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verge of eradication in a number of other towns, namely; Ox- 
ford, \7est Point, Quitman, Pascagoula, and others, Recently 
the town of New Albany was found to be infested with the 
Argentine ant . 
ANTS (Pormicidae) 
Mississippi R s 7/, Harned (May 29): The fire ant, Solenopsis geminata , 
continues to be as great a pest as ever in this State* During 
the past few months this office has received complaints of 
the ants gnawing into strawberries, getting on the uniforms 
of athletes and stinging the people when the unifcrms were 
put on, entering houses and stores, and causing much annoyance. 
Inspector N k L» Douglass ; Grenada., recently sent to this 
office specimens of the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile 
Say, which he stated were causing housekeepers much annoyance 
in certain areas in that town, Recently a florist at Booneville 
sent to us some ants that were identified by Dr« M» R» Smith as 
• "-•C.rsir gs.togaster laevius-cula var. clara M ayr« He stated that 
the ants were eating into the base of carnation buds, causing 
the petals to fall off, Dr, M< R« Smith reports that he re- 
cently found ants belonging to Camoonotus caryae var, decipien s 
Wheeler infesting a house in Columbus*, The housekeeper stated 
that the ants fed on syrup and were most numerous in the 
house about dusk, A correspondent at Corinth sent in specimens of 
Prenolepis sp» ; , recently with the report that they were enter- 
ing a refrigerator in her home* This species seems to be quite 
prevalent throughout the State, 
SILVERF1SH ( Lepisma saccharina L, ) 
Indiana J* J*Davis (M a y 26): Silverfish were reported annoying 
and destructive at Lowell and LaPayette during the past month, 
POWDER POST BEETLES (L yctus spp . ) 
Indiana J* J 4 Davis (May 5): Powder-post beetles were reported do- 
ing damage to building timbers at Crown Point and to shovel 
handles at Terre Haute, 
PALE-MARKED ASH BORER ( Eburia quadrigeminata Say) 
Indiana J. J, Davis (May 26): This insect was reported boring in 
a hickory-elm floor which had been down for 35 years. This 
report was from Columbia City M a y 5, 
LARDER BEETLE ( Dc-rmestes lardarius L. ) 
Nebraska M, H. Swenk (April 15-M a y 15): The larder beetle was re- 
ported from Holt County April 5 as present numerously about 
a smoke-house in which the pest had previously done injury to 
smoked and salt-cured meats, 
