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Mississippi. C. Lyle (March -29) * ‘ 'Ants reported as annoying, in homes in 
Bolivar and Clay Counties. Specimens of M.' pharaonis sent from Harri- 
, son County on March 19. 
Nebraska* H. B. Tate (February 25)*' Specimens of ^amponotus herculeanus 
penn sylvan icus Deg; received from Butler County. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 21 ) : .Ants in basements of houses reported as 
common, one report coming from Lyndon and several from Manhattan. 
Heavy flights of winged ants encountered by R, C, Smith on a motor 
trip to Bala. 
POWDER-POST BEETLES ( Lyctus spp , ) 
New Jersey. E. A. Back (January 26): Specimens of L. planicollia Lee . from 
mahogany-veneered bookcase in Teaneck received on January 26. (Dqt. 
by W, S . Fisher, ) 
South Carolina. E. Sherman and W. C. Nettles (March 22): Numerous reports 
of powder-post beetles infesting floors and sleepers underneath re- 
ceived from eastern half of State, especially Charleston. 
Mississippi. N. L, Douglass (March 29): Observed injuring walls of a 
house in Grenada County. 
Iowa,. C. J, Drake (March. 20): Found in large numbers in a house at Clinton, 
Many of the larger timbers had boon badly damaged. 
Oregon. J. Davis (February 21): L, brunneus Steph, found in oak floor ad 
Astoria which had been laid 1 month . (Det . by W. J. Chamberlin,) 
TAN BARK BORER ( Phymatodes variabilis L.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (March 2d): Specimens collected in dwelling 
house, presumably emerging from stovewood, 
RED SPIDERS ( Tetranychus spp,) 
Nevada. G, G, S c hwois (March 5) ! Caused considerable annoyance tq house- 
holders during February, owing to little mortality because of mild 
winter. 
MILLIPEDS (Diplopoda) 
Oregon. J. Davis (February 2l): Found eating wood in a comparatively new 
house located on river bank in Bend, 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (March 17): Reported from Dodge, L u ti or> Antelope, 
and Madison Counties during the period February 20 to March 15. 
