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EUROPEAN HEN FLEA ( Ceratonhyllus gallinae Bchrank) 
New York C. R, Crosby (June S) : This insect was s ent~in from Fre^sburg. 
This is the third record that has heen made of the presence of this 
insect in New York State. • 
INSECTS. INVESTING HOUSES AND 
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PREMISES 
ARGENTINE ANT ( iridomyrmex humilis Mayr) 
M, R» Smith (June ,30): Two. years ago one and a half city blocks 
in Fayette were found infested with Argentine ants. In the fall 
of 1922 and the fall, of 19^3 a*t Argentine ant campaign was put 
on by the State Plant Board in cooperation with the city 
authorities. A very careful . investigation on June 23 and 24 
revealed no Argentine ants, and the writer feels tittle hesitancy 
in stating that the ants have been Eradicated, Recently this 
office received Argentine ants from Stafford Springs and from 
Orvisburg. (July 7) '' Specimens have just been received from 
Coffeeville. 
PARAOAH^S ANT ( Monomorium -pharaonis L.) 
M. E* < Smith (June 30) : Paraoh f s ant is infesting numerous houses 
in Meridian in which the Argentine ant was formerly the one and 
only ant pest. This seems to be replacing the Argentine ant. 
LITTLE BLACK ANT ( Monomorium minimum Buck. ) 
M. R, Smith "(June 30): The tiny black ant is infesting numerous 
houses in Meridian in which the Argentine ant was formerly the 
one and only ant pest. This seems to be replacing the Argentine 
ant. 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
F« Sherman (July 5): The complaints have been increasing in 
rEcent years - usually no specimens are sent and correspondents 
merely report them as a nuisance in houses, on lawns, etc. A recent 
complaint is from a hospital. Mention is sometimes made of "small 
black ants," or "large black ants," or "large red ants," from 
which it is evident that several species are concerned, 
M. R, Smith (July 7): Three species have been found infesting 
houses on the crmpus at A. & M. College. In one house were found 
Iridomyrmex anal is Andre and Cremaat pia ster laoviusculn Mayr and 
at another were found Monomor ium minimum Buckley and C^roponotus 
caryae var, decipiens Emery. 
