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Miss ouri. A. C. Burr ill (April 17 ) : A regular trail of Prenolepis imparls. Say 
observed at Jefferson City, Cole C’bunty, in wet, very cold weather. Occas- 
ionally C remat ogas ter lineolata Say hores the pith area of elderberry for a 
succursal nest. 
•Nebraska, M. H. Swenk (April 20): Report received from Adams County -on April 11 
indicated that ants were infesting a house. Specimens of Camponotus fallax 
Nyl. brought in from Hamilton County on April 7. Reported as infesting a 
house. ■ 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus loss imilis E. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 2l): Reported as annoying in a dwelling in Polk 
County on March 22. 
ORIENTAL COCKROACH ( Platt a oriental is L. ) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (April 19) : Becoming more abundant in Connecticut. About 
50 specimens received from a small store in Bridgeport. 
30XELDER BUG ( LeptocdBis tr ivittatus Say) 
T, H. Parks (April 24); Specimens received in March from Mercep, Anglaize, and 
Butler Counties, all near the western border of the State, with the statement 
that they were found in houses. ■ 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (April 19): Abundant in the vicinity of Ypsilanti. In 
some places observed. swarming into houses and giving considerable trouble. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (April 25): Very abundant this spring. Reports received from 
Council Bluffs, Centerville, Adel, and Gifford. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20): Complaints of annoyance received from March 21 
to April 20, chiefly from Boyd, Knox, Madison, Polk, Colfax, Buffalo, York, 
Lancaster, Gage, and Douglas Counties. 
Utah. J. C. Hamlin (March 29); Bugs have emerged from hibernation with the advent 
of warm weather in March and have begun troubling householders ip Salt Lake 
City, 
SPIDER BEETLES (Ptinus spp. ) 
Utah. G. E. Kncwlton (March 3l)s Specimens sent in from Tooele, Tooele County; 
considered injurious. (Det. by W. S. Eisher.) 
Washington, M. H. Hatch (Apjril 10): Specimens of Ptinus tectus Boieldieu reported 
as infesting a residence in the Magnolia Bluff district of Seattle. 
POWDER-POST BEETLES (Lvctus spp. ) 
New Jersey. R. A. St. George (April 5): Two reports of planicollis Lee, as attack- 
ing newly erected residences at Waldwick sent in on March 27. Some boards so 
badly infested that new floors had to be laid. 
