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17. P.Flint (May): Mumerous reports of termite dam o have 
continued to come in during late April and May. 
J. M. Bigger (May 13): An infestation of termites was exam- 
ined in a store "building in Jacksonville May 13. There is com- 
paratively small damage up to date. 
M. H. Swenk (May 21): A consolidated school house in southern 
Gage County was found with the interior woodwork seriously dam-- 
aged "by termites the first week in May. 
J. V,'. McColloch (May 20): Termites have "been very abundant in 
many localities during the past month. Damage to dv,-e 1 1 ings has 
"been reported from Pratt, Kiowa, Abilene, Arkansas City, Burl in- 
game, Kansas City (12 houses), and Manhattan (8 houses). .At Zu- 
reka damage has occurred in the courthouse. The damage in the 
several houses at Manhattan ranges from a few dollars to $2,000. 
J. ':.". Robinson (May 23): Termites are active from Birmingh'.v. 
and Simpson to Montgomery, Mobile, and Andalusia, destroying old 
houses and newly built houses. They have also rttocked pecrn 
trees at Carrollton. 
D. '7. Grimes (May 23): Termite damage is severe in places in 
Leflore and Holmes Counties. 
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0. L. Barnes (April 25): The flooring and baseboards are com- 
pletely ruined in a living room of a house in Phoenix. 
S. E. Crumb (May 22) : Investigating a newspaper report of a 
great number of e-.rwigs concentrating in wooden gutters in cer- 
tain sections of Tacoma, it was found that the insects were 
termites. The gutters, some of them quite old, were in a 
rather dilapidated condition as a result. 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia -prpetio?- koch) 
J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (Iky 25): Specimens of the clover mite 
were received from Brockton May 15 with a. letter giving the 
following information: "This pest has been found in the house 
every spring for the past three ye-^rs, the first appearing about 
the middle of April and remaining until the last of May." 
T. K, Parks (May IS): Two complaints have been recev ith 
specimens carrying the information that these mites were enter- 
ing houses and were a nuisance in Union and Miami Counties. 
EUROPEAN SAR'TIG ( Forf icula aur.icularia L. ) 
S. I. Crumb (May 22): The young e-rwigs started to appear 
around Puyallup on April 25. 
