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Trere seen at one time. When a fly struck a rrorker ant it vould 
fall over on one side and act as if it had lost its equilibrium. 
After remaining in this position for a fe-.v seconds the ant uould 
get up and ran av/ay, apparently as briskly as ever. None of the 
flies vere seen to attack the male or female ants. It is highly 
probable that this is the phorid lly Fseudactecn cra-f ordii Co c i. 
-.vhich vras originally described from Texas. 
PHARAOH'S AHD ( llonomorium •pharaonis L. ) 
Mississippi LI. E. Smith (August l): A correspondent -he lives several miles 
from 3ilo::i sent in for identification a number of Pharaoh's ants. 
She stated that the house tras only t-.vo years old, yet the ants 
-ere overrunning it. 
SStSESnilM ANT (Irfdpmyrmex humilis ilayr) 
Texas F. C. Bishopp (August l): Telegram: Argentine ant reported for 
the first time in Temple. 
POTffiER POST 33IILTS ( ivctu? spp. ) 
Indiana H. K. Riley (August 20): The ponder post beetles -ere reported 
damaging hickory timber at Ru s sell vi lie .august k. 
CARPET BEETLE l inithrer.us scrophulariae L. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (August l): Carpet beetles -ere reported damaging 
fur nit-are at Ossian July 25. 
CLOTHES I.I0THS ( Tinea Tsellipne-T la L. and 
( Tineola biselliella Mum. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (August l): Clothes moths -ere abundant at Columbia 
City. 
SILVSffiFISH (Lepisna sp. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (August l): Silver! ish -.as reported damaging rugs at 
Fappanee July 25. 
H. K. Riley (August 20 ): Silverfish -ere found in a clothes closet 
at Jionon August lb. 
