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HOUSE CENTIPEDE ( Scutigera forceps Raf , > 
Missouri. A. C. Burrill (February 19): Observed in a house' .it Jefforson City 
as. attacking a large black cockroach. 
BOXELDER BUG- ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (March l4); Reported as being in a house at Hagerstown. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (March 25 ) : Reported as coning out of hibernation at 
Muskegon, Pekano, and Paw Paw* 
Iowa. H. E. JaqUeg (March 22): ITuncrous :conplaints received as bugs cone out of 
. hibernation, , 
Kansas* H. R, Bryson (March 22): More abundant 4 this spring than for several 
years. Large numbers observed in Manhattan near maple trees and on the 
southern sides of buildings. 
Nebraska. M. H. Svenk (March 20) : Spring activity began about March 13, since 
when complaints of annoyance have been received from Sarpy, Douglas, Burt, 
Cedar, Pierce, and Platte Counties, 
Utah, G-. E. Knowlton (E n rch 13) 5 Annoyance reported from Salt Lake, Ogden, and 
Logan during this last week of warmer weather. 
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G-. E. Knowlton and E, C. Harnston (March 24): Active and scattering from 
winter hibernation quarters, adults in flight being' frequently seen at 
Logan, 
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INDIANwMEAL MOTH ( Ephes tia cautella WqJ.k* ) 
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New Jersey. H, C, Donohoe (March 4): A single adult taken in a seed store at 
Trenton. Inquiry revealed that not ha, -'presumably of this species, are 
abundant each spring about bags of seed corn, 
POWER POST BEETLES ( Lyctus spp.) 
Maryland, E. N. Gory (March 21): Reported as attacking flooring at Baltimore 
and Church Hill on February 28 and March 21, 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 22): Report received from Sterling stating that 
powder post beetles had been working in the top of a walnut dresser for 
several years. Also reported as attacking new oak flooring at Toronto on 
March 11, 
Oklahoma. E, A, Fenton (March 24): Reported at Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, 
as working in slabs used in log cabins. 
