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CIGARETTE - E ( Las io derma serricor ne Jab.) 
Indiana j. j, Davis (April 35): The cigarette "beetle was receiv I 
from Ut', Vernon vhers it was reported infesting overstuffed 
fumitur- . 
Illinois . F. Flint (An>ril IS): Several re-corts of c e ;e to uphol- 
stered furniture by these insects, together with specimens, 
have come in. For the last two or three years we have received 
more reports of damage to upholstered furniture by the cigar- 
ette beetle than by the clothes moth. 
A SILVERFTSH ( hep isma d omestica Pack.) 
Arizona 0. L. Barnes (March 19): This insect is very abundant in 
bookcases andffiling cabinet in a private home in Phoenix. It 
was ;lso found in large numbers around fireplrces and on the 
walls. 
HONSF CPT T TIP_/: I ( Scuti-rere fcrceos Raf.) 
Indiana .;. Davis (April 26): The house centipede was reported 
"bundant in horr.es during the nast month at Indianaoolis, 
h.ntesuma, and Peru. 
Nebraska M. H, Swenk (J;nuary 1-A^ril 15): The ..ouse centipede v:as 
reported as a nuisance in the house of a lady living in 
"'ashineton County, under date of April 5. 
'•3DVTL3 Qalsnur£i. Spp.,): : 
Nebraska :•:. H. Swenk (January 1 -April 15): Stored wheat has been re- 
nort^d infested with Galendra granaria L. and C. oryzae '_. 
in several instances during the period covered by this report. 
YELLOW MEAI "70RM (I 1 - nebrjo molitor L.) 
Nebraska '.". H. Swenk (January 1-April 15): .Corn cobs were r^roited 
infested with the yellow meal worm by a Pierce County corre- 
spondent on February 35 and by a Custer County correspondent 
on March 1. In both instances the vorr.s crax led from the cobs 
v;hen they were about to be used for fuel in the warm buil-li.:--s. 
WHITE-MARKED SPIDER BE ITLE (Ptinus fur L.) 
Iowa C. N. Ainslie (Ar>i il 9): «. farmer near Sioux City 
greatly disturbed by finding myriads of these be- ties among 
the cobs after the corn had been shelled. None appears to have 
been Seen in the corn. 
