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The principal changes in the local areas, etc., are indicated in the Press 
Release and Introductory Note on page 1 of the quarantine order and you will 
please be governed accordingly. See paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and 
Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. ElLENBERGEE, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
NO EXTENSION OF JAPANESE BEETLE REGULATED AREA THIS YEAR 
Octobeb 20, 1934. 
The following statement summarizes the results of the season's scouting to 
obtain timely information as to the distribution of the Japanese beetle. The 
work of the season indicates that, with the exception of three localities, the 
beetle has not become established in any place outside the present regulated 
areas. The capture of a few beetles at certain points outside the regulated 
area does not mean that an infestation is established, and extension of the 
quarantine to cover such localities may safely be postponed, as in previous 
years. In the three places where infestation is established (St. Louis, Mo., 
Indianapolis, Ind., and Charlottesville, Va.), extensive control programs are 
under way which, with other safeguards, will be adequate to prevent spread 
from these sections. There is, therefore, no need for the extension of the regu- 
lated area and no quarantine hearing will be held this year to consider exten- 
sion of the area or modification of the regulations. The statement will serve 
the same purpose as the report usually given at quarantine hearings by making 
available to State quarantine officers and others the latest information as to 
the distribution of this insect. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology, and Plant Quarantine. 
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JAPANESE BEETLE SITUATION DURING 1934 
The most outstanding first-record find of the Japanese beetle at a point 
remote from the infested areas is that disclosed at St. Louis, Mo., where 
beetles were collected in such numbers as to indicate an established infesta- 
tion. Another first-record find consisted of 17 beetles caught at Indianapolis, 
Ind., in a residential section of the city at some distance from a railroad 
line. This infestation probably resulted from illegal transportation of infested 
plant material. The infestation at Charlottesville, Va., can probably be 
accounted for in the same way. Beetles were first found at Charlottesville in 
1932. This year 60 beetles were trapped in that city. The locations at which 
were trapped 6 beetles in Chicago, 111., and 1 beetle in East St. Louis, 111., point 
to the probability of these having been transported from the heavily infested 
sections of New Jersey or Pennsylvania via rail in refrigerator cars con- 
taining agricultural products not ordinarily subject to infestation. 
Funds were available only for trapping to determine spread in those 
States immediately adjacent to known infested territory. Supplementing the 
State surveys in nonregulated territory in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland, traps were operated to check 
previously determined infestations in Detroit, Mich., St. Louis, Mo., and Green- 
ville, S. C, and to determine the presence of the insect in Chicago and East 
St. Louis, 111., and a few selected cities in Indiana. The season's trapping pro- 
gram began in Virginia on June 18. Trap distribution progressed northward, 
following the dates of probable beetle emergence. The latest traps set were 
those placed in Maine. Except in cities where continued catches were being 
made, most of the traps were lifted after a 30-day period of operation. Final 
lifting of the late-operated traps in Maine was accomplished by September 21. 
Prior to this season's use, the traps were reconditioned and coated with 
aluminum paint. Since this protective coating weathered much better than 
the green and white enamel combination used previously, the traps, at the end 
