100 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLAXT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, D. C, September 28, 1936. 
Postmaster. 
My Dear Sir: The United States Department of Agriculture advises it has 
been determined that the active period of the Japanese beetle in its relation to 
fruits and vegetables has already ceased for the present season and that it is, 
therefore, safe to permit the unrestricted movement of fruits and vegetables 
listed in regulation 5, rules and regulations, supplemental to Notice of Quaran- 
tine No. 48, on account of the Japanese beetle from the regulated area as 
defined in regulation 3 of such rules and regulations. 
Postmasters in the area regulated by the Japanese beetle quarantine may, 
therefore, accept until June 15, 1937, fully prepaid parcels of fruits and vege- 
tables when properly packed without being accompanied with the certificate of 
inspection prescribed by that quarantine. 
C. B. ElLENBERGER, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO SATIN MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 53) 
SATIN MOTH INVADES OREGON; QUARANTINE HEARING SEPTEMBER 14 
[Press notice] 
August 21, 1936. 
A public hearing to consider the advisability of either (1) revoking the 
domestic satin moth quarantine, or (2) revising the regulations to designate 
the State of Oregon as infested with that insect, will be held before the Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in room 2050, Bureau of Agricultural 
Economics conference room, Extensible Building, Independence Avenue and 
Fourteenth Street SW., Washington, D. C, at 10 a. m., September 14, 1936. 
This insect, although not widely prevalent in the United States, has been 
known to exist for some time in some areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachu- 
setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Recently it 
was discovered in Oregon. It appears necessary, therefore, either to revoke 
the quarantine or to include Oregon in the quarantine, now covering the other 
infested States. The quarantine prohibits the movement from infested areas 
of poplar and willow trees or parts of these trees capable of propagation. 
The hearing is called by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the 
Plant Quarantine Act so that any person interested in the proposed revocation 
or extension of the quarantine may appear and be heard either in person or by 
attorney. 
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF EITHER RE- 
VOKING THE DOMESTIC SATIN MOTH QUARANTINE OR REVISING THE REGULA- 
TIONS TO DESIGNATE THE STATE OF OREGON AS INFESTED WITH THAT INSECT 
August 19, 1936. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has information that the satin moth (Stilpnotia 
aaUci8 L.), a dangerous insect not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed 
within and throughout the United States, which has been known for some time 
to exist in portions of the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts. New 
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, has recently been found 
in the State of Oregon. 
It appears necessary, therefore, to consider the advisability of either (1) 
revoking the Federal domestic quarantine (no. 53) on account of this insect, 
or (2) extending to the State of Oregon the restrictions which apply to the 
movement from infested States of poplar and willow trees or parts thereof 
capable of propagation. 
Notice is, therefore, hereby given that in accordance with the Plant Quaran- 
tine Act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Congress 
approved March 4. 1917 (39 Stat. 1134. 1165). a public hearing will be held 
before the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in room 2059. Bureau 
