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now be established in Mississippi. This one interception revealed 
some fifty odd packages of cotton lint and seed which bore living larvae, 
pupae, and adults of the Pink Boll worm. This collection of seed, while 
very innocent in appearance, would no doubt have resulted in an enor¬ 
mous tax on the part of cotton growers, had it been permitted to reach 
its ultimate destination. 
The following incident illustrates the possibility of introducing the 
Pink Boll worm in cotton and cotton waste used for packing. A collec¬ 
tion of souveniers arriving in New York from St. Kitts was packed 
with cotton lint which contained seed infested with living larvae of the 
Pink Bollworm. The package in question was in the possession of a 
passenger and was intercepted in the course of inspecting passengers’ 
baggage for contraband material. The Pink Bollworm, in addition to 
the instances referred to above, was collected in cotton seed arriving 
from the following countries: Brazil 1, Egypt 4, Porto Rico 1, St. Kitts, 
British West Indies 1. It was also found in cotton bolls from Hawaii. 
Even though it was possible to make only a cursory inspection at the 
port of entry, Narcissus bulbs arriving from Holland were repeatedly 
found to be infested with the larvae of the Lesser Bulb Fly, Eumerus 
strigatus Fallen. The same type of bulbs from France and Holland were 
also infested with the Narcissus Fly, Merodon equestris Fab. A fairly 
careful examination of bulbs arriving in Philadelphia revealed an in¬ 
festation ranging from one to twelve and one-half per cent. The larvae 
of both insects were present in this shipment. A similar, but smaller 
shipment of French bulbs (infested with Merodon equestris Fab.) which 
arrived in New York, was examined with equal care, and the results 
indicated that in five cases examined, the infestation ranged from two 
to five percent. 
Iris rhizomes from England, Holland, and France arrived on a num¬ 
ber of occasions infested with Anuraphis tulipae Boyer, and roots of 
this plant from England were also found infested by Micromyzus 
tulipaella (Theo.). The Bulb Mite, Rhizoglyphus hyacinthi (Boisd.) was 
found on a great variety of bulbs; in fact; it is perhaps safe to state that 
every commerical shipment of bulbs of any size arrives infested with 
this mite. Injury by this mite has during the past year been reported 
from Colorado, where it is stated that it caused the loss of an entire 
crop of lillies. Incidentally, it has also been recorded as injuring smilax 
and asparagus ferns in Pennsylvania.' 2 
Scale insects continue to arrive on plants of various descriptions. 
2 Jr. Ec. Ent., Vol. XV, No. 2, April 1922, p. 179 (Primm). 
