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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
lOct.-Dec. 
movement from the Territory of Hawaii into or through any other Territory, 
State, or District of the United States, of all fruits and vegetables in the natural 
or raw state, on account of the Mediterranean fruitfly (Ceratitis capitata) and 
the melontiy (Uncus cucurbitae) . 
Sugarcane. — Quarantine No. 16, revised, effective January 1, 1035: Prohibits 
the movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through 
any other Territory, State, or District of the United States of canes of sugar- 
cane, or cuttings or parts thereof, sugarcane leaves, and bagasse, on account of 
certain injurious insects and diseases of sugarcane, except that movement will 
be allowed under permit of specific materials on condition that they have been or 
are to be so treated, processed, or manufactured that, in the judgment of the 
Department, their movement will involve no pest risk. 
Sweetpotato. — Quarantine No. 30, revised, effective October 10, 1934: Pro- 
hibits the movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or 
through any other Territory, State, or District of the United States of any vari- 
ety of sweetpotato (Ipoinoea batatas Poir.), regardless of the use for which the 
same is intended, on account of the sweetpotato stem borer (Omphisa anasto- 
mosalis Guen.) and the sweetpotato scarabee (Euscepes batatae Waterh.). 
Banana plants— Quarantine No. 32, effective April 1, 1918: Prohibits the 
movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any 
other Territory, State, or District of the United States of any species or variety 
of banana plants (Musa spp.), regardless of the use for which the same is in- 
tended, on account of two injurious weevils (Rhabdocnemis obscurus Boisd. and 
Mctaniasius hcmipterus Linn.). 
Hawaiian and Puerto Rican cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products. — 
Quarantine No. 47, effective August 15, 1920 : Prohibits, except as provided in 
the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, effective August 15, 1920, the 
movement of cotton, seed or unginned cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products, 
except oil. from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any 
other Territory, State, or District of the United States on account of the pink boll- 
worm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) and the cotton-blister mite (Eriophyes 
gossypii Banks). 
Vnited States quarantined to protect Hawaii. — Quarantine No. 51, effective 
October 1, 1921 : Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations sup- 
plemental thereto, effective October 1, 1921, the movement from the United 
States to the Territory of Hawaii, as ships' stores or as baggage or effects of 
passengers or crews, of sugarcane, corn (other than shelled corn), cotton, alfalfa, 
and the fruits of the avocado and papaya in the natural or raw state, on account 
of injurious insects, especially the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccha?-alis Fab.), 
the alfalfa weevil (Hypera postica Gyll.). the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus 
grandis Boh.), the papaya fruitfly (Torotrypana eurvicauda Gerst.), and certain 
insect enemies of the fruit of the avocado. 
Purrto Rican fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 58. revised, effective 
January 22, 1941: Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations 
supplemental thereto, effective January 22, 1941, the movement from the Terri- 
tory of Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or District of 
the United States of all fruits and vegetables in the raw or unprocessed state, 
on account of certain injurious insects, including the fruitflies Anastrepha 
susfjcnsa (Loew) and A. mombinpraeoptans Sein, and the bean-pod borer Maruca 
testulalis ( Geyer). 
Sand. soil, or earth, with plants from Hawaii and Puerto Rico. — Quarantine 
No. 60. revised, effective September 1. 1936 : Prohibits the movement from the 
Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, State, 
or District of the United States of sand (other than clean ocean sand), soil, 
or earth around the roots of plants, to prevent the spread of white grubs, the 
Japanese rose beetle, and termites or white ants. Provision is made for the re- 
tention of potted plants on board vessels from Hawaii and Puerto Rico when 
evidence is presented satisfactory to the plant quarantine inspector that the 
soil has been so treated or is so safeguarded as to eliminate pest risk. 
Foreign Plant Quarantines 
Pink boUworm. — Quarantine No. 8, effective July 1, 1913, with revised regula- 
tions effective July 1, 1917 : Forbids the importation from any foreign locality 
and country, excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley in the State of 
