Junel»37] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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NEMATODE INTERCEPTIONS 
Nematode interceptions made during the year included Anguina (Anguillulina) 
tritici (Steinbuch) Filipjev in wheat seed from China and India; Aphelenchoides 
parietinus Bastian in various hosts from Bermuda, Chile, China, England, Fin- 
land, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, and Yugoslavia; Aphelenchus avenae Bastian 
on various hosts from England, Germany, Netherlands, and Norway; Cephalohus 
sp. (probably new) in yam from Grenada; Ditylenchus (Anguillulina) dipsaci 
(Kuhn) Filipjev in various hosts from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, 
Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden; D. intermedins (deMan) Filipjev 
on alfalfa from Turkey; Heterodera marioni (Cornu) Goodey was intercepted on 
hosts new to the interception files, including Aloe verecunda, Drimia haworthioides, 
and Pterodiscus luridus from South Africa, Epimedium sulphureum, Vinca minor, 
and V. minor alba from Netherlands, Primula reinii from Japan and Sinningia 
speciosa from England; Paraphelenchus pseudoparieiinus Micol. in narcissus bulbs 
from Netherlands; Praiylenchus {Anguillulina) pralensis (deMan) Filipjev in 
various hosts from Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Germany, Grenada, Italy, 
Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, and St. Vincent; Rotylenchus (Hoplolaimus) 
bradys (Steiner and LeIIew) Filipjev in yams from Cuba (new locality record) 
and Jamaica. 
AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTIONS 
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine interceptions of insects were made. 
Among these were the following: Acroleucus tullus (Lygaeidae) on camellia from 
Mexico; Amorhia emigraiella (Tortricidae) on Cape-jasmine from Mexico; Anapho- 
thrips orchidaceus on orchid from Mexico; Mexican fruitfly (Anastrepha ludens) in 
orange from Mexico; Aspidiotus palmae and A. persearum on camellia from 
Mexico; A. spinosus on mamey from Cuba and camellia from Mexico; C/irt/som- 
phalus personatus on camellia and rose cutting from Mexico; Coccus viridis on 
Cape-jasmine from Cuba and coffee from Jamaica; Frankliniella cephalica (thrips) 
on rose from Colombia; F. cephalica melanommata on a bouquet from Jamaica; 
F. cuhensis on rose from Cuba; F. fortissima on gladiolus from Mexico; Isochaeto- 
thrips reticulatus on camellia from Mexico; Limothrips denticornis on rose from 
Germany; Macrosiphum luteum (aphid) on orchid from Mexico; red-banded 
thrips (Selenothrips rubrocinctus) on rose from Cuba; Taeniothrips atratus on 
gladiolus from Germany; T. ericae on rose from Germany; T. hawaiiensis on 
Arabian jasmine (flower leis), Mexican frangipani, and ginger (leis) from Hawaii; 
and gladiolus thrips (Taeniothrips simplex) on gladiolus from Mexico. 
Fifty-three plant disease interceptions were made on aircraft material during 
the year. Alternaria herculea on Brassica oleracea, Capnodium sp. and Cephaleuros 
virescens on Camellia japonica, Diplocarpon rosae on Rosa sp., Heterosporium 
echinulaium on Dianthus sp., Macrosporium sp., Meliola sp., Sepfobasidium sp. 
(2), and Stilbum sp. (33) on Gardenia florida, all from Mexico; Cercospora sp. on 
Dianthus sp. from Guatemala; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on Citrus sinensis 
from Haiti; Colletotrichum sp. on Epidendrum sp. from Paraguay; Diplodia sp. on 
Aleurites triloba from Bahamas; Phomopsis citri on Citrus aurantium, Phomopsis 
sp. on Jasminum sambac, Septobasidium sp. on Citrus sinensis, and Sphaceloma 
fawcettii on Citrus aurantium from Cuba; Phyllosticta sp. on Arachis glabrata from 
Brazil; Septobasidium sp. on Citrus sinensis from Jamaica; Sphaerotheca pannosa 
on Rosa sp. from Germany, 
In addition to the plant-disease interceptions there were eight collections of 
entomogenous fungi sent in on material from aircraft including Myriangium 
duriaei on Lepidosaphes beckii on orange from Jamaica and Parlatoria pergandii 
on orange from Brazil; Neciria diploa on Ischnaspis longirostris on coffee from 
Trinidad and on Lepidosaphes beckii on oranges from Cuba and Honduras; 
Sphaerostilbe sp. on unknown host on Gardenia florida (2) and camellia from 
Mexico. 
That there is a diversity of material, pests, and sources of origin in the airplane- 
interceptions records is shown by the fact that insects or diseases or both were 
found in, on, or with hosts belonging to 83 genera, tliat insects taken during air- 
plane inspections belonged to 325 genera and pathogens to 16 genera, and that 
the 22 countries of origin included countries in Europe, North America, South 
America, Central America, and Asia, as well as scattered islands in the Atlantic 
and Pacific Oceans. 
