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/- or>. -qppp^tlv we bad an inquiry from 
Alabama J. '-'^^ BoTin.ou (orne ^^\^^^V^;±;,J^ They were attacking 
Birmin^^m on how to control '^Gf^-^'^J* ". '''^ 
one of the aristocratic hon.es of ohat cit,. 
, ,.. ,„N. mT,„ foil o-,-7i-ir reports have corae in 
during ohe past ■noa.h. -f" °;;,^:g j,<,o^ ^f a residence at i,!an- 
daimged; the °"l-;-°°^™* ^^/'„f-^i!f,;°??ees at IferQ^ttan and 
hattan undermined. A n'-^moer oi cn-.i„ 
Cherryvale liave "been killed, 
AHGMTIIJE AIJT (lri^on:ZIS§S ^^3111^ Mr.yr) 
. .., /T 17V ■Rp'^e-t investigations of the results se- 
ll. R. Smith (June 17). He.ent ■-^':^;;' " , .^^^ 3_x Atta Bena during 
cored from the ant poisoning ^f^i''^'^^'%,s means that 
the fall of 1923 sho. a -^f^^^^^^'l^^.^tie'ed* stated they had not 
98.3 per cent of the ho-aseiceepers ^^?^^;\;;4 .,, Only three 
seen or been troubled by any ^l .'"^IZ^'^^-^^ooeJ of in- 
sme-11 trails of the ants T7ere noticec. duxi..g ^he proc 
vestigation. 
V T ^i. ^^ F-^p -^n.-is •vV'ere Argentine ant 
R. W. Harned (June 20): In ^^' ^ ':,J:f .r^'^^:^^ l^s been almost 
::-s.ir ^r j:r=sL°pr-tU^^^^ - -^s 
^^^t^a ;::? t^Z^^^^X^^^^ -oe p.t on 
during any previous year. 
FIEE AFI ( Solenopsis £emin2^ ^'ab.) 
,. c. Lorhan (^y 25): ^ald to .0 causing considerate annoyance 
about Savannah, 
Mississippi M. PV S^th (Jane 13): ^^"^f J.i.rTocSt":/^^!^"^' ''" 
'n'ffzv'' it nt 1^-1- ;nd%e.ales of this species 
IS o'sei-ved ta^lnl tLir nuftial fU^.t on the afternoon of 
June 11. 
CLCTSE MITE (BrLQbia ]2?aet:^sa Koch/ 
on^. ^or- T-Pr-^ived from Mo. Vernon on liay 21, 
Ohio H. A. Gossard v.une ^0)y ;.as ^^^f/^^ ^._^,,,.,,g ^t the mndovrs 
where it v/as overrvomxng or..ck ^.axJ.s c-na e 
-- of- a' dwel ling hous e . 
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