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in lawns in Indianapolis this year. Die species chat no have 
seen or that has been brought in has been tentatively identified 
as Formica f u sea L. . subsp. subsericea Say. This same species 
along with others, collected in large numbers on the buds of 
peonies to gather the nectar, -hich is secreted in large 
quantities, Humorous calls are received by the State Entomologist" : 
office that the ants are injuring the buds but the most serious 
damage we have been able to convict the ants of in this respect 
is as carriers of the peony wilt disease and bud blast, (both 
caused by the fungus, B o try his sp„ ) . 
A PYRALIE MCTH (fiilpssa cuprcal is Hbn„ ) 
Geor ' T« E„ Snyder (hay 29): Some lepidopterous. larvae -ore sent in 
with a report that they were boring in chairs and other furniture 
at the Jckyl Island Club at Brunswick-, Ga« Moths reared from 
these larvae were determined by Karl Heinrich as the above 
species,, a native of Europe and well established in this country. 
The larvae feed principally on grains and stored products* 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia prae tlosa Koch) 
Nebraska Don B 9 Chelan (May 25); The clover mite was found at Lexington, 
Dawson County, where it proved to be obnoxious in a farmhouse 
by going through cracks in the window sills and in staining 
up walls and getting on the bed cldfches* 
