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LARDER BEETLES ( Dermestes spp. ) 
District of Columbia* E*. A. Back (July 15) : Larvae of D. vulpinus E. 
found in a heavy infestation in a building, 
Minnesota, M. W. Wing (July 15)i D. lardarius L, present at Milaca, 
A ELOUR BEETLE ( Tribolium nadens Charp.) 
Minnesota, M. W. Wing (July 15): Present on rolled wheat, 
LESSER GRAIN BORER ( Rhizopertha dominica E, ) 
Kentucky. E. A. Back (July 19): Specimens received from Louisville, where 
they were found riddling the heavy leather covering of horse collars 
filled with rye straw, 
WEBBING CLOTHES MOTH ( Tineola biselliella Hum. ) 
General, E. A. Back (July 18); Larvae were ruining celanese covers of 
wool-filled comforters in New York City. In June three new houses in 
Scarsdale, N* Y, , were infested with larvae developing on cattle-hair 
insulation around plumbing in walls, A parasite ( Apanteles carpatus 
Say) of the clothes noth was collected in considerable numbers on 
windowsills of a storage warehouse in Washington, D. C. (Det. by 
C. E. W. Muesebeck. ) So troublesome in a house in Mili^aukee, Wis. , 
that the cattle-hair insulation was removed. 
EIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis E, ) 
North Dakota, J. A. Munro (July 2l): Moderately abundant near Rugby on 
July 20. 
Nebraska, H, D. Tate (July 17): Reported as damping strawberries in 
Washington County on June 20, 
HOUSE CRICKET ( Gryllus domesticus L. ) 
Virginia, E, A. Back (June 19): Present in houses in Richmond near a city 
dump, (July 22): Reported as abundant in a house near city dump at 
Lyon Village, 
SPRINGTAILS ( Sira spp.) 
District of Columbia, E. A. Back (June 12): S. platani Nicolet and j5. 
.buski Lubbock were present and annoying in an apartment in Washington, 
(Det. by Grace Glance. ) 
B00KL0USE (Troctes divinatorius Mull, ) 
District of Columbia. E. A. Back (June 12): Pound in an apartment in 
Washington. (Det, by A. B. Gurney.) 
