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. HOUSEHOLD AND SlOEED- 
P R 0. D "J C T INSECTS 
. .TERMITES ( Recticulitermes spp.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (August 19): Termites damaging "building at 
Ladoga, August 12. 
Mississippi W. L. Gray (August 16): Termites destroyed some valuable 
records at the National Box Co. at Natchez. "Contacts" to 
ground were old concrete forms to base of the vault where 
records were stored on wooden shelving. Also severe injury 
to a number of residences in Natchez. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (July 15 - August 15): ' Additional termite 
( Reticuliterrnes tibialis Banks) infestations were reported 
from Douglas and Cass Counties during the last half of July. 
One of these related to the floors in a building, the others 
to injury to aster, coreopsis and other plants. 
POWDER-POST BEETLES (Species of Bostrichidae) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (July 15 - August 15): A complaint of the 
destruction of the woodwork in a cellar by powder-post beetles 
(Bostrichidae) was received from Jefferson County during the 
last week in July. 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (Aagust 19): House ants were reported at 
Elwood, Rockville, and Gary, and lawn ants at Michigan City, 
South Bend, Mishawaka, and Lowell. At the latter place they 
were damaging golf greens. 
Mississippi C. Hines (August 19): A new infestation of the Argentine 
ant has been found at Way, Madison County. This insect has 
apparently been eradicated from ;' &■ farms near Flora; 
very scarce in Yazoo City, Canton, Cary, Madison, Flora, 
and Ridgeland, where poisoning campaigns have been put on 
two or three years. 
R. W. Harned and assistants (August): Several species 
of ants are unusually troublesome about houses and stores 
over the greater part of the State. 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (August 26): Considerable trouble with 
many species of ants nesting in lawns, around shrubbery, 
arouna edges of swimming pool at Tempe, and in houses. 
