H U S E H O'L D INSECTS 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes flavipe s Kol.) 
Massachusetts H. T. Fernald (June 22). "White ants were found in a 
store room in a paper mill at Kolyokoj they hsd attacked 
a 500-povnd case of paper and riddled it so badly that the 
S£ - paper was worthless ." 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 16). "White ants have continued to be 
reported as damaging houses and woodwork in the southern 
part of the State." 
Kansas E. G. Kelly (June 6). "These insects were reported as 
doing rather serious damage to dwellings in Albion, 
Manhattan, and Admire." 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
Michigan R, H, Pettit (June 6). "Ants are very troublesome here this 
year, both in houses and in lawns. we have discovered a 
new departure in the preparation of ant poison. Often ant 
poison made of tartar emetic and honey, 1 part to 19, has 
failed because the tartar emetic settles to the bottom, 
especially if the honey has been heated too much. We stir 
the poison into the honey that is showing a tendency towards 
crystallizing, now and then add quite a bit of granulated 
sugar, stirring it in cold to aid crystallization. Honey 
that is prepared cold in this way and stirred in thoroughly 
holds the tartar emetic in suspension. Failures in the 
past have come from the poison settling down either in the 
container or in the dishes in which the poison has been 
offered to the ants ." 
FLEAS (Siphonaptera) 
Indiana H. F. Dietz (June 19). "Fleas have been unusually abundant 
in private dwellings . An outbreak in Indianapolis proved 
to be the cat and dog flea, C teno cephalus c anis t and an 
outbreak in Greenwood, the human flea, Pulex irritans ." 
A POWDER-POST BEETLE ( L vet us planicollis Lee .) 
New York C. R, Crosby (May 27). "This insect destroyed several dozen 
shovel handles at Hudson this spring." 
DEATH WATCH ( Anobium striatum Oliv.) 
New York C. R. Crosby (May 28). "A house at Walcott was very badly 
infested by this insect working in the woodwork." 
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