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. .DARK MEALWOHM (Tenebrio obscurus L.) 
Oklahoma E» E« Scholl (April 30): We have two very interesting 
reports of the large mealworm infesting sterilized cotton 
seed shipped into Oklahoma from Texas. The seed, however, 
was stored in old bins for about six weeks and the chances 
are that the condition of the seed after being treated 
was congenial for the larvae of this pest. 
. . A SEED WASP (Megastiimis ap. r near Xasiocar-pae Crtsbv) 
Mississippi B»W.H&rned (May 18): During April, Mir, l«G4Gwen, a florist". 
at Columbus, Miss., sent to this office a bag of Cedrus 
atlantica seed that he had received from a firm in Philadelphia, 
Pa. This sesd was infested with insects which were identified 
hy specialists in the Bureau of Entomology as Megastigmus 
near lasiocarpae , and a species probably new to this country. 
A letter from the firm in Philadelphia revealed the fact 
that this bag of Cedrus alantica seed hack been obtained 
in Europe, 
. . INDIAN MEAL MOTH ( Plodia interounctella Huebn.) 
Ohio H. A.Gossard (May 11): We received the Indian meal moth 
on March 13, from Cincinnati, moths having attracted notice 
from flying in numbers in a dwelling house* 
