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A MITE ( Tyro-Tlyshus lintneri Csb. ) 
N. F. Howard (March 27): Early in March an unusual infestation 
of a mite determined by Dr. H. Z. Erring as Tyroglyphus lint neri 
Osb. rra.s called to our attention. Myriads of the mites covered 
a net? steel household refrigerator and the food-stuffs in it. 
Investigation indicates that the infestation originated in the 
insulating material. Mo damage ~as done by the mites except 
that they '-ere so numerous that they became an annoyance and the 
ice bos: had to be removed from the duelling. 
BOXELDER PLANT-BUG- ( Lemtocoris trivittatus Say) 
M. H. Swenk (March): Complaints of annoyance in houses by the 
boxelder bug continued to come in during the early part of March, 
EUROPEAN EAE" T IG (Forficula auricularia L. ) 
Oregon 
Don C. Mote (larch 21): 
are quite abundant. 
At Portland and Albany adults and eggs 
Turkey 
TURKISH LEAD- CABLE BORER ( Siiioxylon se::dentatum Oliv. ) 
Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology Mo. 131 (March): The 
office of the Consulate General, Constantinople, Turkey, reports, 
on February 28, 1925, that the Turkish lead-cable borer (Sinoxylon 
sexdentatum Oliv. ) during the last year caused breaks in service 
vires in and near Constantinople. The insects bore into any part 
of the cable, whether near the hangers or not, and polished sur- 
faces as '-ell as rough are attacked. "Sonita" suspension rings 
are of no avail. It has been necessary to repair cables seven 
to eight times in a run of 50 meters. The areas particularly 
affected are as follows in the order of density of fault: 
1; Both shores of the Golden Horn. 
2: The Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus for a distance of 
about 3 kilometers from Cartal to Bostand.jik. 
3: The European shore of the Bosphorus for a distance of 
about 10 kilometers from Eebek north. 
4: The North shore of the Marmora for a distance of 9 
kilometers near "Vmrikeuy and San Stefano. 
ARGENTIS 
MIT ( Iridomyrmex humilis I'layr) 
T 
Texas 
E. 77. Laake (April 23): This office has received about the usual 
number of calls for this time of the year in rega.rd to Argentine 
ant infestations. 
