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AMIS (Formicidae) 
Missouri A. 0. Burrill (June iM-): Have prevented use of porch for dv r 
days from Jane 2 to 13. They appeared "by the thous: ads and 
ed over persons sitting on the porch. I think this record 
swarming of noctural ye lie— ants ( lasius cl avian fro^ 
porch is the first case of the kind -.-herre ccrtinuGns swar - - in- 
stituted a household annoyance. As is -ell known, the swarming; 
of the winged sexes once or tmice a year is too infrequent to con- 
stitute more than a one-day annoyance. The ants here reccri 
notorious for keeping up their swarming activity after averring, 
for days and sometimes --eeks. I have never taken this species in 
a dwelling and had never thought of this as a hou ho] . : 
I can zee -here their hone is made under a stone -;:; :'_-.. re 
slabs are laid in cement on' sand after excavating soil so "t 
stone slabs are vrltrir 2 inches of the level of th soil. It m 
an ideal home so that they could swarm on all sides of the Drch 
where people pass and prevent their using the porch for twe 
during the period from 5 to S r .... The workers :_ ".his srecies 
iid net accompany :n". T of the winged ants ve: - far intc the day- 
light. 
Mississippi ?. . W. Harned (June 22): "Ire tiny black ant. hcrmma. ir.m raa.i mm 
BSckley,has been causing annoyance to a number of houE - ers 
in Starkville. One housekeeper stated that they seemed to 
more fond of grease than err thi "else. 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (June 22): Specimens of the ill-smellin 
Irjidpr/m g _ lis findre "-ere sent to this office by State Plant 
Toard i rtor ihesley Eines, from 3sden. He stated that they 
-ere infesting a house there. This species, ?r eroleris ( 
( jlylander ia ) s-p. , has been taken in a drugstore at Indianola re- 
cently. The ants were probably fee dim: on sweets, al thorn " 
correspondent did not say so. 
FIRE AM! ( Soienoosis re m in a"; Fab. 
Mississippi E. ". Earned (June 22): Specimens of fire ants, ~: l-:nc~;i s armi- 
r?ga_ ~?o-, sent in from Ocean Springs mere noted to he feedi : ; on 
the fourth instar of the walnut caterpillar, Da tana i memerrinm . 
Ire- male- and female phases of the fire nt rare been observed to 
emerge- from their nests at A. & '.'.. Dollege c -• June L 
ARGEKTIE3 AM (iridomyr mex ammilig hy.r ) • 
Mississippi R. ''. Earned (June 22): "l specime 3 oi Le ants 
were sent to this office from Pasce ." luri ;he last of hay. 
Iris species has recently been found at Orange Grove. 
