A MITE ( Ophioallyesus sp*)' : , ■ • • 
New York. B, A, Back (March)j A species said to be a bloodsucking parasite 
of snakes, received- much engorged from pastry departmeat in New York 
City, infesting candy. (Det. by H. E, Ewing,) r-,-. , 
S!EOBEI>>aRAlN INSECTS ' 
Alabama. • E. E, ‘Guyton (March 28)5 First specimens of ' Ptinus brunneus 
Dufts, collected in' stored corn at-Sraith Station,' • Damage light. 
(April 5)s One specimen of , Merzium americanum L ap, found in stored 
•grain at Auburn, the first one taken here* 
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Arkansas, E* A. Back (April 8): Specimens of spider beetle (P, brunneus ) 
received, with statement that they were crawling about house"]! (Det. 
by W. S, Fisher. ) 'r : 
Ohio, T, H, Parks (April 27)? About 75 percent of the angoumois grain 
moths ( Sitotroga cerealella Oliv,) now aliVe in ;1939“grown ear obrn 
stored in a slatted crib in ‘Ross County,, southern Ohio* The. January 
temperature reached -10° F, 
B. A. Back (March 7)? Many larvae of Tenebrio molitor L,, 
taken from rock-woll insulation in Walls of building, .burrowing freely 
through same but not devouring it, ' ' 
Kentucky, W. A, Price (April 23)? Corn throughout the State was infested 
with S,, cerealella Oliy, during the mild fall of 1939* some instances 
the ears showed as many as 80 infested kernels. Also evidence of late 
infestation of com in the crib. No emergence nor development has 
been found in corn brought into the laboratory late in February, 
Nebraska, M. H, Swenk (April 15); Specimens of adults of the Indian-meal 
moth ( Plodia interpunctella Hbn, ) itiaken' in house in Douglas County, 
were received on April 4,- ■ . ■' ' • . 
Oklahoma,, F, A. Fenton (April 27-)? 'A sample of Wheat .screenings from Alva 
was infested with the rice weevil ( Sitophilus oryza L, ), the confused 
fkur b8‘etle ( Tribolium. confusum Duv, ) , arid the Tsaw-toothed grain 
beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis L, ), 
Idaho, J, R. Douglass (March 27)? Samples of grain submitted from an 
elevator at Wendell on February 27 were found to contain £, surinamensis , 
S, granarius, T, confusum, and the flat grain beetle ( Laemophloeue minutus 
OlivTTI^ “ .. : 
