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Fig" I 55- House or sick cricket. 

 Reduced. (Original. ) 



said to feed on food stuffs generally, and to be fond of moist 

 situations, but it is known to occur and apparently to thrive, 

 in drv rooms where the onlv available food material 

 appeared to be books, papers and similar substances. When 

 these insects occur as pests in dwelling houses, they arc 

 generally found in the kitchens and living rooms, where 

 thev may be controlled by the same means as are recom- 

 mended for cockroaches. 



ants. Hymenoptera. 



Several species of ants are liable to establish them- 

 selves in houses, and cause a great deal of annoyance to 

 the inmates. The very minute sugar ant (Tapinoma mel- 

 anocephalum), which is pale-reddish in colour and 

 attacks sugar, jams, and similar substances, and the so- 

 called red or stinging ant (Sole)iopsls geminata) which 

 sometimes becomes very abundant, are perhaps two of the 

 most common. The mad or crazy ant (Prenolepis longi- 

 cornis), which is a slender, black insect with long legs and 

 long antennae is also a well-known form. Another one, 

 which is a large, stout, dark-coloured ant (Cumponotus sp.) 

 lives in the timbers, which it sometimes very materially 

 weakens by its excavations. 



