80 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
B. E. P. Q. 382, Revised, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY 
August 28, 1941. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Seed Potatoes 
Decree No. 50:941, issued June 4, 1941, at Montevideo, and published in the 
Diario Oficial June 27, 1941, changes the decree of January 10, 1934, regulating 
the importation of seed potatoes, as follows : 
Article 1. All shipments of potatoes which are imported into the country 
for seed purposes must be accompanied by certificates of origin and health, 
in which it shall be affirmed : 
(a) That the tubers came from areas practically free from the following 
diseases and insects: Sijnchytrium endobioticum Schilb., Spongospora subterranea 
Johns., Phthorimaea operculella Zell., (Tina de la papa), and Leptinotarsa 
decemlineata Say. 
(b) That the tubers must be free from other serious parasitic diseases, al- 
lowing a certain margin of tolerance for innocuous infections. In particular, 
with reference to scab and potato tuber moth, distinction should be made 
between : 
(1) Powdery scab caused by Spongospora subterranea Johns., the presence of 
which will render the shipment useless for seed. 
(2) Black scab, Rhizoctonia violacea Tul., the presence of which will require 
a previous disinfection of the tubers intended for seed. 
(3) Common scab caused by Oospora {Actinomyces) scabies Thax., which 
may be allowed in a small proportion, no greater than 5 percent of the number 
of tubers, and not found infecting more than 10 percent of the surface. 
(4) Potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zell., may be admitted when- 
ever on arrival in the country, the number of tubers infested is no greater than 
1 percent, and in such cases the tubers must be subjected to disinfection. 
No changes have been made in the texts of articles 2, 3, and 4 of the decree 
of January 10, 1934, and article 2 is again in force. 
In accordance with the new decree, article 1 under "Regulations Governing 
the Importation of Seed Potatoes," on page 5 of B. E. P. Q. 382, Revised, 
should be replaced by the new article 1 as above, and the "Note" following 
article 2 on page 6 should be stricken out, as the temporary suspension of 
article 2 has been lifted. 
P. N. Annand. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 411, Supplement No. 3. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF MEXICO 
Juey 28, 1941. 
Exterior Quarantines No. 2 (Coffee) and No. 7 (Banana) Revised 
In two orders of the Secretary of Agriculture and Development, dated March 
19, 1941, Exterior Quarantine No. 2 of July 17, 1927, and Exterior Quarantine 
No. 7 of November 17, 1940, were repealed, and the following Exterior Quaran- 
tines were substituted. 
Exterior Quarantine No. 2. — Coffee plants, etc., on account of the coffee berry 
borer, Stephanoderes coffeae Hag. (S. hampei Fen.) . 
Article 1. An absolute (prohibitory) quarantine is hereby established on 
coffee plants, their parts, organs, and natural products, coming from foreign 
countries. 
Art. 2. Accordingly the entry of the aforesaid products is not permitted 
either for consumption or for transit. 
Art. 3. Entry of such products is permitted only for the purpose of scientific 
investigation. 
(Supersedes Exterior Quarantine No. 2 — Coffee, page 13, B. E. P. Q. 411.) 
Exterior Quarantine No. 7. — Banana plants, etc., on account of the Panama or 
wilt disease, Fusarium cubense E. F. Sm.- 
