146 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
States, of all fruits and vegetables in the natural or raw state, on account of the 
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and the melon fly I Dacus cucurbitae). 
Sugarcane. — Quarantine No. 16, revised, effective January 1, 1935: Prohibits 
the movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through 
any other Territory, State, or District of the United States of canes of sugar- 
cane, or cuttings or parts thereof, sugarcane leaves, and bagasse, on account of 
certain injurious insects and diseases, except that movement will be allowed 
under permit of specific materials on condition that they have been or are to be 
so treated, processed, or manufactured that, in the judgment of the Department, 
their movement will involve no pest risk. 
Sweet potato and yam. — Quarantine No. 30, revised, effective October 10. 1934: 
Prohibits the movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into 
or through any other Territory, State, or District of the United States of all 
varieties of sweetpotatoes (Ipomoca batatas Poir.), regardless of the use for 
which the same is intended, on account of the sweetpotato stem borer (Omphisa 
anastomosalis Guen.) and the sweetpotato scarabee (Euscepes batatae Waterh.). 
Banana plants. — Quarantine No. 32, effective April 1, 1918: Prohibits the 
movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any 
other Territory, State, or District of the United States of any species or variety 
of banana plants {Musa spp.), regardless of the use for which the same is in- 
tended, on account of two injurious weevils (RJiabdocncmis obscurus and Meia- 
masius hemipterus). 
Hawaiian and Puerto Riean cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products. — 
Quarantine No. 47, effective August 15. 1920: Prohibits, except as provided in 
the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, effective August 15, 1920, the 
movement of cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products from the Territories 
of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or 
District of the United States on account of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora 
gossypiella) and the cotton-blister mite {Eriopliyes gossypii), respectively. 
United States quarantined to protect Haicaii. — Quarantine No. 51, effective 
October 1. 1921 : Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations 
supplemental thereto, effective October 1, 1921. the movement from the United 
States to the Territory of Hawaii, as ships' stores or as baggage or effects of 
passengers or crews, of sugarcane, corn, cotton, alfalfa, and the fruits of the 
avocado and papaya in the natural or raw state, on account of injurious in- 
sects, especially the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.), the alfalfa 
weevil (Hypera postica Gyll.), the cotton-boll weevil (Anthohomus grandds 
Boh.), the papaya fruit fly (Torotri/pana curvieauda Gerst.), and certain insect 
enemies of the fruit of the avocado. 
Puerto Rican fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 58, effective July 1, 1925: 
Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
amended effective January 1, 1933. the movement from the Territory of Puerto 
Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or District of the United States 
of all fruits and vegetables in the raw or unprocessed state, on account of in- 
jurious insects, including the West Indian fruit fly (Anastrepha fraterculus 
Wied. ), and the bean-pod borer (Maruea testulalis Geyer). 
Sand y soil, or earth, with plants from Haicaii and Puerto Rico. — Quarantine 
No. 60, revised, effective September 1, 1936: Prohibits the movement from the 
Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, 
State, or District of the United States of sand (other than clean ocean sand), 
soil, or earth around the roots of plants, to prevent the spread of white grubs, 
the Japanese rose beetle, and termites or white ants. Provision is made for the 
retention of potted plants on board vessels from Hawaii and Puerto Rico when 
evidence is presented satisfactory to the plant quarantine inspector that the 
soil has been so treated, or is so safeguarded, as to eliminate pest risk. 
Foreign Plant Quarantines 
Pink bollworm. — Quarantine No. 8, effective July 1, 1913, with revised regula- 
tions effective July 1. 1917: Forbids the importation from any foreign locality 
and country, excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley in the State of 
Baja California, Mexico, of cottonseed (including seed cotton) of all species 
and varieties and cottonseed hulls. Seed cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed 
hulls from the Imperial Valley may be entered under permit and regulation. 
[g of avocado or alligator pear. — Quarantine No. 12, effective February 
27, 1914: Forbids the importation from Mexico and the countries of Central 
America of the seed of the avocado or alligator pear on account of the avocado 
weevil (Heilipus lauri). 
