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HOUSEHOLD AND STORED- PRODUCT 
I IT S E C T S 
TERMITES ( Reticuliternes spp. ) 
Maryland, S. N. Cory (August 2l): One report of injury to flowers "by termites 
was received from White Marsh on July 31* 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2U) : Inquiries regarding termites are numerous, 
as usual, and are coining from, every point in the State. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 15): A report of the destruction of the sun- 
porch on a residence in Lincoln "by the activities of the termite R. tibialis 
Bks. came to our attention the last week in July. 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2U) : House ants and, to a lesper extent, lawn 
ants have been very abundant. Also, the large carpenter ants have been re- 
ported several times working in timbers in dwellings. 
Mississippi. M. R. Smith (August 20): No ant in the State is the source of 
more complaints than the fire ant ( Solenopsis xyloni McC.). Often the 
winged forms which appear in houses or on porches in large numbers are 
mistaken by property owners for winged termites. The following new in- 
festation of the Argentine ant ( Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr) has been reported 
recently 3 miles west of Aberdeen, Monroe County. W. J. Wallace reports 
finding 153 fertile Argentine ant queens in a nest in Columbus. In one 
instance a trail of ants UO yards long was found leading from a nest to 
a house. Pharaoh's ant ( Monomorium pharaonis L. ) has been reported as 
annoying in homes and stores in the following places in this State: West 
Point, Starkville, and Columbus. In the latter locality, the ants were 
found nesting between strips of paper, feeding on bread and grease, and 
even infesting beds. Mr. Wallace found the ants Pheidole metal les cons 
splendidula Whir, infesting a house in Columbus where they sought bread 
and grease. 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (August 15): In Platte County a large maple tree was 
killed by becoming honey-combed with the burrows of the carpenter ant 
( Canronotus herculeanus pennsylvani cus DeG. ) , on July 20. 
A BOSTRICHID ( Polycaon stouti Lee. ) 
California. H. C. Donohoe (Auaist 3) : Two adults emerged in June and July 
from a mahogany-veneered dining table purchased 2 l/2 years ago, in Fresno. 
Emergence holes in the table top wore about l/S inch in diameter. 
