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Mississippi. 0. Lyle (July 25): On July l6 specimens received of the Argentine 
ant, Iridomyrnex hunilig Mayr, for the first time from Pheba, in Clay 
County.. Judging from letters from correspondents in infested towns over 
the State, these ants are very abundant in places where no campaigns were 
conducted last year. On June 28 specimens received of Iridomyrmex 
pruinosus var. anal is Andre from Greenville, Washington County, in the 
D G lta. Specimens of Solenopsis xyloni McCook recently sent from Tupelo, 
in the northern part of the State. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 23): Many inquires on the control of ants received 
from Lancaster and Adams Counties during the period from June 21 to July 
20. Infestations reported from Johnson and Douglas Counties on June 28 
and July 5» respectively, of the "big "black carpenter ant (C, herculeanus. 
pennsylvanicus ) in a pantry and in cellar steps. Spsdmers rf Crematogaster 
line olata Say were received from Nemaha County on July 12, with the re~ 
port that they had "been found in a porch of a house where water had caused 
the v/ood to rot. 
Kansas. H. H. W a lkden (July 7) J The thief ant ( Solenopsis moles ta Say) was 
found injuring kafir seed in one field near Manhattan, northeastern 
Kansas. Damage necessitated replanting a portion of the field. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (July 22); The harvester ant ( Pogonomyrnex harbatus F. 
Smith) apparently increasing throughout the western half of the State, 
and they are so numerous at Frederick that an eradication campaign is 
now under way. 
P. A. F e nton (July 22): Monomorium pharaonis L. reported at Carnegie, 
Caddo County, in western Oklahoma, and the red harvester ant, P. oarbatus , 
reported from the following localities: Frederick, Tillman County, and 
Geary, Blaine County, in western Oklahoma. 
Utah. G, F. Knowlton (July 22): Annoying in many homes and gardens in Cache, 
Salt Lake, and Utah Count ies this spring. 
INDIAN-MEAL MOTH (Plodia intcrpunctella Hon. ) 
California. P. Simmons (June 12): Dry fruits of the evergreen fig ( Ficus 
macrpphylla ) stored in the laboratory, at Fresno, produced ik Indian-nettl" 
moths between the tine of collection (November 1937) <ind June 12, 1938. 
The fruits were collected at Santa Barbara. Infestation may have occurred 
in the laboratory. One parasite, Idechthis canes c e ns Grav. , emerged in 
the sane container .(Det. by C. Heinrich and R. A, Cushman.) 
DHUG STOFJE BEETLE ( Sitodrepa panic ea L.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (July 25): A large grocery store in Marion County, central 
Ohio, troubled with this beetle in several food products. 
