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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July 1936 
west coast of South America; Mediterranean fruitfly {Ceratitis capitata) in guava 
and sorbe apple from Azores, loquat from Bermuda, grapefruit and orange from 
Brazil, pear from Germany, pear and quince from Greece, coffee and mango 
from Hawaii, orange, persimmon, tangerine, and on paper packing in crate of 
tangerines from Italy, (puparia) on paper wrapping around apples from Malta, 
grapefruit from Palestine, grape, orange, and (puparium) on paper wrapping 
around orange from Spain; melon fly {Dacus cucurbitae) in string bean, wax bean, 
and (puparia) on sphagnum moss packing with soil around palm trees from 
Hawaii; olive fruitfly (D. oleae) (adults, larvae, and puparia) among fresh olives 
from France and Italy; celery fly (Philophylla ' heraclei) in celery and parsley 
from England and celery from Italy; Rhagoletis sp. in Crataegus sp., Prunus 
capollin, and walnut from Mexico; papaya fruitfly (Toxotrypana curvicauda) in 
papaya from Bahamas; trypetid (puparia) on parsley from England, in globe 
artichoke from Italy, and in orange and (puparia) with Compositae from Mexico. 
INSECTS OTHER THAN FRUITFUES 
Larvae and pupae of Agromyza pinguis (Agromyzidae) were intercepted in 
witloof leaves from Belgium. The citrus blackfly (Aleur acanthus woglumi) was 
taken on leaves of orange and sour lime from Bahamas, sour lime from Cuba, 
and sweet lime from Jamaica. Aleurolobus marlatti (whitefly) was intercepted 
on leaves of Citrus sp. from Italy, orange and tangerine from Japan, and orange 
from Mexico. Anaphothrips obscurus was intercepted on parsley from France. 
Vetch from Belgium, France, Poland, and Scotland was infested with Apian 
pomonae (Curculionidae). Aspidiatus degeneratus (Coccidae) was taken on 
camellia from Japan. Larvae of Baris lepidii (Curculionidae) were intercepted 
in horseradish roots from Czechoslovakia and Poland. Bruchidius histrio 
(Bruchidae) was intercepted with seed of Lupinus sp. from Turkey. Adults of 
Bruchus emarginatus arrived in peas from India. The turnip gall weevil (Ceuta- 
rhynchus pleurostigma) was taken in rutabaga from Germany, Netherlands, 
Scotland, and Sweden and turnip from Denmark, England, France, Germany^ 
Netherlands, Poland, and Scotland. The Asiatic rice borer (Chilo simplex) 
arrived with rice straw from China and Japan, Rhapis humilis from China, and 
packing material for flowering cherry tree from Japan. Chains cattleyarum 
(Curculionidae) was found in a pseudobulb of an orchid from Mexico. Chrysam- 
phalus inapinatus (Coccidae) was intercepted on apple stem from Syria. An 
adult of the banana root borer (Cosmapolites sardidus) arrived with banana 
debris from Panama. Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (whitefly) was intercepted on 
Cape-jasmine from Hawaii. Dicaiathrips angusticeps arrived with pineapples 
from Cuba and Mexico. Potatoes from Mexico were infested with the potato 
weevil (Epicaerus cagnatus). 
The West Indian sweetpotato weevil (Euscepes batatae) was intercepted in sweet- 
potato from Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and St. Vincent. Exasama 
lusitanica (Chrysomelidae) was taken in cipollini from Morocco. Farmosaspis 
formasanus (Coccidae) was intercepted on dry bamboo leaves from Cliina. Frank- 
liniella farmosae (thrips) was found on Chinese cabbage from Japan. A larva of 
Gymnandrasama aurantianum (Olethreutidae) was intercepted in an orange from 
Brazil. The turnip mud beetle (Helapharus rugasus) arrived with radish from 
England and turnip from France. Hercinathrips pattersani was found on Alae 
grandideniata from Union of South Africa. Laspeyresia splendana (Olethreutidae) 
was intercepted in chestnuts from Azores, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and 
Switzerland and in acorn from Portugal. Lepidasaphes halli (Coccidae) was 
found on an apricot tree from Syria. Leptaglassus chilensis (Coreidae) was taken 
on grai:)es from Chile. The bean pod borer (Maruca testulalis) was intercepted in 
string beans from Brazil, Hawaii, Java, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, lima beans and 
string beans from Cuba, beans from Japan, and on leis from Hawaii. Megastigmus 
aculeatvs (Callimomidae) infested rose seed from France, and M. crypiameriae was 
found in seed of Cryptameria japanica from Japan. Micrelus ericae (Curculioni- 
dae) infested heather from Germany and Scotland. Larvae and pupae of Mor- 
dellistena cattleyana (Mordellidae) were taken in Cattleya sp. from Brazil. 
Napamyza lateralis (Agromyzidae) was intercepted in witloof leaves from Belgium. 
Orihatylus ericetarurn (Miridae) was found on heather from Scotland. Adults of 
Pachymerus olearins (Bruchidae) were taken in seed of Attalea excelsa from Brazil. 
The yam weevil (Palaeapus costicollis) was intercepted in a sweetpotato from 
British Guiana and yams from Jamaica. The pink bollworm (Pectinophara 
gossypiella) was intercepted in cotton bolls from Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico, 
cottonseed from Brazil, Dutch Guiana, Egypt, and Mexico, seed cotton from 
