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LEAD CABLE BORER (ScoMcia declivis Lcc.) 
California. D. F. Barnes (April 20): A rotary net, set in operation 
on April lU in a storage yard at Eresno "began to take these beetles 
on April 17 and 18. Two were captured during this 2-day period 
and kj on April 19. 
BROWN SPIDER BEETLE (Ptinus brunr.eus Dufts.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (April 22): Specimens were sent in with the state- 
ment that they were being taken commonly in rooms of occupied 
houses in Union and Highland Counties. (Det. by J. N. Knull.) 
A CURCULIONID BEETLE ( Hcxar thrum ulkei Horn) 
Connecticut. N. Turner and 11. P. Zappe (April 23): Yellow pine trim 
in a New Haven building has been badly damaged by this insect. Some 
ash trim was also infested. The building is about J>0 yep.rs old. 
(Det. by L. L. Buchanan.) 
A SHOT-HOLE BORER ( Dinoderus minutus P.) 
Ohio. J. N. Knull (March ~}0): Bamboo sticks imported from Japan by a 
Columbus florist were found to be heavily infested with larvae and 
adults on March 30. (Det. by W. S. Eisher.) 
PEA WEEVIL ( Bruchus pisorum L. ) 
North Carolina. J. S. Pinckney (April 20): Two adults were swept from 
a row of Austrian winter peas on the Experiment Station grounds at 
Statcsville this morning. This bruchid, like B. brachial is Fah- 
raeus, is evidently just emerging from hibernation quarters. 
A SPIDER BEETLE ( G-ibbium psylloides Czemp.) 
New York. M. D. Leonard (April 2U) : Beetles are occurring in fair num- 
bers in New York City and their presence ta causing annoyance. 
INDIAN-MEAL MOTH (Plodia interpunctella Hbn.) 
Nebraska. M, H. Swonk (April 7): From Knox County on April 7 came a 
specimen of Indian-meal moth for identification and control measures, 
Utah. Mrs. 0. N. Smith (April 21): These insects get under the covers 
and paraffin on any seedy fruit jams, and from one- third to one- 
half of the jam is liquidlike and spoiled. (Det. by C. Heinrich.) 
