S. R. A.-B. E. P. Q. No. 126 Issued June 1, 1936 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JANUARY-MARCH 1936 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 1 
Announcements relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (no. 46) 1 
Instructions to postmasters 1 
List of articles exempt from certification requirements under the gypsy moth and brown-tail 
moth quarantine (B. E. P. Q.-3S0 (revised)) 2 
List of articles exempt from certification requirements under the gypsy moth and brown-tail 
moth quarantine (B. E. P. Q.-386 (second revision)) 2 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (no. 52).. _ 3 
Instructions to postmasters 3 
Administrative instructions— approval of alternative treatments for baled lint cotton from 
heavily infested areas (B. E. P. Q.-3S8) 3 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (no. 71) 4 
Extend elm disease control 4 
Modification of Dutch elm disease quarantine regulations 4 
Notice to general public through newspapers 5 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 48) 6 
Japanese beetle zone widens here and there 6 
Revision of quarantine and regulations 6 
Notice to general public through newspapers 17 
Announcement relating to nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine (no. 37)... 17 
Reprint, with corrected footnotes and appendices 17 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruit-fly quarantine (no. 64) 26 
Shipping season for Texas citrus fruit extended to March 31 26 
Administrative instructions — shipping se°.son for Texas citrus fruit extended (B. E. P. Q.- 
387) 27 
Miscellaneous items 27 
Instructions to Puerto Rican postmasters 27 
Importations of plant products by mail (T. D. 48181) 28 
Importations by mail— regulations (T. D. 4S237) 29 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Dominion of New Zealand (P. Q. C. A.-306, supple- 
ment no. 3) 30 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Chile (B. P. Q.-348, supplement no. 3)... 32 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B. P. Q.-357, supplement no. 
3) 32 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Czechoslovakia (B. E. P. Q.-366, supple- 
ment no. 3) 33 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Mandate of Palestine (B. E. P. Q.-370, revised). 33 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (B. E. P. Q.-3S9) 36 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone 
(B. E. P. Q.-390) 36 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. British Gold Coast Colony (B. E. P. Q.-391) 38 
^ Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 39 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 40 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, February 6, 1936. 
Postmaster: 
My Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the enclosed copy of the latest 
revision of Quarantine Order No. 45 of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture, on account of the gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth. The changes 
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