INSECT 
INFESTING HOUSES AND 
PREMISED 
A FOBCZR-?OST BEETLE (lyctus sp. ) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (August 31) : A case of the serious injury of a barn 
built of cottonwocd lumber, in Buffalo County, by the powder -post 
beefclescame to our attention during the latter part of August, 
BOOK LOUSE (A tropoa divinatoria Mull . ) 
New York C R, Crosby (August 16): At Darien a house is reported as badly 
infested. 
AN ANT (Pogo nomyrmex occidentalis Or e s s . ) 
Nebraska M* H. Swenk (September 15): In frontier and Harlan Counties the 
mound-build 5.ng prairie ant is reported as a destructive nuisance. 
Georgia 
ARGENTINE ANT (iridgmyrmcx h umilis Mayr) 
Luther Brown (September 2k) : The Argentine ant has been reported 
frcm Brunswick and Waycross. 
Louisiana T* H. Jones (September U): The Argentine ant has been the cause 
if considerable complaint by householders in Baton Rouge during 
the past several days. It is usual for this ant to cause much 
annoyance about the house at this time of year, especially if the 
weather is wet. 
EUROPEAN EARY7IG ( Fr>rf icula aur icular ia L. ) 
California S, 0, Essig (September 5): The first report of th&s earwig in 
California has reached us, though it is known in Washington and 
Oregon. Residents of the infested area have knswn it since 1S19* 
No damage is reported, although the insect is abundant. 
FUSE-PLUG BORER ( Dermestes frischi Kug. ) 
Minnesota A, G* Ruggles (September 29): An interesting case cf a fuse- 
plug borer was called to my attention recently. The larvae of a 
dermestii, Dermestes frischi, was found eating the lead inside of the 
fuse plugs that connected up the different cables of a telephone 
company. The injury was not confined to one plug but has been quite 
general,- throughout the State. 
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