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CHICKEN MITE (£fr ; ii^yj3sU3 f^JIiPS 6 - Redi) 
Indiana C* R* Cleveland (August 19)* Poultry mite's have 'been the 
subject of several report s e 
Texas D B C» Farroan (August 21); The only infestation of the chicken 
mate found during the gfear at Uvalde v?as observed on July S c 
Apparently ' ; d y ' nf as tat ion had "been very heavy, "but the louse 
had "been scalded out with coiling water 4 and kerosene has "been 
used in some places. Only a moderate number of mites were 
founda 
INSECTS 1 IT 7 E'STHiG HO U S S S A N D 
PREMISES 
ARGENT 1KB ANT (irj^omyrmex hum i l is Mayr*) 
Mississippi M. R» Smith (July 29)' atx infestation of Argentine ants was 
recently found at Purvis. M5ss« by Ho 3- Price, the writer and 
Bo F« Collins., The infestation was found to cover approximately 
7 blocks. If. has been "brought to the writer's attention by two 
close observers living at Laurel and Columbia that the abundance 
or scarcity of the English sparrow is a very accurate index 
to the abundance or scarcity of the Argentine ant, According 
to the observe; s , when the ants are abundant 'they attack the 
young sparrows first as they are hatching or else get on the 
sparrows and cause them to fall from the nest; the English 
sparrow thus furnishes an index to the Argentine ant situation* 
(August 15)5 Florence, Miss., was recently found by the writer 
to be infested with Argentine ants. The infestation covers 
practically the entire fccwa and appears to be at least 12 or 15 
years old. (August: i£): The writer has recently 3. earned of the 
presence of the Argentine ant at Belzoni, This makes an additional 
infestation record r£ Mississipplo Because of the prolonged 
drought re are having in ike central and southern part of the 
State., tie Argeni ine ant is giving much less trouble to the 
housekeepers than last year. 
EIRE ANT ( Sol eno pais geminata Fab.,) 
Mississippi M» JR, Smith (August l6): A lady living at Bentonia told the 
writer that, the fire ant has damaged a great numb r of her clothes 
by eating small holes in them. She stated that the ants seem 
to attack the spots where grease or foods had been spilled. 
Her description of the ant and its work is such that one can 
hardly dcubt the veracity of the reports,. 
LARGS BL2J8E 0ARPEHTER ANT (Campcnotus h ercultfe nus pennsylvanicus 
DeGesr) 
Mississippi M. R„ smith (August l6): The large black carpenter ant is present 
in a large number of the maple trees along the sidewalk here. The 
ants are throwing cut large untidy masses cf woolly debris and 
pass and seem to be honeycombing the more decayed portions of the 
trees. 
