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potato weevil (Epicaerus cognatus). Larvae of Epipolaeus caliginosus (Curcu- 
lionidae) were intercepted in hop roots from England. Eurytoma onobrychidis 
(Eurytomidae) was intercepted in seed of Onobrychis viciaefolia from Germany. 
The West Indian sweetpotato weevil (Euscepes batatae) was intercepted in sweet- 
potatoes from American Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Ecuador, Puerto 
Rico, and Tahiti and in soil around sweetpotatoes from Puerto Rico. Exosoma 
lusitanica (Chrysomelidae) was found in cipollini from Morocco. Gargaphia 
torresi (Tingitidae) arrived with grapes from Argentina. Haplothrips mordivilkoi 
(thrips) arrived with plume grass seed from Turkey. A larva of Helophorus 
rufipes (Hydrophilidae) was intercepted on a turnip leaf from France and 
H. rugosus arrived with turnip and witloof from the same country. Laspeyresia 
splendana (Olethreutidae) was intercepted in chestnuts from Austria, Azores, 
Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Spain. Mamestra brassicae (Noctuidae) was taken 
on cabbage from Belgium, England, and Germany, cauliflower from France, 
Germany, and Netherlands, and Savoy cabbage from Netherlands. The bean 
pod borer (Maruca tesiulalis) was intercepted in lima beans from Cuba, string 
beans from Hawaii, Japan, and Venezuela, and on leis from Hawaii. Megastigmus 
pistaciae (Callimomidae) arrived with pistache seed from the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics. Melanothrips fuscus (thrips) was intercepted on water- 
cress from England. Myzus polyanlhi (aphid) was found on primrose from 
England and in soil around a primrose plant from Scotland. Napomyza lateralis 
(Agromyzidae) was intercepted in witloof leaves from Belgium. Ortheziola 
vejdovskyi (Coccidae) was taken in soil and moss around the roots of holly trees 
from England. The yam weevil (Palaeopus costicollis) was intercepted in yams 
from Jamaica. Parlaloria fluggeae brasiliensis (Coccidae) was taken on orange 
from Brazil and Straits Settlements and on sour lime from Mexico. The pink 
bolhvorm (Pectinophora gossypiella) was intercepted in cotton bolls from American 
Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Mexico, Montserrat, and Turkey, cottonseed from 
Brazil, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Hawaii, Mexico, and Virgin Islands, cotton- 
seed used as packing material about lacquer ware from Siam, seed cotton from 
Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Virgin Islands, cottonseed adhering 
to bagging and rags from Egypt, and with seed cotton on bagging from Egypt. 
Phacecorynes zamiae (Curculionidae) was intercepted in the stems of Encepha- 
lartos caffer and E. lehmanni from the Union of South Africa. Living larvae of 
the gypsy moth (Porthetria dispar) were intercepted on dwarf maple from Japan. 
Sour limes arriving from the Philippines were infested with the Philippine orange 
moth (Prays citri). Psylliodes chrysocephala (Chrysomelidae) arrived with cauli- 
flower and turnips from France. Sciaphilus muricatus (Curculionidae) was inter- 
cepted in shamrock from Ireland. The mango weevil (Sternochetus mangiferae) 
was intercepted in mangoes from Ceylon and Hawaii. Taeniothrips frontalis 
(thrips) was found on carnation from France. T. fumosa was intercepted on 
chinkerichee and gladiolus from the Union of South Africa. The gladiolus 
thrips ( T. simplex) arrived with carnation leis and gladiolus from Hawaii, Echeveria 
sp. and gladiolus from Mexico, and gladiolus from New Zealand. Thrips adamsoni 
infested leeks from Italy. 
NOTES ON PLANT DISEASES INTERCEPTED 
SPECIES NEW TO THE INTERCEPTION FILES 
Among the numerous interesting organisms intercepted for the first time were 
Aphelenchoides limberi on bulbous iris from Netherlands, Ascochyta berberidina 
on barberry from Germany, A. brassicae on kohlrabi from Germany, Balansia 
claviceps on bamboo leaf from China, Cercospora foeniculi on fennel from Italy, 
C. xanthoxyli on Zanthoxylum from Cuba, Colletotrichum glycines on soy beans 
from Japan, Coniosporium bambusae on bamboo from Jamaica, Coryneum micro- 
siictoides on peony from France, Cryptodiaporthe salicina on willow from Belgium, 
Diplodia cerei-triangularis on cactus from Mexico, Gloeosporium aglaonemae on 
aglaonema from China, G. maxillariae on orchid from Nicaragua, G. olivarum on 
olive from Italy, G. pelargonii on geranium from Germany, G. taxicolum on yew 
from Ireland, Gnomonia^ aceris on maple from Japan, Graphiola borassi on palm 
from India, Leptosphaeria culmicola on wheat from France, L. rusci on ruscus from 
Italy, Mendogia bambusina on a bamboo harrow from Philippine Islands, Meta- 
sphaeria cocoes on coconut from Dominican Republic, Pestalozzia glandicola on 
acorns from Japan, Phoma acuum on pine from Mexico, P. ejiciens on camellia 
from Japan, P. julibrissin on Albizzia from British West Indies, P. pachytheca on 
willow from Belgium, Phomopsis castaneum on chestnuts from China, Phyllachora 
cynodontis on Bermuda grass from Spain, Phyllosticta colocasiae on Dieffcnbachia 
