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TEEMITES ( Reticuletermes spp. ) 
Indiana 3". J. Davis (June 2): Termites show the same activity and abundance 
as in former years and reports of damage to dwelling-houses, rub- 
lie buildings, and greenh-.uses have come from many localities in 
the State. 
Missouri a. C. Eurrill (June 9): About one- third of framework of house 
damaged bj ; ! '.c ulit jrmes :f la^.j'pys-. They seem to be in the he--rt 
of the timer. 
Nebraska M. H. Swcnk (April 25-May 25): Last month reports of damage by 
the termite Eet iculiternes tibialis Banks from Douaias, Nemaha, 
Lancai and Phelps Counties ^ere recorded. Since April 25, more 
. cs of damage to builiinc^s have been receive! from Julian 
and Auburn in Nemaha County, Falls City in Richardson County, 
1'ranklin in Franklin County, and Beaver City in Furnas County. 
Tv residences at Franklin are reported as bally injure"., rhile 
several houses and T^naries are heavily infested in the Bea- 
ver Dity vicinity. (May 35- June 25): During therperiol covered 
by this report, additional instances of iamage by termites have 
been received from Omaha, where they vere seriously injurin 
residence, if rora Franklin, Franklin County, rhere they r?ere also :" 
juring a residence and killing the elm shale trees about it, 
from Ashland, Saunders County, 'There they were killing the 
trees on several properties in one section of the town. 
Kansas J. ~. McColloch (June 20): More termites than usual an! injuring 
woodwork in dwellings an! buildings. At Faxico the high school 
is infested. Dwellings have been injured at Lacrosse, "alefield, 
Lorraine, Frankfort, Manhattan (three houses). Buildings report- 
ed infested at Tamego, Frederick, Lorraine, and Lamed. Fruit 
trees ?re being killer] at Frederick. 
T. 3. Snyder (June 30): Number of Cases of Termite Damage to 
Buildin :s Mainly by Subterranean Species of Beticulitermes , July 
1, 1926, to Jvly 1, 1S27, in the United States (and U. S. Insu- 
lar Possessions) and neor:y Tropics. 
State Num:.;-r of Q.scs : S tate ^ver -^f ^c-^scs 
Alabama 2 Indiana 20 J 
Arizona 4 lows 
Arkansas 5 Kansa s 145 I 
California 69 Kentucky lit 
Delaware 3 Louisiana 
District of Columbio 81 Maryland 25 
Florida , 8 isachusetts 
Geor gia 5 ico 2 
Territory of ' i i 16 Michi -:: 5 
Illinois 29 Mississippi 
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