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BLACK GNATS (Simuliidae) 
Nebraska. H. 0. Schroeder (May l6): About 20 Leptoconops kerteszi 
americanu s Carter collected at Sutherland, 100 more swarming around. 
Platte River bed about 100 yards distant. Also irrigation ditches 
in the vicinity. Reported as bad every spring. (Dot. by A. Stone.) 
(May 30) : On May 22 about 15 Simulium bivittatum Mall, collected 
from horses grazing near a small irrigation canal at Port Robinson. 
Canal found heavily infested with immature stages. All horses in 
pastures adjoining this canal had wounds caused by the pest. 
POULTRY 
CHICKEN MITE ( Per many ssus gallinae Deg.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 20): Request for control information 
received from Douglas County on May J>1. 
BEATER 
BEAVER BEETLE ( Platypsylla castoris Bits. ) 
Minnesota. A, G. Ruggles and assistants (June 19) : Reported on beaver 
from the eastern part of Minnesota in May. (Dot. by C . E. Mickol.) 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED - PRODUCTS INSECTS 
A TERMITE (Reti culitormos flavipes Koll.) 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and assistants (June 19): Reported from 
Luverne on May 5 . Winged adults abundant on May 5 . (Dot. by Emerson 
and Snyder . ) 
ANTS (Eormicidae) 
Maryland. H. L. Dozier and L. W. Saylor (June 4): Tetramorium caespitum L. 
and. Mono morion minimum -buckl. taken on dahlia at Cambridge, "injuring 
foliage of young plants. Ants were feeding along the midrib start- 
ing near the base of the leaf blade. 
Florida. G. B. Merrill (June 24): Wasra nnia a uropunctata Roger taken 
by State Plant Board inspectors at Royal Palm State Park, Eebruary 
5. (Det. by M. R. Smith. ) 
Mississippi C. Lyle (June 24): Eire ants, Solcnopsis xyloni McCook, 
unusually numerous in Oktibbeha County. Reports of infested gardens 
and ilower beds received from Bolivar, Carroll, Chickasaw, Harrison, 
Holmes, Leflore, Pearl River, and Sunflower Counties. Renorts of 
injury received from the southeastern part of the State. The 
Argentine ant ( Iridomyrmox humilis Ma.yr) was reported as a pest in 
