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ANTS (Pornicidae) '• ” 
Maryland* E. N. Cory (April 22): Citronella ants have "been reported from 
houses in Annapolis and Bel Air, and in a well near College Park, 
Hundreds of - mounds Pprmica exsec toides Porel were^-loc-ated near Great 
Palls, and a report has come in of mounds at Ardmore* 
Georgia* J. li. Roheson (April 12): Specimens of Camponotus ahdominali s 
suhsp, floridanus Buckl*. sent from Brunswick, where they- were said 
.. to he destroying shruhhery hy building their mounds at the roots, and to 
he overrunning , several houses, (Det, hy M, R, Smith.) 
Plorida, . H, Spencer (April l6): The: lit tie fire ant ( Vasmannia auropunctata 
Roger) survived the unusually cold winter in citruS-grove infestations 
in the east-coast section. The colonies suffered only a reduction in 
numbers of workers. The queens appear to he unharmed* 
0. S. Rude (April 27)t Out ants are damaging cotton in some 
places. The damage is spotted and cannot he considered serious, 
except in the individual fields, 
Mississippi, 0. Lyle (April 23): Reports of houses infest-ed with Argentine 
ants ( Iridomyrmex humilis Moyr) received from Pike County. ■ Pire ants 
( Solenopsis xyloni McCook) reported as causing trouble in a house in 
Lauderdale County, 
G, L. Bond (April 23)j Complaints of -carpenter ants ( Camponotus sp.) 
as causing trouble in the southeastern part of the State, 
Texas, R, K. Pletcher (April 22): Harvester ants, possibly Pogonomyrmex 
harhatus P, Smith, reported from Bexar County on March 2S and from 
Guadalupe County on March 29* S» ’ geminata P, , reported from Azpata 
County on March 28, where it was eating hark from peach trees. 
Carpenter ants ( Camponotus sp,) in houses in Harris County on March 25 
and 31 » 
Utah. G, P, Knowlton (April 15): Ants causing annoyance in houses and 
around basement walls in several houses at Logan, 
BROTO-BANEED COCKROACH , ( Supella supelleotilium Serv. ) " 
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Oklahoma, R. W, Kaiser (December 22): Specimens received which are entirely 
new to our collection in Stillyrater, This pest has been found ih 
several houses infested with the German cockroach, but it is not 
common, (Det* by A. B. Gurney,) 
GERMAN COCKROACH ( Blatella germanica L, ) 
District of Columbia, B, A, Back (April 9): A red mite (Erythraeidad, det. 
by H, E. Ewing) found fairly common on croton bug infesting a room in 
Washington, D. C, 
