S. R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 152 
Issued December 1942. 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1942 
CONTENTS 
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Quarantine and other official announcements 49 
Announcement relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (No. 45) 49 
Sheals to head Division of Gypsy Moth and Brown-Tail Moth Control in the United States 
Department of Agriculture (press notice) 49 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 50 
Instr u ctions to postmasters 50 
Japanese beetle administrative instructions modified (B. E. P. Q. 394, second revision) 50 
Beetle restrictions on vegetable and fruit shipments ended for season (press notice) 51 
Administrative instructions modifying the restrictions of the Japanese beetle quarantine by 
advancing the date of termination of restrictions on fruit and vegetable shipments under 
§ 301.48 of the Japanese beetle quarantine to September 9 for the year 1942 (B. E. P. Q. 524) . 52 
Japanese beetle administrative instructions modified (B. E. P. Q. 499, supplement No. 6)... 52 
Japanese beetle administrative instructions modified (B. E. P. Q. 499, supplement No. 1, 
sixth revision) 54 
Japanese beetle administrative instructions modified (B. E. P. Q. 499, supplement No. 7) 56 
Announcement relating to pink bollworm quarantine (No. 52) 58 
Pink bollworm quarantine regulations modified (B. E. P. Q. 493, second revision) 58 
Announcements relating to white-fringed beetle quarantine (No. 72) 59 
White-fringed beetle regulations modified (B. E. P. Q. 485, tenth revision) 59 
Hearing will consider beetle quarantine for North Carolina (press notice) 60 
Notice of public hearing to consider the advisability of revising the white-fringed beetle quar- 
antine to include North Carolina 60 
Announcements relating to Mexican border regulations 61 
Mexican Border Act 61 
Mexican border regulations (press notice) ..- 62 
Mexican border regulations effective September 8, 1942 62 
Miscellaneous items 65 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Jamaica, British Westlndies (B. P. Q. 355, revised, sup- 
plement No. 4) 65 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Peru (P. Q. C. A. 310, supplement No. 6) 65 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 65 
Arizona plant quarantine 65 
Oregon State plant quarantines 66 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 69 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 71 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
SHEALS TO HEAD DIVISION OF GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH CONTROL 
IN U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
[Press notice] 
August 18, 1942. 
The Department of Agriculture today named Ralph A. Sheals as leader of 
the Division of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Control in the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine. 
Dr. P. N. Annand, Chief of the Bureau, said that Mr. Sheals will relieve 
A. F. Burgess, who has been in field charge of the work on gypsy moth control 
since its beginning as a Federal project nearly 35 years ago. By releasing Mr. 
Burgess from administrative responsibility the Bureau can take advantage of 
his long experience in insect control work by having him review for the Chief 
of the Bureau other insect control projects now being carried on. Mr. Burgess 
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