Missouri. E, A, Back (March 2S ) : Specimens of adults am larvae of D. 
cadaverinus received from two apartments in St, Louis. Few larvae 
seen hut from 8 to' 10 adults collected each day. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March g): Larder beetles, D. lardarius, causing 
annoyance and attacking food in a hone at Brigham. (March 10): 
Dernestid larvae are attacking high-grade salted, packaged peanuts 
at Logan. (March l4): Berr.iestids attacking p repared cereals in a 
home cupboard at Snithfield. (March 2l): Dernestids found in 
botanical material at Logan, Caused light injury to student insect 
collection stored in a school building, 
CIGARETTE BEETLE ( Lanio derma serricorne E.) 
Florida. E. A, Back (March 28): Larvae found causing damage to book 
bindings in library in Orlando. (Det. by E. A. Back.) 
Alabama, J, M. Robinson (March 11 ) : Reported damaging .visors of caps at 
Selma. 
BROWN SPIDER BEETLE (Ptinus brunnous Dufts.) 
Utah, G. F, Knowlton (March j): Seriously infesting 19 sacks of flour 
at Heber, 
STORED GRAIIT INSECTS (Coleoptera) 
Illinois. W. p, Flint (March 22) J Surviving the winter of 1940-41 in 
shelled corn are granary weevil, flat grain beetle., foreign grain 
beetle, fungus beetles (several species), caddie, Indian-neal noth, 
Tribolium sp. (greatly reduced), and rice weevil (apparently killed), 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (February 19): Spec inens of Carpophllus dinidi atus 
F., Laenophloous ninutus Oliv,, and Tribolium ca.staneun Hbst. found 
among cottonseed from Pike County. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (March 20): Stored-grain insects are abundant, about 
20 species found breeding in shelled corn in the State. 
H. E. Jaques (March): T. confusum Duv. moderately -abundant in Tana 
County. 
Forth Dakota. J. A. Munro (March): Laenophloeus ninutus Oliv. found in 
23 out of 43 samples of grain received from various sections- of the 
State since November 1, 1940, Granary weevil ranked second and mites 
third. 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (February 26): Specimens of T. confusun were taken 
from a flour bin in Howard County, 
Kansas . H. -R. Sr^sCn (March 27): The Australian grain borer ( Rhizoperlha 
dominica F,) was’ reported abundant and doing considerable damage to 
stored wheat in the ivestern part of the -State,. 
