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LITTLE BLA.CK AC7T C MoPomo rium mi nimum Buds^ 
M„ R, Smith (August l6) : The tiny "black ai+t is a very common 
pest in a number of the houses and stores at Bentonia. 
POWDER TOST BEETLES (Lyctus spp. ) 
C„ R» Cleveland (August 19) : Injury to flooring "by these 
beetles was reported fisam one point early in August. 
ELS AS ( S irhonap^r p. ) 
C, R<, Clevela-d (August 39): Pleas have proven estremely 
troublesome, in the part month at various points, 
WHEEL BUG- { : ^r.i-|us_ cv ist atus L » ) 
IU W. McGolloch (August 18) : This insect was very abundant in 
Kansas last year s The first report this year is from Bucklin, 
where specimens were taken on garden beans, 
EUROPEAN EARWIG (EorfJ^cula aurjxularia L») 
A* E« Stsne (August 22): The European earwig, of which Newport 
has one of the three known colonies in the United States, has 
been quite abundant in thai; section during the past season and 
indications are that it is spreading, although very slowly* 
