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HOUSEHOLD AND STOR ED-PRODUCTS INSECTS. 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes spp.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (June 25): Many reports of termite damage have 
"been received this season. Most of the complaints have "been from the 
vicinity of Springfield, in southern Hampden County, although reports of 
rather serious damage have come from other parts of the State. 
Connecticut. N. Turner (June 2U) : Reported cases of damage decreased during 
June, since the flight season is about over. 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugglcs (June): We have located some termites in Minnesota, 
damaging timbers of a house at Luverne. 
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Iowa. H. E. Jaques (June 22): Many of the fences on a farm in Des Moines 
County are reported to he "badly eaten by R. tibialis Bks. 
ANTS (Eormicidae) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (June): Many calls have been received of black carpen- 
ter ants ( Camp o not us herculeanus pennsylvanicus DeG. ) invading homes 
and camps. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 28): The black carpenter ant was reported working 
in a basement in Washington County. (June 6): The black garden ant 
( Formica fusca Hinds) was reported present in damaging numbers in the 
garden of a Dawes County correspondent. Complaints of the western har- 
vester, or m^und-building prairie- ant ( Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cress.), 
working in gardens and fields were received during the latter part of 
May and the first few days of June f romFranklin, Harlan, ond Furnas 
Counties. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (June 19): Mound-building prairie ants are reported to 
be very destructive in alfalfa fields at Oakley, Brewster, Gem, and 
Beverly. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (June): Ants of several species have been giving 
considerable trouble because of their invastion of flowers. 
PEA WEEVIL ( Bruchus pisorun L. ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (June 25): Weevils emerged today from pods of Austrian 
winter pea picked at Griffin on June 11. 
A CLOTHES MOTH ( Tineola uterella Walsingham) 
Florida. J. R. 7/atson (June 22): Has been reported in a few localities, 
although the numbers are much smaller than during the last few years, prob- 
ably because the species was heavily parasitized last year. 
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