April, ’20] 
SASSCER: IMPORTED INSECT PESTS 
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The pink bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders) was collected 
in cotton seed from China, Angola, Africa, and Mexico. Inasmuch as 
this insect has received so much attention in literature of late, there is 
no need of elaborating on the injury occasioned to cotton by this pest at 
this time. 
Yams from Jamaica were found to be infested with Palaeopus 
dioscorece Pierce, a weevil which, thus far, seems to be confined to that 
island. Sweet potatoes, arriving in New York from Antigua, British 
West Indies, were found to harbor living larvae, purpae, and adults of 
the scarabee ( Euscepes batatce Waterhouse), and sweet potato cuttings 
from Hawaii were infested with Euscepes porcellus Boheman. Ap¬ 
parently none of these weevils are now established in the United States. 
Larvae of presumably A nastrepha frater cuius Wied. were intercepted in 
New Orleans in grapefruit and mangos from Cuba, Guatemala, and 
Jamaica. The gold-tail moth ( Porthesia similis Fuessl.) was taken on 
Acer atropurpurea and Azalea amoena from Holland, and the sorrel 
cutworm ( Acronycta rumicis L.) was intercepted on two shipments of 
pear and quince from France. Nests of the brown-tail moth ( Euproctis 
chrysorrhoea L.) were found in five French shipments of Cotoneaster, 
apple and Manetti stock, and egg masses of the gipsy moth ( Porthetria 
dispar L.) were present on quince, apple, and Manetti stocks from 
France and on boxwood from Holland. Rhododendrons and boxwood 
from Holland exhibited Agonopteryx ocellana Fabr., and azaleas from 
the same country were infested with Gracilaria zachrysa Meyr., as were 
also two shipments of the same plants from Belgium. 
An undescribed species of Recticulitermes was taken in moss used 
as packing around the roots of Litchi and citrus from the Philippine 
Islands, and a species of Melanotus was taken in ship’s ballast from 
Spain. Soil around Dutch rhododendrons was found to harbor 
Athous niger L., and rice straw used as packing in Japan was infested 
with a species of Crambus. 
Pineapple shoots from the Straits Settlements were thickly infested 
with a small mite ( Stigmarodes cinctus Ewing) which seems to be 
established in the United States and confined to the southwest. 
Japanese wistarias arrived infested with Agromyza shineri Girard, 
and a species of Xyleborus, and tamarind seed pods from Guatemala 
and Cape Verde Islands were infested with Calandra linearis Herbst. 
Soil around azaleas from Holland was found to carry the European mole 
cricket ( Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa L.) which probably confirms the belief 
which has prevailed for some time that the introduction into New 
Jersey several years ago was attributable to soil around balled plants. 
Two shipments of Japanese figs were found infested with a cerambycid 
