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Ceutorhynchus sp., probably quadridens Panz. (Curculionidae), was taken at New 
York in cabbage in stores from England. Chilo sp. (Crambidae) was intercepted 
at Calexico, Calif., on lemon grass and sugarcane in baggage from Mexico. Cono- 
trachelus sp.,near similis Boh. (Curculionidae), was intercepted at Portland, Oreg., 
in sapote in quarters from Cuba. The termite Coptotermes sp. was taken at Port- 
land, Oreg., in taro in cargo from China. Curculio sp., probably elephas (Gyll.) 
(Curculionidae), was intercepted at Philadelphia in chestnut in stores from Spain. 
Cylas sp., probably femoralis Faust (Curculionidae), was taken in sweetpotato at 
Baltimore in stores from Gold Coast, Africa. Cylindrocopturus sp., near adspersus 
(Lec.) (Curculionidae), was intercepted at Brownsville in Agave sp. in baggage 
from Mexico. Gonatas sp. (Lygaeidae) was taken at Hoboken with Cattleya sp. 
in cargo from Venezuela. Heliodines sp., probably bella (Chamb.) (Heliodinidae), 
was intercepted at El Paso and Nogales in pepper, purslane, and Swiss chard in 
baggage from Mexico. Ho?noeosoma sp., probably electcllum (Hist.) (Phycitidae), 
was intercepted at Brownsville on chrysanthemum in cargo from Mexico. Mar- 
mara sp. (Gracilariidae) was intercepted at Brownsville, Hidalgo, New York, and 
Nogales in avocado, grapefruit, orange, and pepper in baggage, cargo, and stores 
from Mexico and Trinidad. Merodon sp. (Syrphidae) was taken at Hoboken and 
San Francisco in Gladiolus sp. and narcissus bulb in baggage and mail from Canada 
and Turkey. Neodryoccetes sp. (Scolytidae) was intercepted at New York in 
Erythrina sp. seed in cargo from Trinidad. Neolecanium sp. (Coccidae) was 
intercepted at Laredo on Cereus sp. in cargo from Mexico. Neopithophthorus sp. 
(Scolytidae) was taken at New York in wood in cargo from Mexico. Scolytus 
sp. (Scolytidae) was intercepted at New York in elm in cargo from England. 
Tinea sp. (Tineidae) was intercepted at New York on mushroom in cargo from 
China. 
In addition to the incompletely determined insects listed above, there were 6,275 
interceptions which could be identified to genus only. These were distributed 
among 714 genera. A total of 198 could be determined to family, subfamily, or 
tribe only. Total of insects included in this paragraph, 6,773. 
DISEASES 
Of the partially determined plant disease interceptions which were recognized 
to be unusual more than half (mostly on orchids) were found on material offered 
for entry for propagation. Those on orchids included Collectotrichum sp., with 
spores too narrow for C. orchidearum All., on Odontoglossum hybrids from England; 
Coniothyrium sp., with spores larger than in any species reported on orchids, on 
Epidendrum aurantiacum from Guatemala; Gloeosporium sp., with spores longer 
than those or G. cypripedii Verpl. (the only species reported for the host genus), on 
Cypripedium callosum from Thailand; Gloeosporium sp., no species recorded on the 
host genus, on Trichopilia tortilis from Guatemala; Microthyrium sp., no previous 
reports found for orchids, on Epidendrum sp. from Mexico; Mycogone sp., no spe- 
cies reported on orchids, on Cattleya sp. from Brazil; Phyllosticta sp., unlike anv 
species described on orchids, on Cattleya sp. from Brazil, Cypripedium sp. from 
England, Dendrobium phalaenopsis from the Philippines, and Schomburgkia hum- 
boldtii from Venezuela; Scolecopeltidium sp., or a related form in this imperfectly 
known group of fly-speck fungi, on orchids from Brazil; and Uredo sp. (no rust 
has been reported for the host genus) on Miltonia vexilans from Mexico. 
Other partly determined pathogens on material for propagation included 
Glomerella sp. (no species reported on host genus) on Stenospermation sessile (a 
climber of the arum family) from Guatemala; "Phyllosticta sp., unlike any described 
species, found on ash (Fraxinus ornus) seed from Italy; Pratylenchus n. sp., a new 
nematode, found in a Lilium longiflorum bulb from Cuba; and Pestalozzia sp. (no 
species found reported on the genus) on Marica coerulea grandiflora (an iris 
relative) from Costa Rica. 
While material entered for consumption does ndt represent such acute danger 
as propagation material, there is often a possibility that such material may be so 
handled as to permit escape and establishment of accompanying pests and 
diseases. Among the partially determined fungi found on material in the con- 
sumption entry class were Cercospora sp., possibly the same one found on this host 
in Florida, on avocados from Mexico; Cercospora sp. on husk tomato from Mexico; 
Gloeosporium sp., no species described for host genus, on cattails used to pack fish 
from Mexico; Sphaeropsis sp., closely resembling the apple black rot pathogen 
(S. malorum), on a pine cone from Mexico; Sphaeropsis sp., so determined although 
it did not have the characters of the genus, on Citrus medica from Palestine; 
Ophiobolus sp., not 0. graminis, on grass from Liberia; Rosellinia sp. on wild grass 
