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Michigan. - R. Hutson (May 2l) : Carpenter nn-ts, Canponotus ' spp . , , very 
•t roubles one., in house s at Owosso, Shiawassee - County, on April 29. 
Mississippi. 0. Lyle end. assistants (May 24): Iridonyrnex - hunllis Hayr. 
reported fron Monroe County. Pogonomyr nox badius La.tr. were collected 
fron a lawn in Harrison- County on May 1. In the southwestern counties, 
fire ants, probably Solenopsis xyloni McCook, reported as injurious 
to strawberry plants by. nesting near their roots* 0. canyon docipiens 
Wheeler spocinons received fron Harrison County on May 13* Specimens 
of 0. her eule anus p onnsyl vani cus Leg. received fron Sunflower County 
on May 5« - 
Nebraska. H. L. Taebo (May 17)? Mound-building prairie -ants, P. Occident ad i s 
Cross., reported fron Hitchcock and Gasper Counties, in the southern 
part of the Stake, on May 3 end 6, respectively. ' 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (May)s Ants annoying in houses and damaging a lawn 
at Logan on May 3» Reported as annoying at Pennington on May 13, 
and at Moroni on May 20. 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia pra.etiosa Koch) 
Pennsylvania. E. A. Back (May 5) : Specimens received fron Washington Lane, 
Philadelphia. 
Hew Jersey. J. C. Silver (May S) : Reported as being exceedingly numerous 
and very annoying in a. house at Bloomfield. (Det. by P. C. Bishopp.) 
E. A. Bank (May 26) 5 Specimens from houses received from Leonia 
on April 30 end from- Rutherford on. May 6. 
Maryland. E. A. Bank (April 24): Specimens received from Baltimore. 
Indiana. J. J. Lavis (May 27): Reported as annoying -in -houses in many 
pants of the State during the first .half of the month. 
Illinois. E. A. Back (May 6): Specimens received from Peoria,. 
ITebranka,. H. L. Take (May 17) '• Heavy infestation observed in house in 
Lancaster County on April Specimens received fron Omaha 
on May Reported as abundant in that vicinity. 
Montana,. E. A. Bank (May 6): Specimens received from Missoula. 
ORIENTAL COCKROACH (Blatta orientadis L.) 
Pennsylvania,. T. L. Guyton (May 6): Reported fron Hew Castle. . 
Hebraska. H. L_ Take (May 17) • Specimens wore submitted from Saunders 
County, in the eantorn part of the State, on May 5. 
STOREL-GRAIH INSECTS (Hexapoda) 
Illinois. W. P. Plint (May 20) : Adults of the Indian-meal moth ( Plodia 
intorpunctella, Hbn.) appeared in shelled-corn storage in central Illinoi 
