BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
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Posting of the most important highways was concluded early in 
Mav with the additions of one station in Virginia and two in Ohio. 
When the seasonal restrictions on fruits and vegetables became opera- 
tive on June 15. eight additional stations were opened in Virginia. 
Inspection personnel was increased during June and full quotas of 
men were assigned to the posts by June IT. 
During June 1940. 2-4 road stations were in operation. Of this 
number 14 were in Virginia. 1 in West Virginia, and 9 in Ohio. 
Toward the end of June 3 special floater stations were opened in 
Virginia and 1 each in Maryland and West Virginia. 
Empty trucks returning to southern points after driving through 
sections in which beetles were swarming were found to contain 7,778 
live beetles. 
Eighty-four lots of infested plant material were intercepted at the 
posts, from which were removed 9 adult beetles and 274 grubs. 
Counts of all motor vehicles stopped at the road stations for inspec- 
tion during the year totaled 4.117,608. Uncertified quarantined 
products were found in 22,665 vehicles. 
CERTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF NURSERY STOCK 
As a result of scouting during the summer of 1939 within the 
regulated area, 3,313 beetles were found on the premises of 204 
nurseries and greenhouses, and 749 beetles within a 500-foot radius 
of 79 other establishments. In the Xew England States 70 establish- 
ments were found infested in Connecticut. 7 in Massachusetts. 1 in 
Xew Hampshire, and 2 in Rhode Island. Nursery infestations in 
the other States in the regulated area were as follows : Delaware, 16 
establishments; Maryland, 52; Xew Jersey, 2: Xew York, 24; Ohio, 
1; Pennsylvania, 21; Virginia. 7: and West Virginia, 1. 
Twenty nurseries that were assigned to class III, as the result 
of one or a few beetles found on the premises in previous years, 
were rescouted during the summer of 1939 to determine their eligi- 
bility for restoration to an uninfected status. Seven establishments 
were found free of infestation and accordingly reverted to class I 
or preferred status. Two units were granted preferred status in 
part. Nursery and greenhouse scouting was completed by the middle 
of September. 
Among the latest reports of adults observed was the collection of 
150 beetles and the observation of additional beetles at Bedford, 
Westchester County. X. Y., on October 10. The beetles were as 
active as at any time during the summer. October 10 was also the 
latest date on which adults were observed in Connecticut, several 
specimens having been collected on that day in Xew Haven. The 
Philadelphia, Pa., office reported that the last Japanese beetle was 
found in that area on November 28. 
Large quantities of nursery and greenhouse stock were certified 
for movement from infested establishments within the regulated area. 
A large number of shipments originating on noninfested establish- 
ments within the regulated area were also certified. In April 87 
carloads of nursery stock were shipped from Xew Jersey. 
A few additional inspectors were employed in March to take care 
of increased demands for the inspection and certification of green- 
house and nursery stock. An extra inspector was hired for assign- 
ment during the remainder of the spring shipping season at one of 
