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(24) Devoe, F. W. 



1888. THE BEETLE, ZOPHERUS MEXICANUS SOL., CUTTING METAL. In N. Y. 



Microscopical Soc, v. 4. no. 3, July, p. 145-147, pi. 13-14. 



(25) Cook, A. J. 



1891. ANOTHER LEAD-BORING INSECT. Ill U. S. Dept. Agl\, Div. Ellt., Ill- 



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 Lead pipe cut by larva of MonoJiammus confusor. 



(26) [Riley, C. V.] 



1891. lead-boring insects. In U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent.. Insect Life, 

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 Minie ball gnawed by wood-boring larva. 



(27) Bouvier. E. L. 



1896. UN CABLE TELEGRAPHIQUE attaque par les termites. In C. R. 

 Acad. Sci. Inst. France, t. 123, p. 429-430. 



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1896. electrical notes. In Sci. Amer. S'uppl. no. 1087, Oct. 31, p. 17376. 

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 The cable, though laid in a very good condition in 1894, showed signs of 

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(29) Lesne, P. 



1900. REVISION DES COLEOPTERES DE LA FAMILLE DES BOSTRYCHIDES. 4 e Me- 



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Page 591, footnote (1) : Scobicia pustulata is recorded as boring in gas 

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(30) Hesketh, John. 



1904. A NEW DANGER TO LEAD-COVERED AERIAI CABLES. 1 1) Trails. Intermit. 



Electrical Congr., v. 3, sec. G, Electrical Communication, p. 438- 

 447. 7 figs. St. Louis. 



Damage by Coleoptei a. Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera. 



(31) Krancher, O. 



1904. NIPTUS HOLOLEUCUS FALDERM.. DER MESS1NGK AFER. 1)1 Insekten- 



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(32) [Anonymous.] 



1904. telephone lead-covered cables attacked by an insect. 1)1 elec- 



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 Wasp damaging lead sheathing cables in China. 



(33) [Schwarz, E. A.] 



1905. brief note. In Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., v. 7, 1904. p. 24. 



Mptas hololeuGU8 Fald.. according to Prof. J. Fletcher, is a great 

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i 34 i Mjoberg, Eric. 



1906. om niptus hololeucus falderm. In Ent. Tidskr. Entomologiska. 



Foreningen i Stockholm, Arg. 27, H. 2, p. 65-68. Uppsala. 



Page 67 : According to Ewerts in Amsterdam this beetle spoiled the 

 quicksilver of a mirror. 



(35) Scientific American. 



1907. insects that destroy metal. Sci. Amer., v. 97, no. 10, p. 173. 



Sept. 7. 



