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are abundant. In poultry yards they disturb the sitting hens 

 and may even kill little chicks. 



No affected areas are far from the railroads, but the ants 

 spread, driving the local species out as they extend their 

 territory. 



Zenoleum ])owder has been used against them with success. 

 Crude petroleum was found to be the best repellent of all 

 liquids. 



A FRUIT FLY FROM FUNGI 



In connection with a study of fungus gnats a large number 

 of small flies of an entirely different character were reared. 

 These insects came from larvae which were found in great 

 abundance in the thick mud-like mass which resulted from the 

 almost complete decomposition of the mushrooms. Time and 

 again fungi which were brought into the laboratory yielded 

 these small fruit flies. A number of specimens were sent to 

 Prof. Aldrich for identification. They proved to be Drosophila 

 busckii Coq. 



This species is reported as widely distributed over the state 

 but we have not heard of its being reared from fungi before. 



E. T. McFadden. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB 



The Entomological Club met at the residence of Dr. Adalbert 

 Fenyes, in Pasadena, on the evening of January 31, 1914, with 

 the following men present: A. J. Cook, E. O. Essig, H. S. 

 Smith, J. H. McLaren, A. G. Smith, H. C. Fall, A. Fenyes, H. 

 H. Newcomb, W. A. Hilton, V. L. Clemence, B. Berwald, G. C. 

 Davis, B. Turner and F. Grinnell, Jr. Dr. A. G. Smith opened 

 the meeting and introduced Dr. A. J. Cook, State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture, who spoke in a very pleasing and interesting 

 way of the work of the Commission in dealing with the injur- 

 ious insects of California, with special reference to the control 

 of the mealy bug and alfalfa weevil; and the necessity of 

 fighting the pests right at the start. The difficulty of obtaining 



