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CIGAJRETTl! B3EILE (Lasioderma serricorna' Fab, ) 
Kansas J, •"<, LicColloch (February 25): The cigarette beetles are giving 
considerable trouble in upholstered furniture in a duelling 
at Topeka* 
PO'.IDER-POST BEETLES ( Lyctus spp, ) 
Kansas J, 7* lylcColloch (February 6): Po v 'der-post beetles are causing 
considerable damage to a stock of shovels in a hardware store 
at Canton. The handles are all badly infested* 
CALIFORNIA LEAD" CABLE EOKSE ( Scobicia declivis Lee. ) 
California Official Record, vol. 7, No, 12,March 21: The little black bug 
with a propensity for boring holes in the sheaths of telephone 
cables has been causing trouble in various sections of California. 
The tiny holes made by the insect allow moisture from the first 
rains to r?ach wires inside aerial cables and short-circuit the 
vr ires. Some say this bug's correct name is Scobicia declivis Lee, 
•but telephone men have other names for it. This borer made its 
debut on the Pacific co^st several ye'TS ago, and it has proved 
to be a perennial host whenever winter comes* 
CLOVER MIT! ( Bryobia oraetiosa Koch) 
Kansas J, '-". LicColloch (February 14): The clover mite is proving a 
nuisance in houses at Chanute, 
