4 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July 1937 
on spruce cone from Germany; P. juglandina on walnut from Poland; P. magnolii- 
cola on magnolia from Japan; P. seposita on wisteria from Japan; P. tinea on 
viburnum from Italy; PhyUosticta auerswaldii on box from Germany: P. codiaeicola 
on croton from Bermuda; P. danoes on Ruscus from Italy: P. hibisci on Hibiscus 
from Bermuda; P. ruborum on raspberry from Switzerland: Phyiophthora capsici 
on tomato from Mexico: Puccinia angusiata on Scirpus from Spain; P. incondite 
on Solanum from Mexico: P. pimpinellae on anise from Mexico: P. tagcti cola on 
Tagetes from Mexico; Rhabdospora ramealis on Rubus from Eegiand; Sclerophoma 
(Phoma) strobiligena on pine from England and spruce from German v; Septobasi- 
dium prunophilum on plum from Japan; Septoria alliorum on leek from France: 
S. stellar iae on chiekweed from Italy: S. weissii on chervil from Italy; Sphaeronema 
tolcahuanense on Cryptocarya from Australia; Trematosphaeria caciorwm on cactus 
from Mexico: Uredo behnickianum on orchid from Panama: U. guacae on orchid 
from Costa Rica; Uromyccs commelinae on wandering jew from Mexico; U. limonii 
on sea-lavender from Union of South Africa; U. loti on lotus from Turkey; Yerticil- 
liodochium tubercularioides on walnut from Poland: and Volutella albido-pila on 
orchid from the Philippines. 
A number of the fungi intercepted did not appear to belong in species described 
as occurring on the hosts affected and were determined tentatively if at all. 
Included in this group are Anthosto mella sp. (unlike either of the two species 
described on orchids) on Oncidium speciosum from Mexico: Cladosporium sp. 
(undescribed) on croton leaf from Mexico; Collecioirichum sp. (no species reported 
on the host genus) on Stapelia sp. from Arabia and Uganda; Cytospora sp. (no 
species reported for host) on Macrozamia from Australia; Didymosphaeria sp. 
(no species reported on host) on freesia leaves from Netherlands; Gloeosporium sp. 
(probably undescribed) on Cattleya gigas from Colombia; Gloeosporium sp. 
(unlike described species) on globe artichoke from England: Helminthosporium 
sp. or spp. (unlike species reported on host) on tomatoes from Haiti and from 
Mexico: Macrophoma sp. (no species reported on host) on ismene lily from Azores; 
Macrophoma sp. (with spores smaller than those of M. paeoniae) on Paeonia suf- 
fruticosa from Japan; Ophiobolus sp. (no species reported on orchids) on Oncidium 
cavendishianum from Guatemala; Peridermium sp. (no species reported on host") 
on Pinus halepenis from Italy: Pesialozzia spp. (no species reported on ho*ts) on 
Limonium sp. from Union of South Africa and on Oncidium bicaUosum and 
Stanhopea wardii from Guatemala; Phomatospora sp. (no species described on 
host) on Camellia japonica from Japan; PhyUosticta n. sp. on holly from Yugo- 
slavia; PhyUosticta sp. (unlike species reported on orchids) on Laelia sp. from 
Mexico: Phyllcsticia sp. (P. laeliae? with small spores) on Oncidium ornitho- 
rhynchum from Guatemala; PhyUosticta sp. (no species reported on host) on 
Schizocodon macrophyllum from Japan; Rhabdospora sp. (no species reported on 
host) on Paeonia moutan from Japan; Sclerotium spp. (undetermined, apparently 
not reported on hosts) on Camellia japonica from Japan, on Car am carvi from 
Netherlands, on Lycoris radiata and Lycoris sp. from Japan, on mango seed from 
Sierra Leone, and on Nerine append icnlat a and N. sarniensis from Union of South 
Africa; Sphaerulina sp. (apparently undescribed) on Paeonia moutan and P. suf- 
fruticosa from Japan; Uredo sp. (no rust reported on host) on Maxillaria sp. from 
Venezuela; and UstUago sp. (unlike species on host) on Phalaris canariensis 
from Morocco. 
Diseased seeds were found on a number of occasions, these interceptions includ- 
ing Erysiphe umbelliferarum on parsnip seed from Germany and Netherlands; 
Fusicladium depression (with shorter spores than the description gives) on Foeni- 
culum uulgare seed from India and F. depressum on Foeniculum sp. seed from 
Hungary and from Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Gloeosporium ulmicolvm 
on elm seed from Canada; Phoma samararum on Fraxinus excelsior seed from Italy; 
Phomopsis tinea on Viburnum tinus seed from Italy; Sclerotium spp. on Carum 
cani seed from Netherlands, on mango seed from Sierra Leone, Pyrethrum sp. seed 
from England, and on acorns from England; and UstUago sp. (unlike species 
reported as affecting seed of host) in seeds of Phalaris canariensis from Morocco. 
Among the important or unusual fungous disease interceptions not included in 
the foregoing paragraphs were Cephalosporium pammclii var. purpurascens on 
apple from Japan; Cercosporella albomaculans on cabbage from Japan; Diaporthe 
perniciosa on apple from Morocco; Elsinoe phaseoli on lima beans from Cuba; 
Macrophoma oncidii on orchids from Brazil, Canal Zone, and the Philippines; 
Phoma ciincarpa on citrus from China and Japan; PhyUosticta laeliae on orchid 
from Mexico; Puccinia cannae on canna from Mexico; Pucciniastrum myriilli on 
azalea from Switzerland; Tilletia horrida in rice hulls from Japan and from the 
Philippines; Uredo jatrophicolo on Jatropha from Puerto Rico; and Verticillium 
