b BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
JAPANESE BEETLE ZONE WIDENS HERE AND THERE 
(Press notice) 
A revision of the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations, which goes 
into effect March 10, is announced by Acting Secretary of Agriculture R. G. 
Tug well. The revised regulations extend the regulated area to include addi- 
tional territory in the States of Maine, Maryland, New York, and Virginia. 
This action was taken as a result of inspections during the past few years, 
which disclosed established infestations. Some outlying areas where Japanese 
beetle infestations have been found are not included in the regulated area 
because of assurance from the States concerned that adequate measures will 
be taken to prevent the spread of the pest therefrom. 
The revised regulations also extend the restrictions on the interstate move- 
ment by refrigerator car or motor truck of all fruits and vegetables between 
June 15 and October 15 inclusive, to include such movement from the entire 
State of Delaware rather than from a part of the State as heretofore. Similar 
restrictions are also in effect with respect to the District of Columbia and 
certain areas in the States of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and 
Virginia. 
Under the revision of the quarantine the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine is authorized to exempt from restrictions the articles 
and products covered thereby when he is convinced the movement involves 
no risk of spreading the Japanese beetle. The additions to the regulated ter- 
ritory are as follows : 
Maine. — Towns of Auburn and Lewiston, in Androscoggin County; towns of 
Gorham, Gray, New Gloucester, Raymond, Standish, and Windham, in Cumber- 
land County. 
Maryland. — All of Caroline County, except election districts of American Cor- 
ners (no. 8), Hillsboro (no. 6), and Preston (no. 4) ; election district of 
Freedom (no. 5) in Carroll County ; election districts of LaPlata and White 
Plains in Charles County; election district of West Friendship (no. 3) in 
Howard County; all of Prince Georges County, except the election districts 
of Aquasco and Nottingham. 
New York. — Towns of Caroline, Danby, Dryden, and Ithaca, and the city of 
Ithaca, in Tompkins County. 
Virginia. — The magisterial district of Manchester, in Chesterfield County; 
Culpeper County; Magisterial districts of Centreville and Dranesville in Fair- 
fax County; Fauquier County; magisterial districts of Fairfield, Tuckahce, and 
Varina in Henrico County; Loudoun County; and magisterial districts of 
Brentsville, Gainesville, and Manassas in Prince William County. The regu- 
lated area now includes all of Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Henrico, Loudoun, 
and Prince William Counties as well as the counties previously under 
regulation. 
REVISION OF QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
An important change in the following revision of the Japanese beetle quaran- 
tine provides for exemption of certain products by administrative instructions 
issued by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, when in 
his judgment the nature of the growth or production, or the manufacture or 
processing of such products, is such that their interstate movement is not 
considered to constitute danger of spread of infestation. 
The regulations have also been revised to include in the regulated area addi- 
tional territory in the States of Maine, Maryland, New York, and Virginia. 
Some outlying areas where Japanese beetle infestations have been found are 
not Included in the regulated area because of assurance from the States con- 
cerned that adequate measures will be taken to prevent the spread of the pest 
therefrom. The restrictions on the interstate movement by refrigerator car 
or motor truck of all fruits and vegetables from the District of Columbia and 
portions of the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and 
Virginia, between June 15 and October 15, inclusive, have been extended to 
apply to the entire State of Delaware. 
