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larvaG and dana/^e "by it. 
HIDS B3SrL3 ( Pernestes val-inus F.) 
Michi^;n,n. Ij. A. Back (Septcnocr): Larvae and adults were received fron 
a hruse in D'^trnit the second week of S3ptcnl3cr. S^oecinens conld not 
"be traced to a so-arce of food suijply. 
A DEmCSTID ( Thylodriar, contrrctMs Mots.) 
Illinois, A. Back (October): This dernestid was received Septon'ber 2 
fro.v- a ho"!C in Chica.^ro -where they were crawling, over clepn clothing 
and heccninf^ trai;2"''-;cl. in dishes. The species •"as also received in the 
Larvol forn late in Septonoer fmn an apartnent house in Chicar;o where 
it wa.s so trouhlcsone that control neasurcs v/ore turned over to a firn 
of externinators. 
3L.\CX JUI'GUS BZZTU: ( AlT;hitoDius y-iccus Oliv. ) 
California. E. A. Back (Octooer): Tlio hlack f-an=-as oeetle, a connon pest of 
farinaceous materials, was collected in Septenoer in so-athprn California 
in a nausoleun, v;herc the adults were found in lar^re clusters alons; the 
cracks surroundin-; the stones scaling the individ-oal vaults. 
A TSITEBHIONID ( Alohates pennsylvanica De.j.) 
Nev/ York. S. A. Back (Septenoer 18): Specinons were received on Septernoer IS 
fro:^ a house in Orchard Park. 
CIGilRETTS 3ZETLE ( lasioderna serricorne F.) 
District of Colu-ibia. E. A. Back (Octoher £): The cij^-arette "beetle was found 
in VJashincton enorr^inf^ on Octoher 8 fron furniture containing (--5 percent 
flax tow. Furniture was purchased now in Septeml^er 1S35' ^^^c Deotlc 
?.'ns found in Octoher onarring in nuTilDors in V/nshington, D. C. , fron 
upholstered furniture Just ^jnpacked fr''\n Istanbul, Turkey. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Octcoer I5) : A specir.ien of the cigarette beetle was 
sent in by a Douglas Ccanty corres]:ondent on October 5. with the statement 
that it was provinvg troublesome in a house in that county. 
COHI'I SAP BEETLE (Car pophilus dinidiatus F.) 
Mississippi. G. Lyle (October 2U) ; On September 2^ the corn sap beetle was 
fr-und at Houston in considerable numbers on cotton seed that ha.d been 
cracked. 
P0V/D3R POST BEE-TLES ( Lyctus spp. ) 
Florida. J. P.. Watson (Cctobsr 22): A great deal of damage was done to lawn 
furnit-iu-e, mostly of cypress wood, by the powder post beetle. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (October if): Powder pest beetles have been destructive 
to timbers in many sections of the State. 
