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STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS 
As a result of cage tests for the dried fruit beetle (Carpophi- 
lus hemipterus L.) at Fresno, Calif., Dwight F. Barnes has found that 
ortho-chlorophenol and oil of pennyroyal "have a definite repellency to 
the adults." The report says: "Other materials tested were creosote car— 
bonate and a(lpha)-—chloronaphthalene. Each test was repeated at least 
three times, the treated and control food (fermented dried peaches) being 
placed in different locations in the shaded cage in order to eliminate the 
influence of light intensity." 
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Perez Simmons, Fresno, reports: "Increased numbers of Ephestia 
spp. were caught in traps in vineyards, as summarized in the following 
table prepared by Mr. Barnes. Five traps were operated in each vineyard. 
In addition to dried~fruit Lepidoptera, considerable numbers of miscel— 
laneous insects were captured. Water controls in Vineyard A caught prac— 
tically nothing." 

(ae VINneyarduAge Vineyard B Re 
Collection Total Average per Total Average per 
date moths trap per day moths trap per day 
June 26 tab aes Cre Li. deed 
29 . LOL as 4 epee I ff 0.5 
July 2 198 lose 38 PRA) 
7 396 15.8 92 4.6 
12 339 13.6 50 Bow 
15 Pel 18.0 26 Ls, 
18 ye val 11.4 31 Raa 
21 Al Aa 38 2.5 
24 70 4.7 19 LA 
Summation 1¢710its 115.0 Mpa ole 2 
Mr. Simmons also reports that in July eight dried-fruit estab— 
lishments in the San Joaquin Valley were examined. Adult moths of Ephes-— 
tia and Plodia were found to be present in small numbers, but no larvae 
were found. Except for ants, which were abundant at one plant, insect 
enemies were at avery low ebb. "The exceptionally high temperatures that 
orevailed during July were probably considerably in excess of the optimum 
for development." 
The tobacco moth (Ephestia elutella Hbn.) has caused less damage 
to leaf tobacco this year than in 1930, according to a report from W. D. 
Reed, Richmond, Va., who says: "It is apparent that our experiments dur-— 
ing October, 1930, against this pest were effective." 
The effect of paradichlorobenzene upon the viability of certain 
seeds in experiments at Sligo, Md., is reported by George W. Ellington, 
as follows: "Germination tests have been continued with different varie— 
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