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Nebraska. M. H. S?/enk (April 22): Complaints of the "basement ant ( Lasius 
interjectus Mayr) as present in the basements of houses were received on 
February 28 and March 6 from Douglas and Boone Counties, respectively. 
On February 26 a correspondent from Keyapaha County complained of the 
mound-building prairie- ant(P ogpno my rme x occidentalis Cress.) having formed 
a large mound on ground that was to be. used for a garden. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (April 17): Several requests have been received con- 
cerning control of the red harvester ant (P. barbatus F. Smith.) 
BROW-BANDED COCKROACH ( Supella supellectilum Serv. ) 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (April 20): This tropical or subtropical species was 
taken in numbers infesting a home inI.'Iazomanie,..Dane County. The roaches 
were numerous enough to require, control measures. 
HOUSE CRICKET (Gryllus domesticus L. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2k) i Serious damage to clothing by this insect 
was reported from Philadelphia on April 20. 
TISSUE-PAPER BUG (Thylodrias contractus Mots.) 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (April l6) : I have another report of "the tissue- 
paper bug" (T. contractus ) from 5^3^ Washington Boulevard, Chicago, with 
the statement that this pest was found . on pantry shelves, on the floors 
of four rooms, and, especially, crawling up the walls in bedrooms and 
closets. 
A BEETLE ( Meli tomma sericeu m Harr, ) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (April 2k): These beetles were : brought in on April 19 'with 
the statement that they were emerging from chestnut beams in a recently 
constructed hoiise in Columbus. They were identified by J. N« Knull. 
PEA WEEVIL ( Bru chus pi so rum L. ) ' 
Idaho. C. Wake land (April 19): T. A. Brindley reports that winter survival 
of the pea weevil ranged from naught to kk percent under the bark of 
ponderosa pine in the vicinity of Moscow. The minimum temperature adja- 
cent to the trees where there was no survival was -21° F. Under the bark 
and in cracks of fence posts, survival ranged from 0.99 to 17.06 percent, 
and the minimum temperature for Moscow, which is the closest point where 
temperatures are available, was -30 • Hibernation cages placed in 
Weather Bureau kiosks throughout the State have shown that 100 percent 
mortality occurred under these conditions. • 
HOUSE CENTIPEDE (Scu tige ra forceps Raf . ) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 20): A report received of considerable infestation 
of house centipedes in a house at Enterprise on April 20. 
