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H0USEH0LD AND STORED-PRODUCTS INSECTS 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes spp. ) 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (May 22): R. fbar.ijres was found in Loiidonville caus- 
ing serious damage to the woodwork of a residence property. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 27): Termites are the subject of many inquiries, 
as usual at this season. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (May 2H): Termites are swarming generally in the 
southern part of Illinois. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May): A Hall County correspondent . reported on May 19 
that her house was heavily infested with termites. On May lH from Otoe 
County came injured wood and specimens of R. flavip es Kol. 
Colorado. R. G-. Richmond (May 26): Considerable damage being done by the 
black-legged termite (R. tibialis Banks) in the baseboards and sills of 
a house at Denver. (Det. by T. E. Snyder.) 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (May): Termites reported May 6 and 8 from Rochester, 
in Haskell County, and from Texarkana, in northeastern Texas. Reports 
of injury are seldom received from as for northwest as Haskell County. 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (March and April): More inquiries have been 
received regarding R. hesperus Banks from Yakima Valley than ever 
before. 
RAISIN MOTH ( Ephestia figalilella Greg.) 
California. H. C. Donohoe (May S): The first adult, out of doors, was 
noted on May U at an open raisin storage in Presno County, San Joaquin 
Valley. As in previous years, the first moths appeared at about the 
same date as the first ripe, fallen mulberries were observed. At this 
period mulberries are the only known field food. 
TOBACCO MOTH ( Ephos tia Glutei la Hon. ) 
California. H. G. Donohoe (May 8): Two larvae from stored raisins at 
Presno, San Joaquin Valley, were reared and identified as E. elutella . 
Although adults are common about raisin storages each spring, these 
are the first larvae that have been collected from raisins and defin- 
itely identified. 
