154 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
amaryllis, tuberous begonia, sprekelia, sternbergia, tigridia, etc., have upon 
examination in this country been found to be infested with the bulb nematode. 
The question, therefore, arises as to whether these bulbs and other hosts of 
the bulb nematode enterable under the provisions of the Nursery stock. Plant, 
and Seed Quarantine should be accorded the safeguards which will surround 
the entry of narcissus bulbs after December 15. 11)86. It is not contemplated 
that vegetable hosts of the bulb nematode, such as carrots, potatoes, turnips, 
etc., will be considered at this conference since they are imported for food 
purposes and hence do not present the pest risk which accompanies certain bulbs 
and plants imported for propagation or forcing. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief. Bureau of Entomology and riant Quarantine. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO SATIN MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 53) 
SATIN MOTH QUARANTINE REVOKED 
(Press notice) 
November 4, 1936. 
The satin moth quarantine (Federal plant Quarantine No. 53) which be- 
came effective January 1. 1922, to prevent the spread of the satin moth 
{Stilpnotia salicis L.), has been revoked, effective November 2, 1936, the De- 
partment of Agriculture announced today. This quarantine affected parts of 
all the New England States and the State of Washington. 
Lee A. Strong. Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
says that when the quarantine was placed by the Department the known 
infested area lay within the area regulated by the gypsy-moth and brown- 
tail-moth quarantine and there was an organization at hand, therefore, for 
quarantine enforcement purposes. This condition has ceased to be true and 
at the present time there are no Federal facilities for the enforcement of 
quarantine regulations in Oregon and Washington, where the insect has be- 
come established, in Oregon only recently. Mr. Strong also states that because 
of the effectiveness of several native and introduced insect parasites in re- 
ducing the intensity of infestation and because of the relatively minor com- 
mercial economic value of the host plants — principally the poplars and 
willows — it is doubtful if the satin moth will ever become a very serious pest 
in this country, although local control measures for the protection of foliage 
of shade or ornamental host plants may be required from time to time. 
The revocation of the quarantine will leave States free to take such action 
as they may desire to prevent the further spread of the satin moth. 
NOTICE OF LIFTING OF SATIN MOTH QUARANTINE 
(Effective on and after Nov. 2, 1936) 
I, M. L. Wilson, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, under authority con- 
ferred by the Plant Quarantine Act, approved August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), 
:is amended by the act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 
1165), do hereby remove and revoke the quarantine placed by Notice of Quar- 
antine No. 53 upon the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Washington, and do also hereby revoke 
the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, such removal and revocation 
to take effect on November 2, 1936. 
Done at the city of Washington this 31st day of October 1936. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 
[seal] M. L. Wilson. 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
T Copies of the foregoing notice were sent to all common carriers doing business in or 
through the quarantined States.] 
