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HOUSEHOLD AND STORED -PRODUCTS INSECTS 
TERMITES (Isoptera) . ‘ ' 
New York. N. Y* State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April 15): Reported to be 
more common than usual during the last week. Noticeable now "because 
they are swarming in hlmost countless numbers in houses. * 
New Jersey, M. D. Leonard (March J>l)t A fair-sized flight of winged forms 
of Reticulitermes flaTipes Koll* within a porch at Haddonfield, A swarm 
emerged in this porch a week or, so earlier last year, 
Delaware. L, A. Stearns (April 15)* Heavy infestation observed in baseraen,t 
of building at Glaymont, 
Maryland, E. N. Cory (April 22) ! A great many reports of termite damage to 
houses coming from all over the State, 
Virginia, H, G. Walker and L, D, Anderson (April 26): Reported swarming 
in a number of buildings in the Norfolk area during April, 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (April 23)j Specimens received from Lowndes and 
Montgomery Counties, Where buildings were infested. Complaints of 
damage received from 10 counties throughout the State., 
Ohio, T, H. Parks (April 25) J The usual number of inquiries being 
received throughout the State, 
Indiana, J. J. Davis (April 29)? Termites continue to be a major item. 
Many requests received, . 
Minnesota, A, G. Ruggles (April 19)t Termites found damaging timbers in 
Eehruary in a house in Worthington, This is the second location in 
the State Where they have been found, 
Missouri, L, Haseman (April 24); Reports of swarming of these pests have 
continued throughout the month from various sections of the State, 
Nebraska, M, H. Swenk (April I5): Two inquiries received on April g and 10 
from Douglas County, as to control of Reticulitermes tibialis Banks 
working in "buildings, 
Kansas, H, R. Bryson (April 25) J About the usual number of reports received o1 
injury from termites, 
Texas, R. K. Eletcher (April 22): Termites reported in Harris County on 
April 1 and in Hunt County oh April I5, 
Nevada, G,G. Schweis (April 19): The. first case of termite presence for the 
season was reported on April I7 at Reno, 
