The Argentine Ant as a Household Pest. a 
referred to should then be applied over the paraffin in a band about 5 inches 
wide and about one-fourth inch thick. 
Before the band is applied the tree should be pruned so that the lowest 
branch is fully a foot above the ground, and all rubbish should be removed 
from beneath the tree and the soil cultivated to destroy all grass and weeds. 
Fic. 1.—The Argentine ant, adult forms: a, Adult male; ai, head of male; a2, petiole of 
male; b, worker; bi, head of worker; 62, petiole of worker; c, fertile queen; ci, head 
of queen ; c2, petiole of queen. All greatly enlarged. (Newell and Barber.) 
HOW TO KEEP ANTS FROM TABLES, ETC., IN AN INFESTED HOUSE. 
Perhaps the most effective and durable barrier which can be used 
indoors is a bichlorid-of-mercury tape or band. Tape is soaked in a 
saturated solution of bichlorid of mercury and then hung up to dry. 
Tt is then placed around the legs of tables, safes, ete., and if it is kept 
dry will last from six months to a year. Common lampwick one-half 
