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The cylinder, which has been approved, is 50 feet long and 9 feet in diameter, and 
may be used either for fumigation or sterilization work. 
The cotton fumigation plant operated by the California Cotton Mills Company 
and formerly located at Seattle, Washington, has been moved from that city to San 
Francisco, Calif. This leaves but one cotton vacuum fumigation plant in Seattle. 
The fumigation plant operated by this same company at Oakland, Calif., has been 
equipped for sterilization work, and the entry of broom corn is now permitted at that 
port. 
Fumigation facilities now being available at Portland, Ore., this port has been 
opened for the entry of baled cotton. The fumigation plant was constructed by Mr. 
Harry Leckenby, and the cylinder of the fumigatorium is 67 feet long and 6>2 feet in 
diameter. It is conveniently located on the docks, avoiding the necessity of a long 
haul after the cargo has been discharged. 
Green chickpeas in the pod were found by Mr. Emile Kostal, of New York, to be 
infested with the following insects: Heliothis virescens Fab. in peas from Porto Rico, 
Jamaica, and Barbadoes; Etiella zinkeneila Trist. in peas from Porto Rico; and 
Ancylostomia stercorea Zeller in peas from Jamaica and Trinidad. 
Prof. David Lumsden visited various points in the state of New York during the 
latter part of June examining plants imported under special permit. While at 
Rochester he collected in Highland Park adults of the Oblong Leaf Weevil, Phyllobius 
oblongus Linn., feeding on elm. Apparently this is the first record of the occurrence 
of this common European insect in the United States. An immediate investigation 
of the Rochester infestation will be made. 
Mr. A. C. Fleury reports that through the vigilance of one of the inspectors of the 
State Department of Agriculture of California there was intercepted at San Francisco 
in the baggage of a passenger arriving at that port from Honolulu, H, T., several 
cotton bolls containing cotton seed which upon examination were found to be in¬ 
fested with living larvae of the Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. 
The owner of the cotton bolls claimed that she had received them from the Man¬ 
chester New Hampshire Cotton Mills, and that they had been sent to her for the 
purpose of teaching textiles. 
Inspectors of the Federal Horticultural Board stationed on the Mexican Border 
have found mangoes from the interior of Mexico during the months of May and June 
to be infested with the Mexican Fruit Fly, Anastrepha ludens Lw. These larvae 
were taken at Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, and Juarez. It was 
difficult to determine definitely the origin of the fruit, although some of it was re¬ 
ported to have come from the state of Jalisco. An inspector of the California 
State Department of Agriculture also intercepted this insect in mangoes found in the 
ship’s stores of a vessel arriving at San Pedro from Mexico. 
The following interesting interceptions have been made by inspectors of the 
Florida State Plant Board: 
Coccus viridis (Green), the green scale, was intercepted from Nassau in three 
different shipments. Nine shipments from the Bahama Islands showed an infesta¬ 
tion of Pseudaonidia articulatus (Morg.) and Aspidiotus destructor Sign, was taken 
on three occasions on cocoanuts and four times on bananas from Cuba. Yams from 
Cuba and Grand Cayman were infested with Targionia Jiartii (Cklh). 
