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T. G. Spencer (July 22); Logs in log cabin built 13 years ago 
near Rochester found to be scored and mined by insects ( Merium proteus 
Kby. ), which have worked under the bark. (Det. by W. H. Anderson.) 
New Jersey. E. A. Back (June l): Specimens of a borer, JC. janthinum 
Lee., received from Budd Lake, where they were reported as abundant in 
a large log cabin built of cedar. (Det, by W. S. Fisher.) 
Maryland. F. 7. Rand (July 24); Specimens of Smodicum cucujiforme Say 
removed from rustic furniture, 3 years old, at Bpping Forest, near 
Annapolis. (Det. by W. S. Fisher.) 
E. A. Back (June ll): Beetles, Hexar thrum ulkei Horn and 
Pselactus spadig Hbst., removed from old, demp, decaying basement floor 
boards in a building in Baltimore, where they were associated with 
Naoerda melanura L. (Det. by L. L. Buchanan.) 
District of Columbia. E. A. Back (June 27) 5 Adult of the old house borer, 
Hylotrupes ba.julus L., captured emerging from newly made exit hole in 
vrooden windowsill of house constructed during fall of 1937* Exit holes 
found in June of 193^ and 1939* 
Florida. J. F. Hanson (July 18); Reported as presumably living in wood in 
a house in Florida. (Det. by W. S. Fisher.) 
Ohio, N. F. Howard (June 26); A chestnut borer ( Agrilus sp. ) collected in 
a residence in Columbus, built in 193&. Many beams, cornices, and other 
wooden parts found to contain holes. Associated with it was jfcrleborus 
af finis. Eich. (Det. by M. W. Blackman.) 
Michigan. G. N. Lamb (June 26); Ptilinus pruinosus Csy. found attacking 
quaking aspen logs in a cabin near Big Rapids. (Det. by W. S. Fisher.) 
Minnesota. M. W. Wing (July 15): Phymatodes dimidi atus K by. present on 
white pine logs at Saint Paul. 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (July 17 ); A specimen sent in from Thayer County on 
July 1 was identified as Buprestis ruf ipes Oliv. This is apparently 
our first record for this species in Nebraska. 
Texas. E. A. Back (June 28); Specimens of the pale-marked ash borer 
(Eburia quadrigeminata Say) received from Corpus Christi, where they 
were reported as attacking oak furniture in a residence. 
California. E.. A. Back (June 12); Trunk attacked and rendered unsalable 
by Polycaon stouti Lee. 
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Mexico.. E. A. Back (July 22): A rustic Mexican chair, made in Guadalajara, 
was found infested by a scolytid borer, Renocis mexicanus Blackman, in 
New York City, N.Y., in June 1939* and was shipped to Washington. 
