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neither people nor livestock could cone near the tank without getting 
stung. Over 300 wasps killed in one day. Sinilar complaint from 
Douglas County on August 12 and one from Gage County on August lU. 
A WASP ( Trypoxylon clavatum Say) 
Maryland. F. C. Bishopp (August 1): Two specimens sent in on July 29, 
collected at Silver Spring from holes in clapboards in house. (Dct. by 
G. A. Sandhouse.) 
BROWN-SANDED COCKROACH ( Sup el la supe l lectiliun Serv.) 
Ohio. M. W. Smith (August 6): Reported from Columbus, in a private home in 
Bcxley, a suburb. Several specimens of each sex collected. This is 
the first infestation in this immediate vicinity that I know of. 
HOUSE CRICKET ( Gryllus domes t icus L. ) 
Connecticut. E. A. Back (July 28): Specimens received from houses in Water- 
bury, where they were reported to be abundant and destroying clothing. 
Pennsylvania. E. A. Back (July) : Specimens received from owner of house 
who claims that they emerged at night on all floors, including basement 
and attic, and that they were damaging clothing. Killed as many as 50 
in one evening. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 20): Specimens from Hamilton and Portsmouth. 
Developed in waste material of city dumps and have spread to nearby homes. 
F. C. Bishopp (August 5) : Troublesome household pest near a dump 
in Dayton. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2H): Reported as annoying in homes in several 
points in southern and central Indiana. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Forficula auricular la L.) 
Rhode Island. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Au-r.ust 1): Abundant in some localities 
in the vicinity of Newport during July. 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Au.-m.ist 1): Abundant in some localities 
in the vicinity of Taunton during July. 
New York. E. A. Back (July 23-August U): Troublesome in homes and gardens 
in Rochester. (Det. by A. B. Gurney. ) 
RING-LEGGED EARWIG ( Euborcllia annul ipes Lucas) 
Mississippi . C. Lyle (August 2.h) : Hundreds of earwigs were observed on 
Augast 16 around a silage cutter on a farm in Jackson County. Apparently 
brought in from the fields on green corn and soybeans. 
