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INSECTS ATTACKim TIMBERS 
New York, E. A. Back (March 19)j Adult weevils of Hexar thrum ulkei Horn 
found in house in Yonkers, traced to floor boards, badly dry-rotted 
and honeycombed by burrowing larvae, (Det, by L, L, Buchanan.) 
Virginia, L, A. Hetrick (April IS): An anobiid, Xyletinus peltatus Harr,, 
reported to have injured pine foundation timbers of buildings in Mathews 
County, (Det, by W. S. Fisher,) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 23)s Specimens of the death watch beetle 
(X. peltatus ) sent in on April 4 from Covington County, where buildings 
were infested. Adults of Lyc tus planicollis Lee, received from Coahoma 
and Leflore Counties, where they had emerged from hardwood floors. 
Specimens emerged from new desk at State College on April g, A larva, 
supposed to belong to the species Eburia quadrigeminata Say, was 
received from Bolivar County on March 25, with the statement that it 
was taken from the woodwork of a piano, 
Ohio, E. A. Back (April 6): Dryophthorus easier icanus Bedel found in large 
numbers both as larvae and adult s in decaying wooden floor laid over 
cement foundation in a dairp basement, (Det, by L. L, Buchanan,) 
Minnesota, A. G. Buggies (April I 9 ): Powder-post beetles ( Lyctus sp,) 
being noticed more and more in he.rdwood flooring, 
Washington, M. H, Hatch (March 30): Since the end of February adults 
of Gynaeus angustus Lee, have been occurring in a residence in Seattle, 
House searched but no evidence of breeding place has been found, 
WHARF BORER ( Nacerda melanura L, ) 
Maryland, E. A. Back (April 17)s Adults found emerging in numbers from 
flooring of basement apartment and from side wall kept damp from water 
spilled on it, 
Ohio, E, A, Back (April 5)s Received in large numbers in all stages in 
decaying floor boards laid over a cement foundation. 
