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pyr^nicu.3 var. . fin. vug McCook. Pdgdnomyrnex bodius Latr. is a serious 
post of lawns, destroying grass and vegetation about nests. (Det. by 
M. R. Smith.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23 ) ‘ Many complaints received regarding 
Solenopsis xyloni McCook and other native ants during the last month, 
indicating, that ants are more troublesome than usual. 
Texas. E. A. Back (September): On June 7» 6 arm ^ ho tus caryae subsp. dis- 
color Buckley, reported from Houston as found around water and usually 
colonizing in' walls of house. (Dot. by M. R. Smith.) 
FIELD CRICKET ( G-ryllus assimilis F. ) • 
New Jersey and Florida. E. A. Bonk (September):. Reported as entering a 
bungalow on the shore at Belleville, N. J. , and eating curtains and 
bedding. Reported as having been captured flying in numbers to lights 
of stores at Daytona Beach, Fla.., in June. (Dot. by A. B. G-urney.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 20): Reported as the cause of annoyance 
in basements in Colfax and Furnas Counties late in August and early in 
September. 
California. E. Q. Essig (September 10): Common field cricket unu ftually 
abundant in the San Francisco Bay region, but also common in the 
San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys. Yuba City area crickets para- 
sitized by Me r mis sp. 
HOUSE CRICKET ( G-ryllus domesticus L.) 
New York, Pennsylvania , and Ohio. E. A. Back (September): The New York 
Times of August 3 gives an account of "The Cricket on the Hearth" 
in Rochester, N. Y. , where the outbreak of this pest was said to be 
the worst in the history of the city. Very abundant on August IS 
in a cottage at Rockaway Beach, N. Y. Abundant in public dump and 
nearby houses in Springfield, Pa. , on August 13 and 29 • Very abundant 
in cellar of a house in Dayton, Ohio. 
Oklahoma. R. G. Dahms (September 20) : This cricket reported as abundant 
in homes and stores in many localities in southwestern Oklahoma. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Forficula auricular ia L. ) 
Massachusetts and New York. E. A. Back (September): On July 22 a 
correspondent at Pottersville, Mass. , reporter this insect present in 
houses. On August 28 at Swansea, Mass. , a correspondent wrote of 
having first observed earwigs 2 years ago. Now they are abundant on 
clothing on the line and they "bite or sting when they get on you. 'J 
On August 10 a specimen was received from Rochester, N. Y. (Det. by 
A. B. Gurney. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August ^l) : European earwig reported on potato 
at Fort Wayne on August 24. .... 
