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Washington. C. Burnside ■ (January) j Specimens,- ca’ne fron'-dried red peppers 
purchased at a roadside stand in Yakima Valley, Yakima. 
Oregon. R, L. Post (iTovemher 26): . Sanplos of, wafers ejid bird food, which 
were heavily infested, were sent in "by , a 'Portland company. The "bird 
food originally carno fron California,. 
A POWDER POST BEETLE ( Lyctus planicollis Lee, ) 
Nehraskea. M. H. 'Swenk (Pehruary 20) ; Spccimefis , taken from a new o.a}.c 
floor of 'a house huilt in the fall of 1939 Box. Br.t to County, were 
received on Januo,ry 29, with the report that they were incrorO^sing 
and spreading very rapidly. This represents a new northwestern record 
of this pest for the State. 
A TENEBFJORID ( Cynaous angustus Lee . ) ■' 
Washington, M. 0. 'Lane (Pehruary 27) i Po\md for the first time at ''%lla 
Walla', cnrrging in- a newly cohstrj.ctod house- prohahly an accidental 
occurrence, as no signs of hreeding within the' house could ho found. 
(Dct. hy M. H. Hatch.) 
ISiDIiilT-I'-iEiiL MOTH ( Plodia interpunctella Hhh. ) ■ 
Hew Jersey. H. G. Donohoc (Pehruary 17): Loxva recently removed from an 
externally sound- appearing peco,n at Trenton. Por the writer this is 
: ' a new natural food record for this species. , . 
Hehraska. Swenlc (Pohruory 20): Pound infesting stored corn in 
Washington County on Povomher 24, 1939* Specimens sent in from 
Douglros County on January 12, with the report that they had heen 
found in .a trunk stored in a harn in which grain was in storage. 
Utaii. G, P. Knowlton (Pehruary 22): Bran damaged in storage in a mill 
at Cedar City. 
AI^GOUMOIS GRjtilH liOTH ( Sitotroga core ale 11a Oliv.) 
New Jersey. H. C. Donohoc (March l): A few ooxs of multicolored corn, 
presuna.hly “Indian corn,” held in a paper hag in an office at 'f^iitc 
Horse, were submitted recently. Practically every kernel is infested, 
CiiSEBE/iPJNG CLOTHES MOTH ( Tinea pcllionella L.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (Decemher 19, 1939): Woolens and tanned rahhit skin 
fur damaged in a house at Logan. D.amage to overstuffod furniture 
.often reported. 
BEiiN WEEVIL ( Acanthos col ides ohtcctus Say) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (Pehruary 24): Examination revealed from 10 to 15 
percent of heans from Logan, Cedar City, and Morgan to h.ave heen 
damaged. 
