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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues –<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have done internet searches on this topic and asked our entomologists but haven’t found any hard information. Would someone please guide me to a website concerning laws and any restrictions on a possible hand-carry of a single specimen
of <i>Agrypnus notodonta</i> from Egypt to the United States? The specimen is intended for exhibit in our Egyptian hall, not for research.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From what I’ve been told this species is not endangered but I have concerns about it getting confiscated in customs for whatever reason. Many thanks in advance for any guidance given, much appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Donna Meadows</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registrar, Acquisitions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Museum of Natural Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5555 Hermann Park Drive</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston, Texas 77030-1799</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dmeadows@hmns.org"><span style="color:blue">dmeadows@hmns.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">713.639.4676 tel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">713.639.4767 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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