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nature of this insect T s ra.vc^es in all 'typos of -ooien construction, 
and occasionally in deed or dying plants. The severity of this 
. iral infestation has reached such proportions as to justify an 
intensive study of the insect which is now being started, with the 
hope of developing a more effective control than that now available. 
Kansas J„ 'w. McCollcch (May 20). Injury to woodwork in d^l lings has been 
reported from Augusta, Blue Hound, Atchison, and Long Island, At 
Smith Center white ants are working in the woodwork of the Couirchousi . 
h. report from Maiaion says the ants are working in the legs of 
billard and pool tables in a store building. 
At Manhattan, Junction City, and Randolph, injury has occurred 
to asters and other ornamental s 
Texas F* C. Bishopp (Hay 2h) : Hany reports have been coming in of house 
infestation of termites in this vicinity (Dallas). Swarming was 
reported by two people on this date. 
GENERnL T. E„ Snyder (Mayll2): Crvntotermes brevis Walker, a non&subterranean 
3- -". '""2 termite, has been found injuring a trunk on the third floor of St. 
Annans Asylum in lie- Orleans, La„ , by Ed. Foster, a collaborator of thai 
Federal Horticultural Board. This termite has been imported into the 
United States -here it has done serious damage to buildings at Key 
West, Miami and Palm Beach. This is the first record of its occurrence 
in the United States outside of southern Florida. 
G. brevis occurs in the STSst Indies, Central and South America , 
and South Africa. It is one of the powder-pest termites and is of grei 
economic importance. Probably this termite could survive throughout 
the southern United States as far nortlc. as Washington and San Francis^ 
POWDER -POST BEETI3S (lyctus spp. ) 
Kansas tf.W.' Bae.olltfeh ('•-' 3 r 5).S A dealer at Coffeyville reports a heavy 
infestation of powder-post beetles in the ^ co dcn handles of his 
stock of spades and shovels. 
DOC- FLEa ( Ctonocephalus c?nis Bouche) 
Indiana J, J e Davis (May 25): Fleas have also been the subject of numerous 
inquiries. 
Tex- s F. C. Bishopp (May 2k ) : Many reports of flea infestations under, 
around, and in houses at Dallas have been coming to the laboratory 
during the past two weeks. The infestations ore associated in every 
case with cats and dogs which have been kept on the premises within 
the last few months. 
4NTS (Formicidae) 
Indiana H. F. Diej^z (May IS): ants have been a very troublesome pest 
