BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 13 
Dakota. Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and 
Wisconsin. , 
In cooperation with the University of Maryland Extension Division 
and the State entomologist approximately 40,000 traps, the majority 
manufactured in the Maryland penitentiary, were operated in Mary- 
land during the summer. " Trapping there was carried on in 89 cities, 
towns, and villages. Heavily infested areas were found in Cecil. Bal- 
timore, Kent, Somerset, and* Worcester Counties. First-record infes- 
tations were found in Jefferson, Lander, Queen Anne, and Ridgeville. 
In Atlanta, Ga., 122 beetles were captured in 3,033 traps in 1938, 
as compared with 6 beetles in 1,487 traps in 1937. One beetle was 
caught in Savannah. Eighteen localities in the State were trapped, 
with negative results. 
Beetles trapped in Chicago continued to show a decrease. A total 
of 330 were caught this year as compared with 384 during the sum- 
mer of 1937. Evanston, 111., also showed a smaller number (20 
beetles in 1937 and 1 in 1938). In Cicero 5 beetles were trapped, as 
compared with 1 in 1937. The figure for East St. Louis decreased 
from 3 to 1. No beetles were found in Elgin, where 1 had been found 
in 1937. Twenty-three additional places in Illinois were trapped, 
with negative results. 
A further decrease was shown for Indianapolis, Ind., where 21 
acres were treated with lead arsenate in 1937. Finds decreased from 
28 in 1936 to 12 in 1937 and 10 in 1938. The three first-record infes- 
tations for Indiana were at East Chicago, Elkhart, and Whiting. 
One beetle each was caught in Whiting and East Chicago and 2 beetles 
in Elkhart. The total number of beetles trapped in South Bend, Ind., 
in 1938 was 8 as compared with 43 in 1937. Twenty beetles were 
caught in 1,600 traps during 1938 in Fort Wayne. During the pre- 
vious year half as many traps were used, and 18 beetles were cap- 
tured. In Logansport, where a single beetle was found in 1937, 8 
were trapped in 1938. 
The Iowa first record was at Fort Madison, where a single beetle 
was caught. In each of the six other Iowa towns where traps were 
operated results were negative. 
At Louisville, Ky., 62 beetles were caught in 1,566 traps, an in- 
crease from the 10 beetles trapped in 1937. At Lexington 597 traps 
were placed but only 1 beetle was caught. Approximately 600 traps 
were used at three other Kentucky points, but no beetles were collected. 
First-record incipient infestations were found in Maine at Bath. 
Brunswick, and Ellsworth. At Bath two beetles were caught : one 
beetle each was found at Brunswick and Ellsworth. At Bangor 
three beetles were captured. A single beetle had been caught there in 
1935 but none in 1936 or 1937. 
During the summer 5,313 traps in Detroit captured 82 beetles. 
This was an increase over the 67 beetles caught in 5,045 traps in 1937, 
but still a decrease from the 128 found in 4.686 traps in 1936. First- 
record infestations were determined at Highland Park, where 2 beetles 
were caught, and at Pontiac. where a single beet le was found. A sin- 
gle beetle was trapped at Dearborn, a decrease from the 6 beetl 
the preceding year. 
