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BROWN-BANDED COCKROACH ( Supella .supellegtilium Serv, ) 
California, ,H. J. Ryan (April 8): Taken in a house *{ri 'San- Bernardino, 
(Deti' by A. G-. Behn. ) . ! . 
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POWDER-POST BEETLES ( Lyctus spp. )" { • 
phio, .T. Hi Parks (July 24): More than the usual number of complaints 
received of the severe injury caused generally. ». a. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 26): Still- a major pest in buildings, 
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Iowa. G. J,' Dhake- (June '28): -Pound damaging buildings in Russell. and Des 
Moines. . ‘ *' # 
Kansas. R. T. Cotton (June 25): L. parallelopipedus Melsh;, was collected 
in a box car of flour at Manhattan. (Det. by W'i S. Fisher.) 
WHARF BORER ( Nacerda melanura L. ) 
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Massachusetts.' A, I. Bourne (July 27): Reported as overrunning lower apart- 
ments in a building .in Brookline on July 1, -• 
New York. E. A. Back (July 25): Adults received during June from.Brooklyn; 
reported as swarming over inner walls and floors of grain barges. 
Apparently emerging from timbers kept constantly dampened by water* 
New Jersey. E. A. Back (June 20): Adults received from food establishment 
in Newark, 
Maryland. ;- E. A. Back. (June 20,): Adults received from house in Hyattsville, 
where - they were continually appearing in a screened porch. Adults 
thought by owner to be emerging from’ s. furniture in a furniture store 
in Baltimore were -traced to basement, where damp floor boards were 
honeycombed by larvae. 
Ohio, E. A. Back (July 25): Adults exceedingly abundant in basement of 
building in Cleveland during the period -'June 1 to July 20, Finding 
their way in small but annoying numbers to the floor above, 
WOOD BORERS (Coleoptera) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 27): Callidium violaceum L. emerged 
early in June in large numbers from pine lumber, much of it with bark 
edging, piled since 193& in the open at Northampton, Box lumber was 
injured by larvae. Adults of Monochamus scutellatus Say emerged from 
the walls or woodwork of a recently constructed house in Chelmsford 
. between early May and early July. House fir sir occupied on April, 1. 
New Yofk, E. A. Back (July 10): Adults .of Thro' sous chevrolati Bony* 
found in numbers on walls and .ceilings in house;'* Apparently attracted 
into house by lights from outdoor si where Ihey afe believed to be 
breeding in decayed wood. (Det. by W. S. Fisher.) 
