52 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
315), as amended, has promulgated a revision of the rules and regulations 
(sixteenth revision) supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 48, on account 
of the Japanese beetle, effective on and after April 11, 1938. The purpose of 
the revision is to include in the regulated area part of Schuyler County, N. Y., 
parts of the Ohio counties of Coshocton, Portage, and Summit, and parts of 
West Virginia counties of Berkeley and Jefferson. There were also added areas 
in the following counties, parts of which were formerly under regulation: 
Frederick County, Md., Tompkins County, N. Y., Stark County, Ohio, Warren 
County, Pa., and Princess Anne County, Va. Wheeling, W. Va., and Coshocton, 
Ohio, are brought under regulation. Lancaster County, Pa., has been added to 
the special area from which the movement of fruits and vegetables by motor- 
truck or refrigerator car is regulated. The restrictions on the movement of sand 
are modified. Of interest to nurserymen is the elimination of restrictions on 
the movement of aquatic plants except during the period from June 15 to 
October 15, inclusive. 
Copies of the revised regulations may be obtained from the Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[Published in the following newspapers : The Hartford Times, Hartford, Conn.. 
April 16, 1938 ; the Evening Journal, Wilmington, Del., April 15, 1938 ; the Press-Herald, 
Portland, Maine, April 16, 1938; the Sun, Baltimore, Md., April 16, 1938; the Post, 
Boston, Mass., April 16, 1938 ; the Union, Manchester, N. H., April 16, 1938 ; the News, 
Newark, N. J., April 16, 1938; the Times, New York, N. Y., April 16, 1938; the Press, 
Cleveland, Ohio, April 15, 1938 ; the Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa., April 15, 1938 ; the 
Bulletin, Providence, R. I., April 15, 1938 ; the Free Press, Burlington. Vt., April 16, 
1938 ; the News Leader, Richmond, Va., April 15, 1938 ; the Gazette, Charleston, W. Va., 
April 16, 1938; and the Evening Star, Washington, D. C, April 16, 1938.] 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Offtce Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, June 13, 1938. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the inclosed copy of the latest 
revision of Quarantine No. 48 of the United States Department of Agriculture 
(effective April 11, 1938), extending the area and modifying the regulations 
in connection with the Japanese beetle quarantine, by which you will please be 
governed. See paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
B. E. P. Q. 473. 
Administrative Instructions — Fumigation of Potatoes by Methyl Bromide 
as a Condition of Certification of Potatoes Moving by Refrigerator Cab 
From the Area Listed in Regulation 5 of Quarantine No. 48 
[Approved April 30, 1938; effective May 2, 1938] 
Regulation 5, section B, paragraph (6) of the Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 
48) authorizes the issuance of certificates for the interstate movement of pota- 
toes via refrigerator car from the area listed in that regulation to points out- 
side the regulated areas between June 15 and October 15 when the potatoes have 
been fumigated in the car, when deemed necessary in the judgment of the 
inspector and when the doors and hatches of the car have been tightly closed 
or adequately screened under the supervision of an inspector. 
treatment authorized 
The treatment described herein has been found to be effective against the 
Japanese beetle and such treatment is authorized as a basis for certification of 
