POULTRY 
CEICK3N MITl ( Dernanyssus gallinao Deg, ) 
HeLraska. K, D, Tate (Septenoer 6)j Reported fron Douglas County, 
SHEEP 
SHEEP KED ( Melophagus ovinus L.) 
Te7:as, E. C, Cushing (Septenher ’})'* Examinations of sheep on August 3^ revoale^ 
only one or two parasites on one lanh, 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PEODUCTS INSECTS 
TERl-IITES (Isoptera) 
Maryland, B, N, Cory (Septenher 23 ); Pound in "buildings in Baltiuore County, 
C, Lyle (Septenher 25 )• 
Mississippi,/ Termites reported as injuring buildings in Attala, Chickasaw, 
Hinds, Leflore, Simpson, Washington, and Yazoo Counties, More than usual 
nutaber of complaints reported from northeastern counties, and more then 
usual dar.-iago to sweotpotatoes reported from southwestern counties, 
Nebraska, H, D, Tate (September l6)» Reticulitermes tibialis Banks reported as 
attacking Chinese elm trees in Harlan County,. 
UtrJi, C, P, Knowlton (September 4): Termite injury to homes increasing in Box 
Elder County, 
Montana, H, B. Mills (August ]>l)i R. tibialis damaging wooden understructures f 
residence at Helena, 
uU'TTS (Pormicidae) 
Ploridr,, W, Mcathis (September IS); Wasmannia auropunctata. Roger .very numerous 
in a grapefruit grove near Port Pierce, 
J, C, -Overpeck (September IS); Specimens of W, auropunctata sent in 
and reported as being on trees and in houses, TDet, by M, R. Smith,) 
Mississippi, C, Lyle end assistants (Soptonbor 25); Specimens of Gamponotus 
caryao rasilis bliceler received early in September from Harriston, with 
report that they i.-ere causing annoyance in a kitchen and a bedroom, 
Monomorium pharaonis L, rei^orted as causing annoyance in-house in the 
Gulfport district. Specimens of Iridoio^’rmox humilis Mayr received from 
Holmes County, and reports received from Amite, Monroe, and Pike Counties 
and in southwestern Mississippi areas not trea.ted last year, Solenopsis 
xyloni McCook' reported as numerous in Grena.da County^,'. 
