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Rhode Islr.nd, A, E, Stene (May 29 )♦ Jints ot'" various sxjecies seen unusually 
ahundrjit, Dundlc of sliinfrles at Little Conpton discovered to ho full of 
carpenter ants vrhich "badly doxiat^ed nany shingles* 
Nov/ York, N, Y, State Coll, Nov/s Letter (May 27)1 Cauliflower pln,nts, one 
third natured, attcackod "by snail hlack ants. They destroyed approxinatoly 
100 plants or loss than 0,5 percent of the total nunher, 
Maryland, E, N, Cory (Ma,y 27)j Ants reported generally in houses, 
Virginia, E, R, Ereund (May 6): T. c.n,o spitun "brought to office approxinatcly a 
dozen tines this spring, (Dot, hy M, R, Snith,) 
Elorida., H, Spencer (Ma,y l): A^lfittlo fire ant, Wasnannia aujopunctata, Roger, 
is coning out of the gro j^d in citrus groves on the cast coast and feeding 
on lionoydcw frorr°Tns^^s"bn leaves, ' Th.e sna.llor trails up trees indicate 
reduction in nujAeni^f v/orkers during the unusually cold winter, 
Mississippi, C. Lyle (Ma.y 25) J Canponotus caryao rasilis Whir, reported a.s in- 
festing house in Jones Coimty, 
Ohio, E, ¥, MendenhaAl (May 21'); Rlack pavement ants, T, cae spitun , are damag- 
ing garden plants and are annoying near a house at Colunhus, 
V/isconsin, E, L. Chan"bers (June l)» Sevcra.1 infestations reported in houses in 
vicinity of Madison, Spocinens su'onitted were ax>parently Las ius intor- 
jectus Mayr, 
Missouri, L, Hcaserian (May 21); Since middle of May the connon snail red house- 
hold ant has heen attracting attention in central Missouri, and nany in- 
quiries received since Ma,y 1 of large red ants v/ith nests around rocks and 
foundations of "buildings, 
Ne'Drasko-, M, H, Swenk (May 17)* Nunerous con^jlaints of injury, "both indoors 
and out, chiefly in straii/"berry "beds, received fron Ar)ril I 5 to Ma.y 15 fron 
Dougla,s, Holt, Lancaster, and Morrill Counties, 
OklaJaona, C. E. Stiles (Ma.y 22); Rc'portod as seriously damaging rhu"bar"b in 
G-arfiold County, 
Texa.s, H, K, Elctcher (May 17 )j Requests for control fron Rusk County on May 
1, and fron Eonnin County on May 13« Earn infested with countless nests 
of the red ha.rvoster ant ( Pogonons^rnex "bar"batus E, Sni th) on May 6 in 
Collin Count 7 /, 
Mrs, J, ¥, McColloxigh (May 15)j Loptogenys olongata Luckl, found xoreying 
on sow'bUf'sS a.t Da.lla.s, (Dot, "by M, R.~ Snith, ) 
"Utah, G, E. Knowlton (May 10 ); Damaging seedling tomatoes in a coldfrane at 
Logaxi, (May I 5 ); Slack amts damaging a lavm at Logan, (May 25 ); Annoy- 
ing around a honey house and in hoe yards a.t Nephi, 
