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T. !•:. Robinson (July 23): 
abundant at Birmingham. 
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A correction - The note on the Argentine ant by N. D. 
Peets on page 192 of the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin is 
incorrect. The poison campaign therein refemredto was 
carried on only in the city of Brookhaven, Lincoln County. 
The note on the same insect by V7. L. Gray on page 193 may 
be misleading, as the infested towns (Rodney, Jefferson County, 
Hambury and Meadville, Franklin County, Fort Adams and Tfoodville, 
Wilkinson County) are some distance from Natchez. The insect 
has not b^en found in the city of Natchez. 
Mississippi M. R. Smith (July): J. P. Kislanko has recently taken 
workers of Paratrechina longicornis Latr. at Wiggins. This 
is the first time that the speci:s has been recorded from an 
inland town in Mississippi. ".Vinged ants taken at a trap light 
in Wigeins on June 26 by Mr. J. P. Kislanko have be^n determined 
by Dr. M. R. Smith as malts of 5 c it on me'xicanura Smith— Mayr. 
Mr. Jack Milton reports that Iridomyrmex anal is Andre has been 
observed infesting a house at Corinth. The Argentine ant is 
very abundant at Columbus. 
J. 5. McEvilly (July 18): The Argentine ants have been 
practically controlled as a household pest in the towns of 
McComb and Summit. 
J. Milton (July 19): The Argentine ant was found at Tennis 
on July 14. This is the first time that this ant has been 
found in Tishomingo County. 
R. W. Earned (July 22): The number of localities in 
Mississippi from which the Argentine ant has apparently been 
completely eradicated is increasing each month. Among the 
places at one time infested with this insect where campaigns 
have been successful in apparently eradicating it are the 
following: Fayette, Shaw, Quitman, Landon, Lyman, r; oolmarket, 
Moss Point, Mayhew, Newton, A. & M. College, Longvit.w, Osborn, 
Sessums, Star, Wiggins, and Centerville. 
A POWDER-POST BEETLE ( Apa tides fortis Lee.) 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (July 25): The larger powder -cost b etle was 
working in stored mesquite firewood in a garage in Phoenix, July 
24th. Larvae and adults present in larg<^ numbers. Th^ wood was 
being raoidly re due d to a powder. 
EUROPEAN LAR"I n - ( Forficul a auricularia L.) 
Californis . C. Essig (June 27): Four-:" et Pin 1 the first record of 
this insect out- of the area of Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond. 
