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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
In addition to the listed species of common diseases, there were 212 intercep- 
tions belonging to 83 different species which were intercepted less than 10 times 
each. Total of diseases included in this paragraph, 13,071. 
INCOMPLETELY DETERMINED PESTS 
Many insects and pathogens are in such a condition that no accurate determi- 
nation is possible Others are new to science or belong in species not represented 
in the collections of authoritative material and are not described in sufficient 
detail do make positive determinations possible. 
INSECTS 
Among the incompletely determined insects were a number of fruitflies. Ana- 
strepha sp., probably fraierculus (Wied.), was intercepted at Baltimore, Mobile, 
and New York in grapefruit, guava, mango, and orange in baggage, quarters, 
and stores from Argentina, Brazil, Trinidad, and Venezuela. Anastrepha sp., 
probably ludens (Lw.) was taken at Laredo in orange and corn in baggage from 
Mexico. Anastrepha sp., probably mombinpraeoptans Sein, was intercepted at 
New Orleans and New York in mango in baggage from Honduras and Puerto 
Rico. Anastrepha sp., probably serpentina (Wied.), was taken at Boston in 
grapefruit in stores from Argentina. Anastrepha sp. was intercepted at Boston, 
Brownsville, El Paso, Laredo, and New Orleans in grapefruit, guava, mango, 
sapote, and Spondias mombin in baggage and stores from Argentina, Canal Zone, 
Mexico, and Trinidad. Ceratitis sp. was taken at Boston and Philadelphia in 
grapefruit and orange in stores from the Union of South Africa. Epochra sp. 
was intercepted at El Paso in currant in baggage from Mexico. Xanthaciura sp. 
was intercepted at New York in Ageratum sp. in baggage from Jamaica. Four 
interceptions which could not be identified beyond family (Euribiidae) were 
made at Calexico, Calif., El Paso, Inspection House in Washington, D. C., and 
New Orleans in Agaricus campestris, Elaeagnus sp., and Ribes sp., and under box 
of fruit on deck of ship, from Cuba, Iran, and Mexico. 
The following thrips could be identified to genus only: Dicer atolhrips sp. 
intercepted at Brownsville and Laredo on pineapple in cargo from Mexico; 
Hoplandrothrips sp. intercepted at Brownsville, Inspection House in Washing- 
ton, D. C, Honolulu, and San Francisco on Cattleya spp., kapok, Oncidium vari- 
eosum, unnamed orchid, Phalaenopsis leucorrhoda, pineapple, Prunus sp., and 
Vanda luzonica in cargo and mail from Brazil, Canal Zone, Colombia, Japan, 
Mexico, and Philippines; Isochaetoihrips sp. intercepted at Brownsville on Cape- 
jasmine in baggage and cargo from Mexico; Karnyothrips sp. intercepted at San 
Francisco on Oncidium ornithorhynchum in cargo from Guatamala; Neurothrips 
sp. intercepted at Brownsville on pineapple in cargo from Mexico. 
The following whiteflies could be identified to genus only: Aleurocanthus sp. 
intercepted at New Orleans on dry leaves in mail from British Honduras; Aleu- 
rodicus sp. intercepted at Brownsville on orchid in baggage from Mexico; Aleuro- 
paradoxus sp. intercepted at Inspection House in Washington, D. C, on Eugenia 
cauliflora in cargo from Brazil; Aleurothrixus sp. intercepted at Brownsville on 
Cape- jasmine in baggage from Guatemala; Aleurotrachelus sp. intercepted at 
Hoboken, New York, and San Francisco on bromeliad, Laurus nobilis, orchid, 
and Tillandsia sp. in cargo, mail, and stores from Brazil, Costa Rica, and Guate- 
mala; Tetralicia sp. intercepted at Nogales on oak leaf in baggage from Mexico. 
In addition to the foregoing incompletely identified insects, the following mis- 
cellaneous insects were intercepted: Ambia sp., probably fulvitinctatis Hamps. 
(Pyraustidae), was intercepted at Brownsville in an airplane from Guatemala. 
Apsilocephala sp. (Therevidae) (new to the Museum collection) was intercepted at 
El Paso in mustard in cargo from Mexico. Aspidobothrys sp. (Miridae) was inter- 
cepted at Hoboken and San Francisco on Cattleya mossiae, Cattleya sp., and un- 
named orchid in cargo from Colombia and Venezuela. Autographa sp., probably 
brassicae Riley, was taken at Brownsville in string bean in baggage from Mexico. 
Aximogaster sp. (Eurytomidae) was intercepted at Hoboken on orchid in cargo 
from Colombia and Venezuela. Bruchus sp., probably flexicaulis (SchaefTer) 
(Bruchidae), was intercepted at Brownsville in ebony bean in baggage from 
Mexico. Bruchus sp., probably guttalis Rey. (Bruchidae), was taken at New 
Orleans and New York in vetch seed in cargo from Brazil and Portugal. Bytho- 
scopus sp., probably rufoscutellatus (Baker) (Cicadellidae), was intercepted at 
Laredo on feverfew in baggage from Mexico. Calendra sp., perhaps phoeniciensis 
Chttn. (Curculionidae), was intercepted at El Paso in radish in cargo from Mexico. 
