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hibited "for a term of three years or so long as such condition of menace to 
the cotton industry shall be deemed to exist." Most of the planters included 
in these areas have come to appreciate fully the need and it is believed there 
will be very little actual opposition to this action. In spite of the enormous 
‘area now involved in the infestation there is still a reasonable, chance of 
exterminating the insect. Such extermination, however, will require the loyal 
* cooperation of the State authorities and particularly of all the planters with- 
in the quarantined territory. 
A border cotton-free zone has also been established by a proclamation 
‘of the Governor under date of February 19, to include the counties of Kinney, 
Maverick, and Valverde as a result of the determination of infestation of cot- 
“ton lands in Mexico within 25 miles of the Texas-Mexican border opposite Hagle 
Pass and Del Rio. The planting of cotton in the counties designated is pro- 
hibited “for a period of three years or so long as such condition of menace to 
the cotton industry shall be deemed to exist." 
The establishment of these cotton-free areas and zone complete the legal 
action which is dependent on the Texas law and makes it possible to go forward 
with the full program of control which has been provided for now, both by Fed- 
eral and State legislation. ; 
The Board is considering an improvement in the border disinfection 
System, namely, the disinfection of cars and contents in special fumigation 
sheds or houses. Mr. Beattie is now on the border making preliminary arrange- 
ments for such disinfection. Fumigation of this sort seems to be necessitated 
by the risk which always obtains of moths adhering to the exterrior of cars 
and thus escaping the interior fumigation hitherto given or even escaping the 
supplemental oil sprays which will be given all cars entering the United States 
beginning March 1. 
The station established in the Laguna is now getting in working order 
and has secured very satisfactory quarters. 
A formal notice of hearing on account of the banana root.borer (Cosmo- 
“polites sordidus Germar) has been issued for March sal ho 
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. 
A. D. Hopkins, Forest Riicedloeter 
; Frank B. Herbert, Scientific Assistant at the Los Gatos [California] 
Laboratory, spent the week beginning January 28, investigating shade tree 
pests in the region north of San Francisco Bay. 
The most important shade-tree pest of this region was found to be the 
cypress bark scale (Sphaerococeus cupressi whrhorn) heirs was found to 
be widely distributed upon the Monterey cypress in this region and to be es- 
pecially abundant at Martinez, Benicia, Santa Rosa, and ee Rafael, where it 
was doing considerable ee At the Benicia Cemetery every Monterey cypress 
examined was infested and fully 20 per cent were dead with many others dying. 
Many Italian cypresses olanted in their midst were found to be immune. 
The only infestation by the cypress barkbeetle (Phloeosinus cupressi 
Hopk.) found was at Martinez where they had killed three trees in a row of 12, 
all of which were previously heavily infested vith the scale. 
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The Huropean elm scale (Gossyparia spuria [Modeer]) was found abun- 
dant at San Rafael. 

