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yiere most plentiful around the ranch house, within 4 feet of .'the.- 
building, where their abundance was described in a telephone report 
as ”one to every square inch*” ■ Specimens brought in. 
CIGARETTE BEETLE ( Lasioderma serricorne F. ) 
Nebraska, M, H, Swenk (October 2l): Infesting a house in Douglas County 
on October 10, 
STORED GRAIN INSECTS (Col eoptera) ... 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (September 30)?' Grain weevils, Sitophilus 
. granarius L. , reported as attacking popcorn in Wilkes County, 
(October 7 )*, Doing serious damage to peas and beans in Wilkes County. 
South Carolina. 0. L. Cartwright (October): The rice weevil ( Sitophilus 
oryza L.) is abundant in all fields examined. One field near 
Waltcrboro, Colleton County, had 97 percent of the corn infested; 
another at Varnville, Hs.mpton County, had S7 percent of the ears 
infested. Infestations above 50 percent are common, 
Alabama. J, M, Robinson (October 22): The dadelle ( Tenebroides 
mauritanicus L.) reported as attacking rye seed at Leroy. 
Ohio. J, S, Houser (October IS) : At Elyria serious damage to stored 
wheat of a rather poor quality caused by the saw-toothed grain 
beetle ( Oryzaephilus surinamensis L.). An undetermined small 
hymenoptercn was very abundant in samples of wheat submitted, 
which suggests possible parasitic attack. (October 24): According 
to sample of whea,t submitted, the rust ted flour beetle ( Tribolium 
castaneum Hbst.) is causing serious damage to stored wheat at 
Galion. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (October 22): One infestation of Calandra granaria 
L, found at Charlotte, Infestations of grain-infesting insects 
common south of the line dram from Muskegon to Sagincuw, Two 
species of Tribolium are the commonest found, 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles. (October 20): Typhaea fumata L. , a ^cetophagid 
beetle, was identified as a species reported as overrunning an 
apartment house in Minneapolis, This species has also appeared in \ 
grain in farm bins in at least two localities in southern Minnesota 
during the last 3 or months. 
Missouri. R. T, Cotton (Ociober 17) i Specimens of a beetle. Mono to ma 
parallela Lee, , collected by T. F, Winbufn in June 19'^4 in a 
small cereal mill in Kansas City, has recently been identified by 
W, S. Fisher, This appea.rs to be the first record of this species 
attacking stored cereal products, although an allied species, M, 
quadrifoveolata Aube, has been recorded in Russia as infesting 
V7aste grain. 
