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RiHF MITE (LiponyieMS bisoti Hirst ) 
."orth C. H. Brannon (April 5): This rt 3 is c using serious trouble in 
Carolina one of tine common cotton mills -it Concord. The mites 11 
over spools of yam and machinery, cr Ling on the mill rkera 
c ~usin£ painful bites. Ehe mill owners were desperate and thinking 
of closing down until somet 3 Quid be done. (Determined by 
H . E . ; . 
A COCKROACH (A rchimandrit e :.-. r--,rvc : Sto] I 
jsachusetts A. I. Bourne (April 21): "'ithin the last d'.ys we 
ceived a sample of a giant cockroach, . rita , 
rata , which was sent in to us b - a correspondent from Hide) 
bounty with a report that it *as collected in b .. .. 
in that section. 
POLDER POST I -. -.s planicollis Lee! 
Mississippi K. L. Cockerham [Hay 1): Severe damage from this ins md 
in one of the h re stores in Bi'loxi on April £8. Thes^. >ts 
were damaging hammer, hatchet, ax, nd hoe h Lch .in 
stock. Adult beetles were collected at the time. 
