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bottom lands close to the creeks -here the insects breed. In gen- 
eral the number of these gnats has been less than last year, pro- 
bably owing to more freQuent flooding of the streams. 
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OTH ( Galleria mellonella L. ) 
II. II. S-enh (July 25— August 25): An unusual numberr of reports of 
infestations of colonies of honeybees with the ~raz moth -.ere re- 
ceived dur i .ip Augu st . 
INSECTS I IT 1 I S I I i: Q HOUSES A N D 
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Missouri K. C. Sullivan (July 23): v Je are receiving an unusually large num- 
ber of inquiries regarding termites. These inquiries are coming 
from all sections of the State and considerable damage is being 
done to dwellings and similar buildings, 
.. C. Surrill (August 2): In several drug stores T.eticul it ernes flav: 
pprp has attached the v/oodwor '.:, including timbers in shoT7 cases, 
wooden backs of several drawers of drugs, he -.-ooden floor of 
an alcove "here drupe are stored. Rest of room finished in tile 
and reenforced cement construction, brick front. This pest h 
also attached furniture crates and old boxes in an old barn. 
aETS (] c icidae) 
hississippi h. R. Smith (August 1): One of cur correspondent s at Tap rings 
sent us a number of specimens of the small sugar ant, Prer.o~.enis 
( Tylan der ia) sp. which she claimed had been giving trouble in her 
house for the past two years, hr. Horace Gladney, one of our in- 
spectors, reports that he found a sill of a house at Ocean Springs 
thoroughly tunnelled by an ant which as been identified by the 
•■riter as us caryae subsp. rasilis ' Ler. This species, 
which normally nests in galls and limbs of trees has been t. 
a number of times from houses in this State. Its habits are ve: 
similar to those of the carpenter ant. 
.TT ( Solenousis .-•oainat a ~?o.) 
"Mississippi II. R. Smith (August 1): The -.Titer observed a nuptial flight of 
the fire ant taki ig lace at k . . The day had been clear and 
ver- . up to the time of the flight. '.Tile rorkers, males, and 
females of tl .t -ere s - . over the ground in large numbers 
a very small fly observed to hover above the ants and to occa- 
sionally dart at the workers. ' as four cr five of the flies 
