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RING-LEGGED EARWIG ( Euborellia annul ipes Lucas) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 25): On June 30 specimens of this earwig sent 
from Big Point, Jackson County, in the southern part of the State, with 
a report that severe injury to stored Irish potatoes had "been observed. 
Specimens sent on July 22 from Grenada County, in the northern part of 
the State, with a report that they had damaged stored Irish potatoes to 
some extent. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Pprficula auricular ia L.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (July 2): Well established at Parmington in Davis County, 
Doing abundant in many favorable places. (Det. by A. B. Gurney.) 
A BEETLE ( Microbreg?na emarginatum Duf t. ) 
New Hampshire. E. P. Pelt (July 22) : Anobiid beetle found abundant in spruce 
slabs on a camp at Dublin, southwestern New Hampshire, loosening the 
bark and puncturing the wood. 
SAWYERS ( Monochamus spp.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. 3ourne (July 23): M. notatus. Drury and M. scutellatus. Say 
emerged from house timbers. In the case of the former species the adult 
bored out from the timber through the plaster and wall paper. The house 
was about 1 year old and was made from pine trees on the owner's property 
at Wilbraham, in southern Massachusetts, 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (July 26): The pine sawyer, M. titillator P., re** 
ported from Hampton County, in the southern part of the State. 
A BORER ( Hylotrupes ba.jalus L. ) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (July 26): Infestations in houses reported more 
generally than in other years. Some infestations observed causing severe 
damage. 
BARK LICE (Psocidae) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23): Myriads of psocids reported on July 15, 
hiding beneath the shingles of a small bungalow near the College at 
Anherst, in western Massachusetts. These insects were present on the 
northeastern corner of the building, from the basement to the eaves, a 
section which is shaded throughout the day by nearby trees. 
