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TERMITES (Setieulit erases sp.)j 
Indiana 
Kansas 
California 
Wisconain 
J. J. Davis (July 27): White ants were reported as destruc- 
tive at Grawfordsville and Connersville late in June. At La- 
Fayette they were reported tunneling stalks of dahlia July 23. 
J. W. McColloch (July 20): Since my last report termite in- 
jury to dwellings has "been reported from Kansas City, Abilene, 
Galena, Rose Hill, and Savonbery. Damage to trees leas re- 
ported from Pratt. 
Washington Daily News July 27: A recent survey conducted 
throughout southern California by Alfred Ansell Jr., a Los 
Angeles scientict, revealed a property damage estimated at 
$209,000 in 14 cities and towns included in the survey. The 
damage to individual buildings ranged from a few dollars to 
$1,500. One example of damage was revealed when a huge wooden 
cover on a 100,000 gallon oil tank collapsed ; it was found 
honeycombed with termites. Stepping into a. closet after his 
coat, a man suddenly found himself falling through the floor; 
termites had eaten away the supports. In another town a woman 
was having her piano moved across a room when one end broke 
through a termite-damaged floor. 
: POWDER POST BEETLES ( Lyct us spp . ) 
E. L. Chambers (July 25): The proprietor of a summer resort 
in Bayfield County reported that several log cabins built last 
winter have shown evidence this summer of an extremely heavy 
infestation of the powder post beetles despite all precaution 
taken to avoid it. 
Kansas 
Indiana 
J. W, McColloch (June 21): These beetles are working in the 
oak pews of a church and have been present in these pews for 
nine years. 
ANTS (Formic idae) 
J. J. Davis (July 27): We continue to receive reports of an 
abundance of ants in lawns and gardens from all sections of 
the State . 
Illinois 
W. P. Flint (July 21): The warm, wet weather of the present 
summer has been very favoraole to the activities of a number 
of common species of ants, Numerous reports of invasions of 
houses particularly by Lasius niger americanus and Tapinoma 
sessele , have been received. 
