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Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2U): Crickets were entering houses in Forest 
and seriously damaging clothing according to a conplaint received on 
July 30« ^hey were also noticed in houses at State College during 
August. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assinilis F.) 
North Dakota. E. Gray Butcher (August 18): Black field crickets have "been 
nuch more abundant in recent weeks, "but thero has "been little injury 
from then. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 2U): A conplaint of annoyance by crickets 
in the basenent of a Buffalo County hone was received on July 22. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 23): The connon black field crickets are 
nore nunerous this fall than usual. They are causing considerable 
annoyance in basenent s and houses. A heavy population was observed along 
a half-nile stretch in Mitchell County on August 6. 
BLOODSUCKING CONENOSE ( Triatona sangaisura Lee.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August): A specinen was collected in a hone at New 
Albany on August 11. One killed was found full of blood and an occupant 
of the roon had an inflaned place on the arn, probably due to the bite 
of this insect. 
ANTS (Eornicidae) 
Mississippi. C. Lylo (August 2k): Numerous conplaints of ants have bfen re- 
ceived throughout the nonth. Solenopsis xyloni McCook was causing serious 
trouble. The Argentine ant ( iridonyrnex hunilis Mayr) has been the 
source of nunerous conplaints also, while a few correspondents have 
sent in the tiny black ant ( Mononoriun nininun Buckl.). 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 2^) • Fron Hall County on August 11 cane the 
conplaint that the carpenter ant (C anronotus herculcanus pennsylvanicus 
Dog.) was abundant on eln trees in that locality. 
AMERICAN DOG TICK ( Dornacentor variabilis Say) 
Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia. F. C. Bishopp (August 15): 
Ticks decreased rapidly after the first week of August and infestations 
on dogs had practically stopped after the 15th in Maryland, Virginia, 
and the District of Columbia. 
Mississippi. C. Lylo (August 2k) • The American dog tick was collected on 
cows by a correspondent at Purvis on July 31, who reported that ticks 
ore numerous on dogs, hogs, and cows in the southern part of Forrest 
County. 
