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of them appeared suddenly, came through the screens, «» xx^w to the lights 
inside of the summer cottages, where; they fell upon tables, beds, etc., in 
great numbers. Residents complained that they were unable to eat with electric 
lights on since these beetles fell down in the food. 
BLACK WIDOW ( Lathrodeg.-tes mac tans Fab.) 
Maryland. P. Knight (September 30): We have collected more hour glass spiders 
in and near College Park. On September 9, I collected one male and one female 
in my back yard, and today we collected 17 females and two males in about one 
hour's time. Every trip we have taken for the purpose of finding these ani- 
mals has been successful, though most of the collections have been females. 
SPOTTED-LEGGED MOSQUITO ( Psoro-ohora columbiae Dyar & Knab) 
Florida. T. E. McNeel (September 21): During the second week in September the 
worst infestation of mosquitoes ever recorded in this State took place. In 
the Everglades section of Dade County, above Hialeah, unusual numbers of mos- 
quitoes were observed for the first time on September 4 following a northwest 
wind which blew for several days. By the 5th mosquitoes increased to unpre- 
cedented numbers, and by evening of that day they sounded like swarming bees. 
During the night, livestock could be heard running and fighting and on the 
morning of September 6 dead animals were found on farms all over this section. 
The recorded mortality was 80 head of cattle, 3 horses, 1 mule, 67 hogs, 20 
chickens, and 2 dogs. Post mortems showed no mosquitoes in the respiratory 
apparatus and indicated that the animals died from loss of blood end nervous 
exhaustion. The chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of Miami reported that 
the milk supply from the Hialeah district was reduced 1,000 gallons per day 
from the period September 6 to 10 which covered and immediately followed the 
mosquito outbreak. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes spp.) 
United States. T. E. Snyder (August): During the month of August 129 cases of 
termite damage to buildings were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The 
follov:ing list gives the number of cases reported from each section: New Eng- 
land, 4; Middle Atlantic, 40; South Atlantic, 29; East Central, 12; West 
Central, 9; Lower Mississippi, 29; • and Pacific Coast, 5. 
ANTS (Fermi cidae) 
Louisiana. C. E. Smith and P. K. Harrison (September 8): The fire act ( Solenop - 
sis geminata Fab.) destroyed stands of cauliflower and cabbage seedlings in 
two fields observed in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, by girdling the plants 
near the surface of the ground. 
