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A BD£ (Ceratina sp . ) 
".7m. '.7. Baker (April 15): Adults, apparently some species 
of Ceratina were sent in from Winlock, stated to have emerged 
from the inside walls of a dwelling house; also reported to 
"be working in the shingle siding. 
ORIENTAL COCKROACH ( Blatta orientalis L.) 
R. L. Parker (April 23): Black cockroaches are reported to 
"be in Hutchinson, Abilene, and Wichita in houses. 
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SILVERFISH ( Lepisma saccharina L.) 
J. J. Davis (April 28): The silverfish was reported abundant 
and infesting a medical clinic at Garrett. 
R. L. Parker (April 23): The silverfish is reported at 
Wichita in curtains. 
FIRE BEAT ( Thermobia domestica Pack.) 
M. H. Swenk (April 15): The fire brat, infesting; apartments 
in a town in Nemaha County, was one of the household pests 
complained of during the first half of April. 
TEBBING CLOTHES MOTH ( Tineola biselliella Hum.) 
CASE-BEARING CLOTHES MOTH ( Tinea pellionella L.) 
Urn. Moore (April 22): These parasites were bred from the 
webbing clothes moth, collected in Yonk^rs, in an unheated 
storage plant, February 12. This same species was taken about 
January, 1329, in Chappaqua, in an unheated room. In this 
case it was bred from both species of clothes moth. (Deter- 
mined by R. A. Cushman as Apanteles carpatus Say). 
MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH (Ephestia k uehniella Zell.) 
G. F. Knowlton (April 10): The Mediterranean flour moth is 
causing damage in a stored food plant at Logan. 
POWDER POST BEETLES ( Lyctus planicollis Lee . ) 
J. M. Robinson (April 25): Powder post beetles were reported 
attacking an oak dining-room table in Mobile. 
LARDER BEETLE ( Dermetes lardarius L.) 
W. A. Frice (April 25): Larder beetles are plentiful in 
smokehouses at Versailles. 
J. J. Davis (April 28): The larder beetle was sent in from 
Shelbyville April 11 with report that it was seriously 
attacking cured meats. 
