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 Quarantino and RoKuIations 
 Effort ive January Ifi, 1939 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 
 BLREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 
 WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE QUARANTINE (QUARANTINE 
 
 NO. 72) 
 INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
 
 The white-friiige<l beetle was first dlscovere<i in the United States in Okaloosa 
 County. Fla.. in the autumn of liK3(>. This pest is known to (X-cur in South 
 America and has rt^xMitly been reported in New South Wales, but the time and 
 methtxl of introduction into the United States are unknown. 
 
 The larvae of the beetle feed on a wide variety of plant roots and tubers, while 
 the adults feeil on leaves and tender shoots above ground. 
 
 Adults may be carried to other iK)ints by any moving thing, eggs may be 
 transported from place to place in the movement of almost any article coming 
 In contact with the ground, and larvae may be moved with various kinds of soil, 
 peat, compost, and manure. 
 
 It is evident, therefore, that cosmopolitan food habits of the pest, its diverse 
 means of spread in any stage of development, together with its parthenogenetic 
 mode of rep nxl net ion. characterize the white-fringed beetle as a potentially 
 aerious threat to American agricultural and horticultural interests. 
 
 SUMMARY 
 
 The restricted articles are prohibited movement interstate from any regu- 
 lated area to or through any point outside thereof unless there is attached 
 to the outside of the container a valid insi>ection certificate is.sued by an 
 inspector duly authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture. This 
 requirement applies in the case of all restricted articles and for the period 
 of the year designated in regulation 3 unless the Chief of the Bureau has given 
 formal notice to the public that modification has been made as to the articles, 
 or areas, or periods of the year specified in the regulations. 
 
 The list of restricted articles and the period of the year when the certifi- 
 cation requirement applies, are stated in regulation 3. 
 
 The regulated areas are designated in regulation 2. 
 
 Arrangements for inspection may be made by addressing the Bureau of 
 Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Box 9S9, Gulfport, Miss. 
 
 Lee a. Strong, 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
 
 NOTICE OF QU.\RANTINE NO. 72 
 
 (Approved December 14, 1938; effective January 15. 1939) 
 
 I. H. A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, have determined that a quaran- 
 tine of the States of Alabama. Florida. Louisiana, and Mississijjpi is necessary 
 to prevent the spread of dangerous infestations of the white-fringed beetle 
 (yauijaetuj_le_us:j)lotna Boh.), and a closely related species of Xnupa-ctus, two 
 in.^^'t pests nor widely prevalent within and throughout the United States. 
 
 Now, therefore, under authority conferred by section 8 of the Plant Quar- 
 antine Act of August 2<1. 11)12 (37 Stat. 31.5). as amended, and having given 
 thf pulilic hearing reqtiired thereby. I do (piarantine the States of Alabama. 
 Florida. L<.uisiana, and Mississippi and do order that (1) nursery stock or any 
 other plants or plant products; (2) soil. indei)endent of. or used* in connection 
 with. nurs<'ry stock, plant.s or plant products; or (3) other articles (as specifi- 
 cally named in the regulations supplemental hereto, in nuMlifications thereof. 
 or in administrative instructions as provided in the reguhitions supplemenUii 
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hereto) which are capahle of carrying the aforesaid insect infestations, shall 
 not be shipped or offered for shipment to a common carrier by any person, or 
 received for transportation or transported by a common carrier, or carried or 
 transported by any person from any such State into or through any other 
 State or Territory or District of the United States, under conditions other than 
 those prescribed in the regulations supplemental hereto : Provided, That the 
 restrictions of this quarantine and of the regulations supplemental hereto may 
 be limited to such areas, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as regulated 
 areas, in the quarantined States, as, in his judgment, shall be adequate to pre- 
 vent the spread of the said pest or pests. Any such limitation shall be condi- 
 tioned, however, upon the affected State or States providing for and enforcing 
 the control of the intrastate movement of the restricted articles under the 
 conditions which apply to their interstate movement under existing provi- 
 sions of the Federal quarantine regulations, and upon their enforcing such 
 control and sanitation measures with respect to such areas or portions thereof 
 as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be deemed adequate 
 to prevent the intrastate spread therefrom of said insect infestation : And Pro- 
 vided further; That whenever, in any year, the Chief of the Bureau of Ento- 
 mology and Plant Quarantine shall find that facts exist as to the pest risk 
 involved in the movement of one or more of the articles to which the regula- 
 tions supplemental hereto apply, making it safe to modify, by making less 
 stringent, the restrictions contained in any such regulations, he shall set forth 
 and publish such finding in administrative instructions, specifying the manner 
 in which the applicable regulation should be made less stringent, whereupon 
 such modification shall become effective, for such period and for such regulated 
 area or portion thereof as shall be specified in said administrative instructions, 
 and every reasonable effort shall be made to give publicity to such administra- 
 tive instructions throughout the affected areas. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington this 14th day of December 1938. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depart- 
 ,^^><^ ment of Agriculture. 
 
 fAS*^^ H. A. Wallace, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 72 
 Regulation 1. Definitions 
 
 (a) The pests. — The white-fringed beetle, Naupactus leucoloma Boh., and a 
 closely related species of Naupactus, in any stage of development. 
 
 (&) Adults and larvae. — Adults and larvae of Naupactus leucoloma and a 
 closely related species of Naupactus. 
 
 (c) Regulated area. — Any area in a quarantined State which is now, or which 
 may hereafter be, designated as regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
 in accordance with the provisos to notice of Quarantine No. 72. 
 
 (d) Restricted articles. — Products or articles of any character whatsoever, 
 the interstate movement of which is restricted by the provisions of the white- 
 fringod beetle quarantine, and the regulations supplemental thereto. 
 
 (c) Inspector. — Duly authorized Federal plant-quarantine inspector. 
 
 (/■) Certificate. — An approved document, issued by an inspector, evidencing 
 the apparent freedom of restricted articles from the pests. 
 
 (g) Limited permit. — An approved document, issued by an inspector, to allow 
 movement of noncertified, restricted articles to or from designated and author- 
 ized manufacturing plants, mills, gins, or processing plants. 
 
 (h) Dealer-carrier permit. — An approved document issued to persons or firms 
 approved for, and engaged in purchasing, assembling, exchanging, processing, 
 or transporting restricted articles. • 
 
 (/) Administrative in. "it ructions. — Administrative instructions issued by the 
 vChief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
 
 (;) Infested or mfestation. — Infested by the white-fringed beetle, the closely 
 ■related species, or both such pests, in any stage of development. 
 
Regulation 2. Regulated Areas 
 
 The following countios, parishos, citios and towns or parts thereof, as de- 
 scribed, are designated b.v the Secretary of Agriculture as regulated areas: 
 
 Alahania. — In Conecuh, Monroe, and Wilcox Counties: The W-z-j Tps, 5 and 
 6 N. and all of Tps. 7, S. 9, 10, and SVo T. 11 N., R. 9 B. All of Tps. 5, G, 
 7, a 0, and S^.. T. 10 N.. R. 8 E. Sees. 25, 2G, 3'), and 36, T 7 N., R. 7 E., and sees. 
 
 I and 2, T. 6 N., R. 7 E. ; in Covington County: T. 1. N., Rs. 17 and IS E. and 
 SEH T. 1 N.. R. 16 E. and all south of both areas to the Alabama-Florida State 
 line; in Gvncni County: Sees. 31, 32, and 33, T. 1 N., R. 19 E. and .south thereof 
 to the Alabama-Florida State line; in Mobile County: That area bound on the 
 east by Mc)bile River, on the south by Congress Street and a line extended 
 tlierefrom to Mobile River in the city of Mobile, on the west by Joachim Street 
 in the same city, to its intersection with One Mile Creek; thence northeast along 
 One Mile Creek to Conception Street Road ; thence northwest on said road to 
 Three Mile Creek ; thence east along Three Mile Creek to Mobile River. 
 
 Florida. — In Eseanihia Count ij: AW of the city of Pensacola : in Okaloosa 
 County: T. 5 N., R. 22 W. and sees. 1, 2, and 3 of T. 5 N., R. 23 W. and all 
 lands north of both areas to the Florida-Alabama State line; in Walton Counti/: 
 T. 5 N., Rs. 20 and 21 W. and sees. 31, 32, and 33, T. 6 N., R. 19 W. and all 
 lands north of both areas to the Florida-Alabama State line ; also sec. 1-24 
 inclusive of T. 4 N., R. 19 W. 
 
 Louisiana. — All of Orleans Parish including the city of New Orleans, and all 
 of Saint Bernard Parish; in East Baton Rouge Parish: T. 7 S., Rs. 1 and 2 E. 
 and 1 W., including all of the city of Baton Rouge ; in Jefferson and Plaque- 
 mines Parishes: Those parts lying north of the township line between Tps. 
 14 and 15 S. 
 
 Mississippi. — In Harrison and Stone Counties: That area bound by the east 
 line of sec. 31, T. 7 S., R. 10 W. extending from a point where it intersects 
 or would intersect with the Mississippi Sound if extended without change in 
 direction to said sound : thence north to Bayou Bernard ; thence following a 
 general northwesterly direction along Bayou Bernard to east line of sec. 22, 
 T. 7 S., R. 11 W., thence north to intersection with Biloxi River, thence north- 
 west along Biloxi River to intersection with the east line of sec. 5, T. 6 S., R. 
 
 II W., thence north to SE corner sec. 32, T. 3 S., R. 11 W., thence west along 
 township line to SE corner sec. 34. T. 3 S., R. 12 W., thence south to a point 
 where the east line of sec. 15, T. 7 S.. R. 12 W. intersects Landon Road, thence 
 west along Landon Road to intersection of east line of sec. 9, T. 7 S., R. 12 W., 
 thence south to Mississippi Sound, thence along the sound to starting point and 
 including all property extending onto or over the waters of Mississippi Sound ; 
 in Hinds County: Ei/o T. 6 N., R. 3 W., and W% T. 6 N., R. 2 W. ; in Jackson 
 County: That area included within a boundary beginning at SE corner sec. 31, 
 T. 7 S., R. 5 W., and extending north to Escatawpa River; thence west along 
 said river to the Pascagoula River, thence south along Pascagoula River to 
 township line between Tps. 7 and 8 S., thence east along the said township 
 line to the starting point; in Jones County: That area included within a bound- 
 ary beginning at SW corner sec. 14, T. 8 N., R. 12 W., thence east to SE corner 
 sec. 16, T. 8 N.. R. 11 W., thence north to NE corner sec. 9. T. 8 N., R. 11 W., 
 thence east to NE corner sec. 11, T. 8 N., R. 11 W., thence north to NE corner 
 sec. 26, T. 9 N.. R. 11 W., thence west to SE corner sec. 21, T. 9 N.. R. 11 W., 
 thence north to NE corner sec. 16, T. 9 N., R. 11 W., thence west to NW corner 
 seo. 14, T. 9 N.. R. 12 W., thence south to Tallahoma Creek, thence southerly 
 along said creek to its intersection with the west line of sec. 11. T. 8 N., R. 12 
 W., thence south to starting point; in Pearl River Countii: All of T. 5 S., R. 
 16 W., and E% T. 5 S., R. 17 W. 
 
 Regulation 3. Restricted Articles 
 
 (a) Carriers of larvae. — The interstate movement of the following articles 
 from the regulated areas is regulated throughout the year : 
 
 (1) Soil, earth, sand, clay, peat, compost, and irwinure whether moved inde- 
 pendent of. or in connection with or attached to nursery stock, plants, products, 
 articles, or things. 
 
 (2) Potatoes and sweetpotatoes. 
 
 (6) Carriers of eggs and adults. — Except as provided in regulation 4 hereof, 
 the interstate movement from any regulated area of the following products is 
 regulated for the periods indicated : 
 
From June 1 to November 30, inclusive, of each year: 
 
 (1) Swcetpotato vines, draws, and cuttings. 
 
 (2) Cordwood, pulpwood, stump wood, and logs. 
 
 (3) Unused lumber, timbers, posts, poles, and cross ties. 
 From June 1 to January 31, inclusive, of any 12-month period: 
 
 (1) Hay, roughage of all kinds, straw, leaves, and leafmold. 
 
 (2) Peas, beans, and peanuts in shells, or the shells of any of these products. 
 
 (3) Seed cotton, cottonseed, baled cotton lint, and linters. 
 
 (4) Used implements and machinery, scrap metal, junk, and utensils or con- 
 tainers coming in contact with the ground. 
 
 (5) Brick, tiling, stone, and concrete slabs and blocks. 
 
 (6) Used lumber, timbers, posts, poles, cross ties, and other building 
 m.aterials. 
 
 (7) Nursery stock and other plants, which are free from soil. 
 
 (c) Designation of other restricted articles. — Any other articles which, by 
 reason of exposure or surroundings, may be found by the Chief of the Bureau 
 of Entomology and Plant Quarantine to serve as carriers of the pest in any 
 stage of development and which are so designated by him in administrative 
 instructions, shall thereafter be subject to the restrictions of this quarantine 
 and the regulations supplemental thereto. 
 
 Regulation 4. Conditions Governing Interstate Movement of Restricted Articles 
 
 (a) Restricted articles shall not be moved interstate from a regulated area 
 to or through any point outside thereof unless accompanied by a valid inspec- 
 tion certificate issued by an inspector: Provided, That certification require- 
 ments as they relate to part or all of any regulated area and as they pertain 
 to carriers of adults and eggs, may be waived, during part or all of the year, 
 by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, on his finding 
 and giving notice thereof, in administrative instructions, that the State con- 
 cerned has promulgated and enforced adequate sanitary measures on and about 
 the premises on which restricted articles originate or are retained, or that ade- 
 quate volunteer sanitary measures have been applied, or that other control or 
 natural conditions exist which have eliminated the risk of egg or adult 
 contamination. 
 
 (&) No certificates are required for interstate movement of regulated arti- 
 cles when such movement is wholly within contiguous regulated areas. 
 
 Regulation 5. Conditions Governing the Issuance of Certificates and Permits 
 
 (a) Certificates authorizing the interstate movement of soil, earth, sand, 
 clay, peat, compost, or manure, originating in an infested area, may be issued 
 only when such articles have been treated, fumigated, sterilized, or processed 
 under methods approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
 Quarantine. 
 
 (&) Certificates authorizing the interstate movement of soil, earth, sand, clay, 
 peat, compost, or manure, originating in noninfested parts of a regulated area, 
 and of all other restricted articles from any part of a regulated area, may be 
 issued upon determination by the inspector that the articles are (1) apparently 
 free from infestation; or (2) have been treated, fumigated, sterilized, or proc- 
 essed under approved methods; or (3) w^ere grown, produced, manufactured, 
 stored, or handled in such a manner that, in the judgment of the inspector, no 
 infestation would be transmitted thereby. 
 
 (c) Limited permits for manufacturing and processing purposes. — Limited 
 permits may be issued for the movement of noncertified restricted articles to 
 such manufacturing or processing plants, mills, or gins in nonregulated areas 
 as may be authorized and designated by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine, for manufacture, processing, or treatment. As a con- 
 dition of such authorization and designation, manufacturing, or processing 
 plants, mills, or gins in nonregulated areas shall agree in writing to maintain 
 such sanitary safeguards against the establishment and spread of infestation 
 and to comply with such restrictions as to the handling and subsequent move- 
 ment of restricted products as may be required by the inspector. 
 
 id) Dealer-carrier permit. — As a condition of issuance of certificates or 
 l)ermits for the interstate movement of restricted articles, all persons or firms 
 engaged in purchasing, assembling, exchanging, processing, or carrying such 
 restricted articles originating or stored in regulated areas, shall make appli- 
 
cation for a di^aU'r-carrior permit to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
 Quarantine, stipulatinj; that the permittee will maintain an accurate record of 
 receipts and sales, shipments, or services, when so recpiired, which records 
 shall he availahle at all times for examination by an inspector; and that he 
 will carry out, under a sitjned agreement, any and all conditions, treatments, 
 precautions, and sanitary measures which may be specified therein. 
 
 Regulation 6. Certification a Condition of Interstate Movement 
 
 Unless exempted by administrative instructions issued by the Chief of the 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, every container of restricted 
 articles moved interstate from any regulated area shall have securely attached 
 to the outside thereof a certitlcate or i)ermit issued in compliance with th(\se 
 regulations, except that the certificate c>r permit issued (1) for lot shipments 
 by freight shall be attached to one of the containers and a dui)licate thereof 
 shall be atrached to the waybill, (2) for shipments by road vehicle shall accom- 
 jiany the vehicle, (3) for bulk carload shipments by freight shall accompany 
 the waybill or conductor's manifest. 
 
 Regulation 7. Assembly of Restricted Articles for Inspection 
 
 Persons intending to move restricted articles interstate shall make applica- 
 tion for certification as far as possible in advance of the probable date of 
 shipment. Ai)plications must show the nature and (piantity of articles to be 
 moved, together with their exact location, and if practicable, the contemplated 
 date of shipment. Applicants for inspection may be required to assemble or 
 indicate the articles to be shipped so that they may readily be examined by 
 the inspector. 
 
 The United States Department of Agriculture will not be responsible for 
 any cost incident to inspection or treatment other than the services of the 
 inspector. 
 
 Regulation 8. Cancelation of Permits 
 
 Certificates or permits issued under these regulations may be withdrawn 
 or canceled and further certification refused whenever, in the judgment of the 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, the further use of such certifi- 
 cates or permits might result in the dissemination of infestation. 
 
 Regulation 9. Shipments for Experimental and Scientific Purposes 
 
 Articles subject to restrictions may be moved interstate for experimental 
 or scientific purpo.ses, on such conditions as may be prescribed bv the ('hief 
 of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The container of articles 
 so moved shall bear an identifying tag from the Bureau of Entomologv and 
 Plant Quarantine. 
 
 These regulations shall be effective on and after January 15, 1939. 
 Done at the city of Washington this 14th day of December 1938. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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