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SHEEP 
NOSE BOTFLY ( Gastcrophilus hacmorrhoidalis L. ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton and R. E. Nye (March 4): Reported that a valuable 
sheep at Logan was so badly infested that it had to bo killed. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PRODUCTS INSECTS 
TERMITES (Isoptera) 
District of Columbia. R. A. St. George (March 22) : Swarms of Rcticuli- 
termes flavipes Kollar are occurring in buildings in Washington and 
vicinity at frequent intervals. Large numbers observed in heated 
basements during the last week. 
Virginia. S. B, Fonnc (March 22): First report for 1940 of swarming of 
subterranean termites in Augusta County on March 11. Considerable 
damage to house timbers. 
North Carolina. B. H. Wilford (March 5) s The first flight of R. flavipes 
observed this year occurred on March 4 in the basement of a residence 
in Asheville. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (March 23): Sufficiently active at Auburn to 
require control measures. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 22): Reports of infestations received from 
Clarko, Copiah, Forrest, Hinds, Oktibbeha, and Yazoo Counties. Re- 
port received of serious damage to a school building in Scott County. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (March 25): Swarming reported from many localities 
in the State. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (March 21): Found coming out inside a house at 
Newaygo on March l4. First record for the year. 
Missouri. L. H^seman (March 27) : In central Missouri early swarming 
has been reported by a number of home owners, despite the fact that 
winter still prevails here. 
Nebraska. H, H. Swenk (March 15): Specimens of R, flavipes sent in from 
Webster County on March 4, with the report that they had been taken 
from the ground a short distance south of a house. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (March 26): House found badly infestod on March 13 
in Waller County. 
Montana. H. B. Mills (March 18): Reported that F. tibialis Banks is 
eating only oak, not fir, flooring in a house at Havre, Hill County, 
north-central Montana. Adult winged forms sent in for examination. 
First record from this far north in Montana. 
