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flour and packed gocds was not invaded "before the insect was "brought 
under cc nt ro 1 by supe rhe a t ing. 
A NONSKBTEHRaNEaN TERMITE ( Cryptotermes b rev is VJalker) 
Louisiana Tr 2. Snyder (July 2): The discovery of Cryototerr.es brevi s talker, 
a West Indian termite, in the woodwork of a building at New Orleans. 
Previously this termite, which is one of the powder, -post terirites 
not attacking wood from the ground, had "been found only in southern 
lioridn where it has been especially injurious to "buildings. 
T.'ork on the two model demonstration termite-proof buildings on 
3arro Colorado Island, Canal 2one, Fanama, and at 17ew Orleans is 
being pushed and they should ."be finished during the "present calender 
year. These buildings demonstrate that termites can be kept out 
of wooden buildings by the use of concrete foundations or wooden 
foundations impregnated with coal-tar creosote, the interior wood- 
work end furniture being treated with chemicals to prevent attack 
by n on subterranean powder -post termites, which la tter forms occur in 
the southern Jjart of . the United States and trjroughout the Tropics. 
L^RBEH BEETIE' ( Dermestes lardariu s L. ) 
Nebraska M. H. Svrenk (July 25): In middle of July a correspondent in 
Hamilton County sent in numerous larvae of, the larder beetle with 
a statement that they wepe found imbedded in the ^ood of the sills 
and other wocdivork of his house where he said they were weakening 
those structures. 
