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parts of the State in regard to ants 'this spring. 
M. K- Swenk (April): More than the usual number of inquiries on 
the control of ants in lawns are "being received, indicating a 
supernormal amount of injury of that sort. 
HOUSE PLY ( Itasc a- dorses t ica L.) 
Ohio F. C, Bishopp (April): OH April 5 a few house flies were 
present, some entering office "buildings and residences.. (April 17) 
House flies have- increased cons iderabl^ in number and are now 
causing some annoyance in residences. (April 2S).:. No material 
increase in number of house flies apparent since April 17. 
TERMITES 
North Carolina F. Sherman (May 13): ' Reticulitertnes flavipes reported as 
destructive to fire hose, possibly a new "food plant." 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Kansas 
Nebraska 
Montana 
H. A. Gossard (May 22): Termites were reported attacking a dwelling 
house at Harpster, April 8. Each year we get a greater number of 
reports of damage of this kind than in the preceding year. 
Furnace-heated houses and basements are making life possible for 
these tropical insects and all old construction houses with 
timbers in contact with the earth seem ultimately doomed to 
destruction unless concrete foundations are put in. 
J. J* Davis (May 25): Injury to woodwork in a house reported on 
May 2 from Monticello. - . • 
W„ P. Flint (May 22) : A number of reports of damage by Reticuli - 
t ermes flay roes Kol. have been received during the last two 
months. Several of these have been investigated and in at least 
two cases the damage will amount to several thousand dollars. 
One of these, a modern brick schoolhouse with wooden floor • 
timbers and wooden sheathing on the stairs and doorways, has been 
damaged to such an extent that the interior will have to be re- 
finished throughout. 
J. W. McColloch (May 21): Termite injury to dwellings has been 
reported from Parsons and Great Bend. At Manhatten termites 
ruined the woodwork in one of the largest business houses. A 
sample of flour w as received from Clay Center which had been 
infested by termites. Undoubtedly the sack of flour had been 
resting on a wood floor, 
M. K„ Swenk (April): Another report of injury to a house by the 
termite Ret iculitermes tibialis Banks was received during April 
from Fairfield in Clay County. (May IS): A house in Hall County 
was reported as damaged by this insect on this date. 
A IAV/N ANT (Mvrmica brevinodis Emery) 
R. A. Cooley (May U): Troublesome on lawns and entering houses 
at Bozeman; widely distributed in Montana, reported this year and 
every year. 
