S. R. A.-B. E. P. Q. No 139 
Issued September 1939. 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
APRIL-JUNE 1939 
CONTENTS 
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Quarantine and other official announcements 56 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (Xo. 48) 56 
Administrative instructions— defining the term "commercially packed" as applied to ship- 
ments of apples or peaches under the Japanese beetle quarantine regulations (B. E. P. Q. 498) 
(supersedes B. P. Q. 352) 56 
Administrative instructions to inspectors on the treatment of nursery products, fruits, vege- 
tables, and soil for the Japanese beetle (B. E. P. Q. 499) 56 
Japanese beetle quarantine regulations amended - 68 
Modifications of Japanese beetle quarantine regulations (amendment No. 1) 68 
Amendment No. 1 to rules and regulations (seventeenth revision) supplemental to Notice of 
Quarantine No. 48 69 
Notice to general public through newspapers 77 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruitfly quarantine (No. 64) 77 
Texas grapefruit harvest extended through May 15: grapefruit must be sterilized after April 11. 77 
Administrative instructions relating to the Mexican fruitfly quarantine requiring sterilization 
of all grapefruit harvested on and after April 12, 1939, and extending the harvesting season 
on grapefruit to the close of May 15. 1939 CB. E. P. Q. 495) 77 
Announcements relating to white-fringed beetle quarantine (No. 72) 78 
Suggestions for construction of plunging and growing beds and their maintenance under 
beetle-free conditions in accordance with regulations of the white-fringed beetle quarantine 
(B. E. P. Q. 496) 78 
Administrative instructions— removal of white-fringed beetle certification requirements 
until July 1, 1939, for specified articles consigned from designated portions of the regulated 
areas (B. E. P. Q. 485, revised) 79 
Instructions to postmasters - 79 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 89 
Arizona . 81 
Arkansas- 81 
California 81 
District of Columbia 82 
Florida 82 
Hawaii 82 
Idaho 82 
Louisiana 83 
Mississippi. 83 
Montana 83 
Oklahoma 83 
Oregon 83 
Puerto Rico 84 
Utah 84 
Washington.. 84 
Miscellaneous items 85 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Malta (B. E. P. Q. 406, revised, sup- 
plement No. 2) 85 
Plant-quarantine import res trictions, Eire (Irish Free State) (B. E. P. Q. 408, supplement 
No. 1) 85 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Finland (B. E. P. Q. 420, supplement 
No. 2) 85 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Rumania (B. E. P. Q. 422, supplement 
No. 4) _ 86 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of St. Lucia, British West Indies (B. E. P. Q. 
434, revised, supplement No. 1).. _. 87 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions (Persia) Iran (B. E. P. Q. 449, supplement No. 3) 87 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Union of South Africa (B. E. P. Q. 471, supplement 
No. 1) „ 87 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Commonwealth of Australia (B. E. P. Q.476, supple- 
ment No. 3) 88 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Venezuela (B. E. P. Q. 497) 89 
Plant-quarantine inqrart restrictions, Mandated Australian Territory of New Guinea 
(B. E. P. Q. 500) 89 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act... 92 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 95 
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