S. R. A.-B. E. P. Q. No. 137 Issued March 1939 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1938 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 123 
Announcement relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (No. 45) 123 
Instructions to postmasters 123 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 124 
List of articles exempt from certification requirements under the Japanese beetle quarantine 
(B. E. P. Q. 395, 3d revision) 124 
Instructions to postmasters. 124 
Announcements relating to Mediterranean fruiTfly and melonfly quarantine (No. 13) 125 
Hawaiian fruits and vegetables to be admitted to mainland after sterilization 125 
Administrative instructions— The shipment of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii to the 
mainland subject to sterilization under supervision is authorized (B. E. P. Q. 481). 125 
Announcements relating to nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine (No. 37).. 126 
Rescind order requiring treatment for narcissus bulbs from the Netherlands 126 
Treatment requirement of nnninfesterl Netherlands narcissus bulbs as a condition of entry 
revoked (B. E. P. Q. 482) 127 
Wallace permits importation of increased numbers of begonia and gloxinia tubers 128 
Entry requirements of foreign begonia and gloxinia tubers modified 128 
Modification of nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine regulations (amendment No. 3).. 128 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (No. 52) 130 
Pink bollworm quarantine regulations amended 130 
Modification of pink bollworm quarantine regulations (amendment No. 5) 130 
Notice to general public through newspapers 131 
Instructions to postmasters... „ 132 
Announcements relating to white-fringed beetle quarantine (No. 72) 132 
Quarantine issued to prevent spread of white-fringed beetle in four of Southern States 132 
White-fringed beetle quarantine 133 
Notice to general public through newspapers... 137 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 138 
Florida State plant quarantine (citrus canker disease) 138 
Miscellaneous items 138 
The Plant Quarantine Act and Quarantine No. 37 (address by Lee A. Strong) 138 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Switzerland CB. E. P. Q. 413, revised) 142 
Plant-auarantine import restrictions, Republic of Argentina (B. E. P. Q. 426, supplement 
No. 4) 147 
Plant-qinrantine import restrictions, Commonwealth of Australia (B. E. P. Q. 476, supple- 
ment No. 1) 148 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, French Regency of Tunisia (B. E. P. Q. 483) 148 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 153 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and riant Quarantine 156 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
instructions to postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, December 7, t9S8. 
Postmaster: 
My Dear Sir: Yonr attention is invited to the Inclosed copy of the latest 
revision of Federal Quarantine Order No. 45 on account of the gypsy moth and 
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