Excerpt from List of Intercepted Plant Pests, 1934: List of Pests Recorded During the Period July 1, 1933, to June 30, 193, Inclusive, as Intercepted In, On, or With Plants and Plant Products Entering United States Territory Larvae of the vine moth (polychrosis botrana) were intercepted in grapes from Italy. The rhododendron whitefiy (dialeurodes chittendeni) was taken on rhodo dendrons from England. Cipollini from Morocco were infested with Exosomaz lusitanica The Asiatic rice borer (chilo simplex) arrived with. Rice straw from China and Japan. Apion carduorum (curculionidae) infested! Globe artichokes from Italy. Leptoglossus chilensis (coreidae) was taken on grapes, from Chile. Ceutorhynchus ericae (curculionidae) arrived with heather from Ire land and Scotland. The European corn borer (pyrausta nubilalis) was intercepted in green corn and string beans from J apan. The pink bollworm (pectinophora gossypiella) was intercepted in cotton bolls from Antigua, cottonseed from Egypt, India, Mexico, and the Orient, seed cotton 1 from China and Mexico, and (adult) in a pillow containing raw cotton from Brazil. Epicaerus sp. (curculionidae) was found in potatoes from Mexico.' Kalotermes malatensis, (termite) infested wood used as a base for orchids from the Philippines. Broomcorn from Italy was infested with the durra stem borer' (sesamia cretica). Epilachna borealis distincta (coccinellidae) arrived with banana debris from Mexico. The bean pod borer (maruca testulalis) was inter cepted in a string bean from China and in lima beans from Cuba. Chionaspis yanonensis (coccidae) was taken on orange and tangerine from Japan. The coffee berry borer (stephanoderes kampei) arrived in unroasted coffee from Brazil and Sumatra. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.