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HOUSEHOLD A I I) STORED-PRODUCTS INSECTS 
A TERMITE ( Ami t ernes perploxus Banks) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 25): The desert termite observed at 
and reported from many residences in the Phoenix area. Several cactus 
gardens suffered severe injury, with a loss of as high as 20 percent 
of the plants. Injury to rugs, books, and florist supplies. Numerous 
records of its constructing earthern tunnels over lawn chairs, grass, 
fences, and up the trunks of trees, where damage consisted only in 
scarification of the outer sufaccs of the objects-. No record of this 
termite tunneling directly through wood. 
ANTS (Eormicidae) 
New Hampshire. E. E. Campbell, Jr. (September 22): Eormica truncicola 
integra Nyl. discovered during renovation of a summer house'. (Dot. 
by M . R . Smi th . ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 25): Specimens of the Argentine ant 
( Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr) collected in Lowndes County, and com- 
plaints about infestations received from Carroll, Hinds, Copiah, and 
Monroe Counties. Control measures for the little black ant, Mono- 
morium minimum Buckl., requested by homo owners in Lowndes County 
and in the southern part of the Delta section. Specimens of Pharaoh's 
ant (M. pharaoni s L.) from Jackson County on August 22 and from Clay 
County on September 18. Specimens of the fire ant ( Solenopsis 
xyloni McCook) were found at Mississippi Stato College. Requests for 
control measures received from Sunflower County and the southern 
Delta section. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (September 3)* Damage to lawn in Milam County by 
Pogonomyrmex barbatus F. Smith-. Judging by request for control, 
this ant is causing an increased amount of damage. 
CRICKETS (Gryllidac) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (September 23): Complaints concerning crickets 
entering houses received from several localities. Several species 
involved. Reported at Lansing, Mesick, Newberry, Ann Arbor, and 
Saint Joseph. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 25): Field crickets ( Gryllus sp.) ob- 
served in countless numbers following heavy rains of September 4 and 
5. These pests were attracted to brightly lighted business establish- 
ments in Phoenix and congregated in such numbers as to become a 
serious nuisance. 
Texas. F. C. Bishopp (September l6): Black crickets ( Gryllus sp.) in- 
vaded Dallas in great numbers during the last few days. Reports of 
damage to clothing and household effects. 
