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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
[Oct.-Dec. 
These instructions supersede the list of exempted articles contained in B. E. 
P. Q. 3S6, 6th revision, which became effective October 10, 1941. 
(7 CFR 301.45; sec. 8, 39 Stat. 1165, 44 Stat. 250 ; 7 U. S. C. 161.) 
Done at Washington this 17th day of November 1942. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief. 
[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register November 25, 1942, 11 : 00 a. m. ; 7 
F. R. 9S28.] 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Office of Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, December 28, 19^2. 
modification of restrictions of gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine 
(quarantine no. 43) 
The notice of this Bureau appearing in the Postal Bulletin of October 20, 
1941, and on pages 23 and 24 of the November 1941 Supplement to the Postal 
Guide is amended by adding the following to the list of articles exempted from 
plant quarantine restrictions imposed under Quarantine Order No. 45 of the 
United States Department of Agriculture on account of the gypsy moth and 
brown-tail moth, the interstate movement of which is not considered to constitute 
a risk of moth dissemination : 
Salal, known to the trade as lemon cuttings, for ornamental use (Gaultheria 
shallon). 
Sawdust and shavings when accompanied with a statement to the effect that : 
"The consignor guarantees that the contents of this shipment have been 
produced under conditions which entitle the material to exemption as speci- 
fied in the Federal gypsy moth quarantine regulations or administrative 
instructions thereto." 
Vermiculite (variously termed zonolite or mica-gro) when exfoliated or 
expanded and when packaged in closed containers. 
Wintergreen for ornamental use (Gaultheria procumbens, Pyrola spp.). 
Postmasters will please correct their list of exempted articles and be governed 
accordingly. (See par. 1, sec. 595, Postal Laws and Regulations, and article 
62 (c), p. 24, of the current Postal Guide, Part I.) 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 72) 
WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE QUARANTINE REVISED 
[Press notice] 
December 31, 1942. 
Quarantine and regulations against the white-fringed beetle have been revised 
(effective December 28, 1942) the Department of Agriculture said today. 
First found in the United States in 1936 in the Gulf coast area, white-fringed 
beetles are potentially serious agricultural pests of South American origin. The 
larvae or grubs live in the soil, where they feed on and destroy the roots of such 
important food, feed, and fiber crops as peanuts, cotton, and corn. While the 
adult beetles are less destructive to crops than the grubs, they feed on a great 
variety of plants and cause some damage. 
Extensive efforts to suppress beetle populations and prevent damage by this 
new pest are conducted cooperatively by the Department and the States. Fed- 
eral and State quarantines are enforced to prevent spread of the pest to other 
States and to uninfested parts of the States in which the beetle has been found. 
The regulations were revised because of the discovery of white-fringed beetle 
infestations during the past summer and fall in the vicinity of Wilmington and 
