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A DE3MESTID ( Trogo derma sp.) 
Kansas. P. T, Cotton (January): Although dermestid "beetles have been 
generally considered to be chiefly feeders on animal products, it has 
been found that Tr pyoderma sp. , probably T. versicolor Creutz. , is one 
of the worst pests of stored seeds at Manhattan. This species was also 
found in a local tire-repair shop, where it was breeding in large 
numbers in the compound used for vulcanizing tires. 
PSA WEEVIL ( Bruchus pi so run L.) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (February 25): B. G-. Thompson reports that on January 
27 he found considerable numbers of pea weevils in 'hibernating quarters 
near Athena, in Umatilla County. Of those collected and brought into 
the laboratory, 9^*9 percent were alive. 
A P0WD3B-P05T BATTLE ( lyctus planicollis Lee.) 
Alabama,. J. M. Robinson (February 25) ' In December the powder-post beetle 
was destroying hickory furniture in Birmingham. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February ?<-,'■): Specimens of this insect we're taken 
from a hardwood floor in Yazoo City on January 3» Tne floor had been 
put down only a few months before. • 
