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HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-FRODUCTS INSECTS 
ANTS ( Formic idao) 
Connecticut, N. Turner (May 23)? Lasius intcr.lectus Mayr unusually abundant in 
southern Connecticut. Winged females seen in many houses. 
Pennsylvania. E, J, Udine (May 20) : Lawn ants more abundant than usual at Car- 
lisle, Many requests for information, 
Maryland. E, N. Cory (May 22): Pavement ant ( Te t r amo r iun c aes pi tun L.) reported 
in lawns in Enltinore County, 
Virginia, H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (May 27): Reported as very abundant in 
lawns and houses at Norfolk. ' 
North Carolina. R. A. St. George (May): Male flying Argentine ants. ( Ir.idomyrnex 
hunilis Mayr) collected as they cane from the side of a residence at Wilming- 
ton, (Det. by M. R. Smith.) 
Mississippi, C. Lvle (May 23): Specimens of Argentine ant sent from Simpson 
County. Reported from Jones, Tallahatchie, and Washington Counties, Fire 
ants, Solenops is xyloni McCook, received from Claiborne County; reported as 
nesting in a flower bed; and also reported from Loe, Monroe, and Pike Counties 
in gardens and flower beds. Specimens of Oamponotus caryae rasilis Wheeler 
received from Lowndes County, with information that they were found in a 
house, 
Louisiana. P. K. Harrison (May 31): At Raton Rouge fire ants, S. geninata F. . 
tunnelled the stems of dahlias and ate the foliage. 
Indiana* J. J. Davis (May 24): Ants in lawns abundant throughout the State. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 22): Doth the common dark brown ant ( C remat o- 
gaster lineolata Say) and the carpenter ant ( Camponotus herculeanus L.) very 
abundant now in lawns in southern Wisconsin, 
Iowa, C. J. Drake (May 2o): Easement ants found in cellars of buildings at 
Ottumwa, Webster City, Dos Moines, Mansor., and Alton. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (May 12): Several species have given trouble in 
houses , . gardens, and lawns. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May IS): MouncL.building prairie ant ( Pogononyrmex occi- 
dcntalis Cress.) reported as working in a dooryard in Keyapaha County on May 3» 
Utah. G, F. Ivnovlton (May IS): Numerous reports of annoyance in gardens, houses, 
andi fields received during the last 3 weeks from various parts of northern 
and central Utah* 
