132 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
315), as amended, lias promulgated amendment No. 5 to the revised rules and 
regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 52 on account of the 
pink bollworm of cotton, effective on and after November 17, 1938. The pur- 
pose of the amendment is to add to the lightly infested area that part of Pinal 
County in Arizona not heretofore within the regulated area, all of Maricopa 
County in Arizona, and the Texas counties of Brooks, Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg, 
and Jim Wells. Copies of the amendment may be obtained from the Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, D. C. 
H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[The above notice was published in the following newspapers : The Republican, 
Phoenix, Ariz., November 23, 1938 ; the Journal, Albuquerque, N. Mex., November 23, 
1938 ; the Chronicle, Houston, Tex., November 22, 1938.] 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, November 28, 1938. 
Postmaster: 
My Deae Sir: Your attention is invited to the inclosed revision of Federal 
Quarantine Order No. 52 on account of the pink bollworm of cotton, by which 
you will please be governed. See paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and 
Regulations. 
The revision extends the regulated area, adding to the area designated as 
lightly infested by the pink bollworm the following : That part of Pinal County 
in Arizona not heretofore within the regulated area, all of Maricopa County 
in Arizona, and the Texas counties of Brooks, Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg, and 
Jim Wells. 
Very truly yours, 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 72) 
QUARANTINE ISSUED TO PREVENT SPREAD OF WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE IN FOUR 
OF SOUTHERN STATES 
[Press notice] 
December 15, 1938. 
A quarantine on account of white-fringed beetle infestations in areas in 
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi — where this pest has become estab- 
lished as determined by extensive surveys during the past field season — was 
announced today by the Secretary of Agriculture. Under the provisions of this 
quarantine which becomes effective January 15, 1939, the interstate movement 
from the regulated areas of specified commodities is subject to inspection and 
certification requirements. 
Movement of such materials as soil, compost, manure, and balled nursery 
stock, as well as potatoes and sweetpotatoes, is regulated throughout the year. 
Bare-rooted nursery stock and other plants, beans, peas, peanuts in shells, cot- 
ton, hay and other roughage, lumber and other unmanufactured wood, building 
materials, used machinery, junk, and similar articles are regulated part of the 
year. 
The regulated areas are comprised of parts of the Alabama counties of 
Conecuh, Covington, Geneva, Mobile, Monroe, and Wilcox ; parts of the counties 
of Escambia, Okaloosa, and Walton in west Florida ; two entire Louisiana 
parishes and parts of two others all in the vicinity of and including the city 
of New Orleans, as well as East Baton Rouge Parish ; and parts of the Missis- 
sippi counties of Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Jones, Pearl River, and Stone. 
The white-fringed beetle, known to occur in South America, has become 
established in several areas in the four Southern States. The eggs are deposited 
