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CIGARETTE BEETLE ( Lasioderma serricorne P.) 
North Carolina. W. D. Reed (May 5) : ^ n 2 5 suction light traps operating 
in warehouse of flue-cured cigarette tobaccos at Durham for the week 
ending April 30, a total of 12 cigarette "beetles was caught. In 
10 traps operating for the same period in warehouses of imported cigar- 
ette tobaccos, a total of 7 beetles was caught. This marks the first 
emergence of the spring brood in 1937« ' 
HOUSE CENTIPEDE ( Scutige ra forceps Raf . ) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (May 19) ! Specimens of the house centipede have been 
received from Bremer, Kossuth, Story, Linn, and Clayton Counties. 
PEA TCEEVIL ( Bruchus pi so ru m L.) 
Idaho. C. Wakeland (May 25): A very slight infestation of the pea weevil 
was observed in pea fields in the early blossom stage in Payette County 
on May 18. The heaviest population encountered was U adults in 150 
sweeps of a 15-inch net. In adjacent, unblossomed fields no weevils 
were captured by sweeping. 
BLACK CARPENTER ANT ( Camponotus herculeanus pennsylvanicus Deg. ) 
New Jersey. J. C. Silver (June J>): Sills and porch supports have been 
severely damaged in several localities in northeastern New Jersey by 
an ant, probably this species. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 25) J Several complaints have been received 
of injury from the carpenter ant to woodwork. 
