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Wisconsin. C. L." Fluke (May 22): Termites reported damaging house founda- 
tions at Delavan. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20 to May 20): Reports concerning rather 
severe infestations of termites, R. tibialis Bks. , continued to be re- 
ceived during the period here covered. 
Kansas. B. Listov (May 11): Quite an outbreak of termites at Wichita this 
spring. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas tMa" 21): Termites in residences reported from Bynum 
and Houston. 
A17TS (Formicidae) 
Georgia. M. R. Smith (May 21): Specimens of Camponotus caryae Fitch, 
Formica pallide - fulva schaufussi Mayr , and Dorymyrmex uyr amicus f lavu s 
Perg. were sent in from Milner, h: T T. L. Bissell, who obtained them from 
the stomach of a yellow-bellied sapsucker. He also sent specimens of 
Pharaoh's ant ( Monomoriun •oharaonis L. ) , which he stated were colonized 
in a bundle of new paper bags. 
Alabama. M. R. Smith (May 21): H. Yates, of Fairhope, wrote me that the 
imported South American fire ant ( Soleno-osis saevissima richteri Forel.) 
did considerable damage to cabbage, potato, and satsumas there during 
February and March. He states that these ants go down below the surface 
of the ground on cabbage or -potato and eat holes in the stalk, often 
girdling it, causing the plant to fall over. 
Mississippi. M, R. Smith (May 21): On Anril 25 winged males and winged 
queens of the imported South American fire ant (S. saevissima richteri ) 
were obtained from nests near Agricola by G. L. Bond. On May lU the 
first male and queen pupae of the fire ant (S. xyloni McCook) were ob- 
served at State College. Tiny black ants, Monomorium m inimum Buckl. , 
were reported as very troublesome in a house near Philadelphia. Also 
on May lU a correspondent at Greenwood sent in for determination winged 
queens of the carpenter ant ( Camponotu s herculeanus pennsylvanicus DeG. ). 
Texas. M. R. Smith (May 21): F. F. Bibby sent me for determination many 
winged males and several winged queens of the Texas leaf-cutting ant 
(Atta texana Buckl.), which were collected at Austin on May 11 by J. M. 
Del Curto. 
A PIKE SAWYER ( Monochamus notatus Drury) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (May 9): A lithograph company in eastern 
Massachusetts sent in an adult which had bored through from 75 to 100 
sheets of paper. This paper was shipped from Maine in large bundles. 
These bundles were fitted with skids made of cheap nine lumber, and the 
beetle evidently issued from one of the skids on the side facing the 
paper. 
