82 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
Consequently, the line beginning "Bananas" under article 12 on page 2 of 
B. E. P. Q. 455, revised, should, in accordance with this amendment, be 
changed to read as follows: 
"Bananas, plantains (Musa spp.) : All parts including the fruit." 
The other prohibited items remain unchanged. 
The lines beginning "Banana fruit" under article 13 on the same page should 
be deleted in view of the amendment to article 12. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 471, Supplement No. 3. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 
July 25, 1941. 
Revision of Regulations Concerning Tomato Seed 
By Proclamations No. 65 and No. 87, 1941, the Governor-General of the 
Union of South Africa has amended the Schedule of Proclamation No. 286 of 
1936 to provide for the entry of tomato seed from areas not infected with the 
bacterial canker of tomato. 
The paragraph entitled "Tomato Seeds" on page 8 of B. E. P. Q 471 should be 
amended to read as follows : 
"Tomato seeds {Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) from Germany, Italy, North 
America, or any country where bacterial canker of tomato (Aplanooacter 
michiganense E. F. Sm. ) occurs : Import permit required ; must be accom- 
panied by an official certificate stating that the seed was produced by plants 
officially inspected in the field and found free from that disease, or that the 
seed was produced in an area where the said disease does not occur." 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE 
ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period July 1 to 
September 30, 1941, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempting 
to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were imposed 
by the United States customs officials at the following ports : 
Name 
Port 
Contraband 
Penalty 
Ana Arvizu 
Mrs. Guadalupe Bergan 
Artemisa Arvizu de Gonzales. 
Caolinia M. Lopez 
Mrs. J. S. de Merdez Juana 
Francisco H. Olivo 
Mrs. Dolores M. de Valenzuella. 
Teodoro Garza 
A gusto C. Mascono 
Valeriono Silva 
Ernesto Romero 
Romona Bernal de Cano 
Jose Martinez 
Lorenzo Raiz 
Ernesto Gonzales Salinas. 
Valentine Llamos 
Gumercino Garcia 
Douglas, Ariz. 
Nogales, Ariz. 
do 
Calexico, Canf 
San Ysidro, CaliL 
do 
do 
Brownsville, Tex. 
do 
do 
do 
do 
26 peaches 
2 mangoes and 1 papaya _. 
9 mango seeds, 5 miscellaneous 
plants, and 34 miscellaneous 
bulbs. 
2 avocados 
3 mangoes 
10 mangoes 
7 mangoes 
1 avocado with seed 
2 avocados with seed 
3 avocados with seed 
12 mangoes. 
2 oranges, 2 quinces, and 1 avo 
cado with seed. 
14 lily bulbs 
4 tuna fruit 
5 avocados with seed 
1 guava 
5 pears 
