnediately. 
4. If infested with potato tuber worm or other parasites susceptible to 
effective disinfection, they will be fumigated. 
5. If infected with any disease not susceptible to effective treatment, they 
shall be returned within 15 days from date of arrival or destroyed 
without compensation (amendment of Aug. 20, 1932, to law no. 1, 
art. 2, and order of Jan. 1, 1933). (See p. 17.) 
Silkworm eggs: 
1. Authorization in advance. 
2. Consignments should be addressed in care of the Crop Protection Section. 
8. A phytosanitary certificate should accompany each consignment, declar- 
ing the freedom of the eggs from transmissible diseases and declaring 
that sterile eggs and foreign matter do not exceed 5 percent of the 
net weight. 
4. Each box in the consignment should be checked by an expert, labeled 
and sealed, with a statement of the race of silkworms, the color of 
the cocoons and their origin, as well as the net weight. 
5. Examination of consignments at port of arrival shall be made by an 
expert official, who may take samples not to exceed 2 grams from 
each lot. 
6. Refusal of any consignment or part thereof may result from ( a ) noncom- 
pliance with the above conditions; (&) transmissible diseases; (c) 
hatching of the eggs. 
7. Rejected consignments should be reexported within 15 days. If the 
importer fails to reexport the consignment or if hatching takes place 
during the 15-day period, or any consignment is not cleared through 
the customs before the end of March, the said consignment shall be 
destroyed at the owner's expense without compensation. 
Sugarcane cuttings {Saccharuni officinarum L.) : 
1. Authorization of the ministry in advance. 
2. Before being packed, the cuttings should be stripped of all trash and 
dipped in bordeaux mixture. 
3. A phytosanitary certificate from country of origin declaring that the 
Government entomologist and mycologist have personally examined 
each cane and found it free from insect pests and fungus diseases. 
4. Consignments other than postal parcels will not be admitted (law 
no. 1 of 1916, art. 2). (See p. 16.) 
Sugarcane seeds: 
1. Should be grown 100 meters from any other sugarcane and the ministry 
should be informed of the site. (Domestic.) (Law no. 1 of 1916, art. 
2.) (See p. 16.) 
IMPORTATION UNRESTRICTED 
Plants, insects, etc., imported by the Ministry of Agriculture for scientific pur- 
poses : Not subject to the provisions of law no. 1, 1916 (law no. 1 of 1916. 
art. 11). (Seep. 19.) 
GeneRxVL Conditions Under Which Plants May Be Imported Into Egypt 
The following general conditions under which plants and parts of plants 
may be imported into Egypt have been indicated by the direction of the 
section of plant protection of the Egyptian MinistiT of Agriculture for the 
guidance of exporters of such products to that country. These conditions sup- 
I)lement those indicated in the summary. 
