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Ohio and Illinois. J. J. Davis (July 22): The wharf beetle reported as 
annoying in buildings from Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio,- and Chicago, 111. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (July 3): The wharf beetle was taken from a 
basement in Detroit, having apparently come from rotting timbers. 
MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS 
'California. S. Lockwood (June 27): On June 9 a weevil, Rhynchites velatus 
Lee., found in California on the eastern slope of the Sierras, feed- 
ing rather extensively on fruits of Prunus andersonii , a native range 
plant. Insufficient in numbers to make collection easy in an area 
about 19 miles northwest of Reno, Nev. 
North Carolina. L. W. Brannon (June l6) : Larvae of chrysomelid ( Lema 
lecontei Clark) observed completely defoliating jimsonweed in 
Currituck County. Larvae and newly emerged adults very numerous. 
(Det. by H. S. Barber.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 30): Reported from Eorkland, Greene County, 
that in the last 2 years the scale Dactyl op ius confusus newsteadi 
Ckll. has reduced the pricklypear from entirely covering the ground 
to being scarce. (Det. by H. Morrison.) 
Idaho. C. H. 'McDonald (July 1): By late June of 1937 foliage of the 
snowberry over appoximately 150,000 acres of the Burley section of 
tbgjMinidoka National Eorest had been completely stripped by cater- 
pillars of a saturniid, and the larvae had died, apparently from 
starvation. Some appeared on nearby roses, serviceberry, and other 
shrubs, but no form of reproduction apparent, and no adults to be 
linked with the larvae. None seen in I 93 S. By May 1, 1939 » the 
snowberry was covered with "this caterpillar, and a survey of 3 days 
revealed that even larger areas are infested than in 1937* However, 
90 percent are dying, clinging to the stripped bushes. Snowberry 
in most sections is barren and dried up. No adults apparent. 
(Det. by C. Heinrich as Pseudohazis sp., probably P. hera Harr.) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (July 6): At Ridgewood a small patch of 
milkweed plants, which were uninfosted when last examined on June 15 , 
has a very considerable number of aphids ( Myzocallis asclepiadis 
Monell) on most leaves. Adal ia bipunctata L. present on the plants. 
