LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 136 Issued December 1938 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1938 
CONTENTS 
Page 
•Quarantine and other official announcements 75 
Announcements relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (No. 45)... 75 
Gypsy moth quarantine revised 75 
Revision of quarantine and regulations __*___ 76 
Notice to general public through newspapers 84 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 84 
Administrative instructions— Fumigation of onions by methyl bromide as a condition of 
certification of onions moving by refrigerator car from the area listed in regulation 5 of quaran- 
tine No. 48 (B. E. P. Q. 475) 84 
Administrative instructions— Fumigation of tomatoes by methyl bromide as a condition of 
certification of tomatoes moving by refrigerator car from the area listed in regulation 5 of 
quarantine No. 48 (B. E. P. Q. 480) 85 
Japanese beetle control ends for season on fruit and vegetable shipments 86 
Termination date on fruit and vegetable restrictions under Japanese beetle quarantine ad- 
vanced to September 20 for the year 1938 86 
Announcement relating to rules and regulations governing the importation of cotton and cotton 
wrappings into the United States 87 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T. D. 496G6) 87 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 87 
Revocation of Oregon plant quarantine 87 
Miscellaneous items 87 
Public hearing to consider United States quarantine on account of white-fringed beetle 87 
Notice of public hearing to consider the advisability of quarantining the States of Alabama, 
Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi on account of the white-fringed beetle. ...- 88 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, New Zealand (P. Q. C. A. 306, supplement No. 5) 88 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, French zone of Morocco (B. E. P. Q. 444, revised) 88 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Turkey (B.E. P. Q. 451, supplement No. 1). 99 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Italy (B. E. P. Q.469, supplement No. 1).. 99 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Comn onwealth of Australia (B. E. P. Q. 476) 100 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Colombia (B. E. P. Q. 477, superseding 
Memorandum to Chief Inspectors September 1, 1931) 110 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Malaya (B. E. P. Q. 478, superseding B. E. P. Q. 458) .. 112 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (B. E. P. Q. 479)... 116 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 119 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 121 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
GYPSY MOTH QUARANTINE REVISED 
(Press notice) 
September 30. 1938. 
The quarantine and regulations relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth 
infestations in New England have been revised, effective September 29, the 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture, Harry L. Brown, announced today. 
The principal changes are the release of certain areas from regulation and 
the change in designation of certain other areas from that of lightly infested to 
generally infested. 
As a result of scouting of the past three seasons, conditions along the northern 
border of the regulated area were found to be such that certain towns in 
Coos County, N. H., and parts of the counties of Caledonia, Essex. Lamoille, 
and Rutland, in Vermont, including a granite and marble district and an area 
from which quantities of Christinas trees are shipped, could be released from 
regulation. 
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