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HONEY ANT ( Preholepi s imparls Say) 
M. R. Snlth (February 21): Jack Milton, State Plant Board 
Inspector at Corinth, sent in workers for determination. He 
stated that the ants were found infesting a house at Corinth. 
The kind of food the ants were eating was not mentioned. This 
species is very little affected by cold weather, as many 
observers have noted. 
LARGE CARPENTER ANT ( Campoiiotus herculeanus L. ) 
H. R. Bryson (February 20): One carpenter ant frequenting 
a dwelling was reported on January 20 fron Salina. There 
was a similar report from Manhattan. The mildness of the 
winter temper?.ture has encouraged this pest in its foraging 
habits. 
BOX ELDER BUS ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) 
Don C. Mote (February 24): Adults have been observed 
moving around on warm days. Quite a few reports have been 
received of their being abundant in houses and being some- 
what of a nuisance. 
HOUSE CRICKET ( Gryllus domesticus L. ) 
P. R. Lowry (February): Several records have been received 
in the last two months of this species in houses in Dover and 
Portsmouth. 
R. W. Harned (February 23): Crickets were reported as very 
abundant in a residence at Meridian on January 9. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Forficula auricularia L. ) 
L. P. R'ackwood (February 27): Earwigs were out of winter 
quarters in late January and early February during period of 
nild springlike weather. Seen on sidewalks in forest Grove. 
males 
Don C. Mote (February 24): European earwig/were o; served 
moving about January 30. Two young second instar and a few 
females observed above ground at Newport, and on February 7 
a male and a nating pair were observed at Portland. 
CLOVER HIT"! ( Bryobia praetlo sa Koch) 
II. R. Bryson (February 13): The clover mite lias been 
reported as troublesome in a dwelling in Kansas City. This 
pest was reported congregating in la:: ;e numbers in the same 
house last fall. Owing to the exceptionally mild winter the 
adults have been successful in passing the winter. 
