104 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF INSECTS 
Regulation 28. (1) Insects and parasites of insects shall not be imported 
unless: (a) The importer, prior to shipment, has certified the present state of 
knowledge concerning the life history, hosts, hyperparasites (if any), and the 
economic value of the insects or parasites, together with a description of the 
experiments which it is proposed to conduct and the precautions to be taken 
during the course of the experiments to prevent escape of any insect or parasite ; 
(&) the importer, prior to shipment, has made an application for permission 
and has obtained the consent of the director of quarantine to that importation. 
(2) The insects shall remain in quarantine for such time as the director of 
quarantine requires. 
Declared Diseases 
[Proclamation 4-P, gazetted September 19, 1935] 
The fungi, bacteria, viruses, and disease agents specified below shall be dis- 
eases affecting plants, and their introduction into Australia prohibited : 
Actinomyces 
Alternaria 
Aplanobacter Bacterial diseases. 
Armillaria A.melea (Vahl) Zuel., root rot. 
Aschersonia.-- 
Ascochyta Leaf spots. 
Bacillus 
Bacterium e.g. B. citri (Hasse) Doidge, citrus canker. 
Bacterium e. g. B. rubrilineans (Lee, Purdy, Barnum, Martin) Elliott, red- 
stripe disease of sugarcane. 
Botrytis e. g. B. cinerea Pers., gray mold, many hosts. 
Botryosphaeria . e. g. B. ribis Gross and Dug., currant cane blight. 
Bremia e. g. B. lactucae E. Regel, downy mildew. 
Ceratostomella e. g. C. ulmi (Schwarz), Buisman, Dutch elm disease. 
Cercospora e. g. C. circumcissa Sacc, shot hole of Prunus. 
Cercosporella e. g. C. theae Petch, leaf disease of tea. 
Cladosporium e. g. C. carpophilum Thum., peach and apricot scab, freckle. 
Clasterosporium e. g. C. carpophilum, see Corynium beijerinckii Oud. 
Claviceps C. purpurea (Fr.) Tul., ergot. 
Colletotrichum e. g. C. circinans (Berk.) Vogel, onion smudge, rot. 
e. g. C. gossypii, see Glomerella gossypii. 
Coniothyrium e. g. C.fuckelii Sacc, raspberry cane blight, rose stem canker. 
Corticium e. g. C. vagum (B. and C.) var. solani Burt., scurf and stem rot, 
rhizoctonia scab of potato. 
Corynium e. g. C. beijerinckii Oud., peach blight. 
Cronartium e. g. C. ribicola Fisch., white-pine blister rust. 
Cryptosparelte e.g. C.viticola (Reddick) Shear, dead arm of grapes. 
Cylindrosporium e. g. C. padiKarst., shot hole disease of plum and cherry, cherry leaf 
blight. 
Cytospora e. g. C. ambiens Sacc. on twigs of many trees. Perfect stage = Va tea. 
Dasyscypha e. g. D. calycina (Fr.) Fckl. = D. willkommii (Schum.) Fckl., larch 
canker. 
Dematophora e. g. D. necatrix Hartig, root rot of the vine, white root rot. 
Diaporthe e. g. D. parasitica Murr., see Endothia parasitica. 
Dibotryon e. g. D. morbosum, black knot. 
Didymella e. g. D. citri Noack, see Botn/sphaeria ribis. 
Diplodia e. g. D. zeae (Schw.) Lev., dry rot of corn. 
Dothiorella e. g. D. mail Ell. and Ev., apple canker. 
Endothia e. g. E. parasitica (Murr.) And. and And., chestnut blight, chestnut 
bark disease. 
Erysiphaceae Powdery mildews. 
Exoascus e. g. E. deformans (Berk.) Fckl., peach leaf curl. 
Exobasidium e. g. E.vexans Mass., tea-leaf blister blight. 
Fabraea e.g. F.maculata (Lev.) Atk., leaf blight, leaf spot of pear. 
Fomes e. g. F. semitostus Berk., root rot. 
Fusariella e. g. F. atrovirens Berk., onion black mold. 
Fusarium e. g. F. tricothesioides Woll., powdery dry rot of potatoes. 
Fusarium e. g. F. vasinfectum Atk., wilt of cotton and other hosts. 
Gibberella e. g. G. saubinettii (Mont.) Sacc., wheat scab. 
Gloeosporium e. g. G.fructigena, see Glomerella cingulata. 
Glomerella e. g. G.'cingulata (Ston.) Spauld. and Schrenk, bitter rot. 
Glomerella e. g. G. gossypii (Southworth) Edg., anthracnose or wilt of cotton. 
Gnomonia . e. g. G. erythrostoma (Pers.) Auersw., cherry leaf scorch. 
Graphiola e. g. G. phoemcis (Moug.) Poit., false smut, leaf spot of palms. 
Graphium e. g. G. ulmi see Ceratostomella ulmi. 
Guignardia e. g. G. bidwellii (Ell.) Viala and Ravaz, black rot of grape. 
Gymnosporangium Rusts, e. g., white cedar. 
Helminthosporium e. g. H. (bromineum ?) bromi Diedicke, barley leaf stripe. 
Hemileia e. g. H. vastatrix B. and Br., coffee rust, coffee leaf disease. 
Heterosporium e. g. H. echinulatum (Berk.) Cke., carnation leaf spot, leaf mold. 
Leptosphaeria e. g. L. herpotrichoides De N., stem blight of rye and wheat. 
Macrosporium 
