BEES A17D WASPS (Hynenoptera) 
General, E, A, Back (May 25) i Polistes spp, troublesome in houses while emer- 
ging from hibernation in the follov^ing States! New York, Nev; Jersey, Penn- 
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, 
Massachusetts, A. I, ®ourne (May 24) J Numerous inquiries received relative to 
large numbers of and annoyance caused by wasps, mostly Polistes sp,, which 
occurred in houses. Number of complaints greatly exceeds writer’s experi- 
ence, .* 
Pennsylvania, E, A. Back (May l4): Specimens of a carpenter bee, Xylocopa .. 
virginica Drury, from Clark’s Summit, 
Maryland, S. A, Back (May 25) ! X, virginica received from two localities in Ma? 
COCKROACHES (Blattidao) 
General, E. A, Back (May 25) 5 Blattella gormanica L, received during May from 
Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia., ITirginii 
Illinois, and California., Oriental cockroach ( Blatta priontalis L,) ro- 
coiVed during May from Now Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, and Nevada., America.; 
coclcroach ( Periplanota amoricana L, ) received on Ma.y 20 from Now York City 
and on May 11 from Detroit, Mich, 
Ohio, E, W, Mendenha-ll (May 22): B, gormanica. very ba.d in many places whore 
sacked potatoes ha.vo been sold, affording a moans of distribution to houses, 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (May 25): Annoyance reported from Hinds and Tippah Coun% 
ties, American and German roaches very numerous and a.nnoying along the Gul^' 
coast. Several complaints of B, gormanica. reported from Grenada and Yalo- : 
busha Counties, 
Nebraska, M, H, Swenk (ifoy Ij): Co^laint from Nemaha County on April 22 of a 
house infested with B, germa.nica , B, oriontalis. troublesome in Douglas 
and Dodge Counties on April 18 and May 7» respectively, 
Utah, G, E, Knowlton (May l): B. gernanica annoying at Logan and Ogden, 
HOUSE CRICKET ( Gryllus domosticus L, ) 
Pennsylva.nia, E, A,. Back (May 25)* Spocimons collected from Upper Da.rby on 
April 19* B-eported a.s destructive to frhrics in house, 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
Michigan. R, Hutson (May 21): Reported in the southern part of the Sta.to, 
Wisconsin, E. A, Back (May 25): Specimens received from house in Wajuwatosa. 
on May 9« 
