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LARDER BFETLE (Dormestes lardarius L.) 
C. R. Crosby (June 2). "Rather serious infestations of house- 
holds in Utica and Skaneateles were reported within the past 
two days ." 
BLACK CARPET BEETLE (Attagenus piceus Oliv.) 
C. R. Crosby (May 23). "Infesting a house in Buffalo." 
C. 0. Houghton (June 15). "This pest seems to be more numerous 
than usual here this season." 
ORIENTAL ROACH ( Blatta orientalis L.) 
H. F. Dietz (June 19). "This insect was reported very seriously 
abundant in the downtown districts of Lyons." 
SPIDERS 
H. A. Gossard (May 26). "The manager of a summer hotel at 
Russell Point, Ohio, reported, May 1, that spiders had so 
taken possession of his building that he was compelled to 
seek information as to how to eradicate them." 
BLACK FLIES ( Sjgulium 8pp.) 
E. P. Felt (June 12). "Mr. G. B. Young reports that these 
insects are more numerous than they have been for years about 
Speculator in Herkimer County." 
0. H. Jones (June). "Adults of this genus were observed to 
be common at Baton Rouge, especially early in the morning 
and late in the afternoon up to about June 4, when they 
apparently disappeared." 
BOTTLED MALARIA MOSQUITO (Anopheles punctipennis Say) 
S. C. Chandler (May 20). "The first malaria mosquito clean- 
up campaign in Illinois is now under way. Adults of this 
mosquito have been found in considerable numbers and the 
first adults of A. guttulatus were found on this date at 
Carbondale ." 
CHIGGERS ( Trombidium sp.) 
H. W. Allen (June 10). "Red bugs are generally reported as 
much more numerous and troublesome than last year." 
