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WHITE-MARKED SPIDER BEETLE ( Ptinus b runneus Dufts. ) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 30): Adults and' larvae were received f rom Urbana 
with the statement that they were abundant in hog food containing oil 
meal, tankage, and other ingredients. They were also eating holes in 
the bags and causing loss of the feed. The feed had been in storehouse 
only 40 days . 
ANOBIIDS (Coleoptera) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (October 4): At Middletown floor badly damaged by 
Anobium punctatum Beg. The flooring was apparently native lumber. Scraps 
of wood in the basement and newly built basement partitions were also 
attacked. (October 22): Two colonial buildings in the State were ex- 
amined within a week and found seriously infested with Xestobium rufo- 
villosum Deg. 
A DERME3TID ( Dermestes cadaverinus F. ) 
Louisiana. M. D. Leonard (September 15): Specimens from Shreveport were 
sent in for identification stating that a considerable infestation was 
-found.- ■ 
CIGARETTE , BEETLE .( Lasiodenna serricorne F. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk' (October 20): The cigarette beetle or tow-bug was re- 
ported to be found all through a house in' Douglas County on September 23, 
while on October 18 this pest was infesting overstuffed furniture in 
Jefferson County. 
CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE ( Tribolium confusum Duv,.) 
Iowa. H. S. Jaques (October 18): Complaints of the confused flour beetle as 
a pest of local flour bins have been received from Mt. Pleasant. 
PEA WEEVIL ( Bruchus pisorum L. ) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (October 18): Pea weevils have been reported with their 
usual destruction to garden peas. 
A LATKRID ( Cartodere costulata Reit. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (October 23): Was reported abundant in a Stamford 
dwelling to such an extent as to cause apprehension. They were suffi- 
ciently numerous on the walls that they were comparatively easy to capture, 
It developed that the house had been closed during a portion of the summer 
and was unusually damp and moldy. 
INDIAN-I.TEAL MOTH ( Plodia i nterpunctella Hbn. ) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (October 18): He s been making its appearance in homes and 
grocery stores where it is a pest in food products. 
