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AN ANT ( Pheidole anastesii Emery) 
Z. P. Metcalf (March 20): Ants, Pheidole anastasii Emery, 
genus and s-oecies determined "by Dr. M. R. Smith of Mississippi, 
have proven very troublesome in houses in "inston-Salera. 
Depredations have a-ooarently continued throughout the winter. 
LARGE BLACK CARPENTER ANT ( Camponotus herculeanus L.) 
J. M. Robinson (March 22): Carpenter ants are moderately 
abundant in houses at Dadesville and Fair Hope. 
BOOKLICS (Psocidae) 
W. A. Thomas (February 15): A single carton of oatmeal from 
a local grocery store was observed to contain thousands of these 
small wingless insects. They were evidently feeding on the 
oatmeal, as the individual grains seemed to be badly pitted. 
The inside of the carton above the cereal was literally covered 
with the insects. 
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A CURCULIONID ( Cleonus niger Scop.) 
C. R. Crosby (March 20): Numerous adults found hibernating 
among dry beans in storage. Cleonus oiger was found at 
Branchport in dry beans raised on the farm. They, the beans, 
have probably been there for ages. This place is far from 
the railroad and is not even on a state road. A note on this 
insect will aopear in "Entomological News" in the near future. 
RICE WEEVIL ( Calandra oryzae L.) 
M. H. Swenk (March 24): A Thomas County correspondent sent 
specimens of the rice weevil with the statement that they were 
present throughout his house, especially in the basement, where 
no material was in storage in which they were developing. 
Thomas County is in the center of the sandhill region of Nebraska 
and this is the first report of the species that has been received 
from that part of the State. 
BEAN WEEVIL ( Mylabris obtectus Say) 
J. J. Davis (March 31): The bean weevil was reported 
damaging seed beans at Indianapolis. 
J. A. Munro (March 16): Two reports of the bean weevil were 
received during the past two weeks; one from C-lenburn and the 
other from Crand Forks. Both reports referred to injury to 
beans in storage. 
Nebraska 
f. H. Swenk (March 24): Persons having navy be-?ns in storage 
have reported losses caused by the bean weevil duri: rch. 
