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J. J. Davis (September ?5): Termite damage was reported from 
Richmond, Milan, Sullivan, Martinsville, ELkhart, and 
Crawf ordsvillc, August 22 to September 21. At Logansport 
they damaged chrysanthemums' or. August 21'. 
M. H. Swenk (August 1-31): Prom Douglas County carie two 
reports of serious injury to houses by of.r common termite, 
R. tibialis Banks. 
J. M. Robinson (.August 20): Termites a.re abundant at 
Birmingham ard Florence. (September 22): Termites are 
moderate^ abundant at Birmingham. 
State Plant Board (August el): Termites were generally 
abundant and many people received advice about protecting 
their houses from these pests. 
IT. L. Douglass (September 19) • Termites were noticed generally 
in Yalobusha, Grenada, and Montgomery Gounties. 
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ANTS (Formicidae) 
M. R. Smith (September 13): Mr. J. A. Berly recently sent 
me for determination a form of fire ant, Solenopsis geminata Fab,, 
subsp. rufa Jerdon, which was collected at Summervxlle on 
September 7. 
M. R. Smith (September 18): Mr. H. H. Wedgcworth, Associate 
Plant Pathologist at the Everglade Experiment Station, Belle 
Glade, has sent me two species of ants which lie states are 
infesting houses there. One of these has been determined as 
Pharaoh's ar.t, Monomorium pharao:eis L. , and the other as 
M« floricol a Jerdon. 
M. H. Swenk (August 1-31): Daring August, as also earlier in 
the season, ante were the cause of much annoyance to housekeepers. 
An unusually large number of these complaints, for this region, 
related to the small red ant (M. pharaonis ). 
M. R. Smith (September 19): Argentine ants ( irldomyrnex 
humilis Mayr) wore recently discovered at Northport. 
M. R. Smith (September l c ): A correspondent living in the 
country near Quitman complains of anunusual abundance of 
lion an t s , Do r-; m iym e r. pyr r;lcua Roger, on the front porch of 
her house and in the yard. Mr. 0. H. Chance reports Argentine 
ants from Yokona. The infested area is a rural one lying 2 
niies southwest of the Glass station on the Y. & M. V. railroad. 
Mr. R. P. Coiner recently found acrobatic ants infesting a 
kitchen at Moss Point, where preserves were being prepared. 
I have tentatively determined the ants as Crcmastogaster 
ashmeadi Mayr. 
