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IH SECTS INFSSTING HOUSES 
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■ . . TERivHTES 
K. K. Swenk (August 25-SeptenTDer 25): A nev/ infestation of a re 
idence in Lincol>n T/ith pur conmon termite, Reticulitermes tibial 
Banks, was reported during the first -week in SeptemlDer. 
J.T7,' McColloch (September 9) J ^ number of reports of tcrmito i 
jury have been received since my last report. Woodwork in dvTcll 
ings hatr- been destroyed at Olathe , Stockton, Osage City, Hope, 
Feodesha, Tola, and Abilene, The repairs on one house at lola 
cost $1,500. Damage to farm buildings is reported from Salina, 
Stockton, and 17ells. Business buildings have been damaged at 
Nataraa and Hope. Print paper in a newspaper plant at Herington 
was injured. A few trees at Stockton are infested. 
ARGSETINE iiUT ( iridomyrmex bomil is Mayr) 
R. W. Harned (Soptorabor 22); YJe have received a complaint from 
person living in Starkville that the Argentine ants are so 
troublesome on his property that they have caused sitting hens 
to desert their nests. Many people in Aberdeen complain that 
the ants are so numerous in their houses that they have to shake 
them from the bed clothing at night. This town has not put on a 
control campaign since 1922. 
CARPEilTER AtTI ( Camponotus herculeanus pennsylvanicus DeG.) 
J. W. McColloch (September 16): Carpenter ants are reported in- 
festing a d-,7elling at Stockton. 
AM AI-TT ( Prenolepis (Nylanderia) sp.) 
R. \~. Harned (September 22): A housekeeper in Starkville com- 
plains that the small sugar ant, P renole-pi s ( iTylanderia ) sp., 
has been causing her a great deal of trouble, getting into jellie 
and preserves. 
BOOKLOUSS ( Troctes divinatoria Kull.) 
J. McColloch (September 8): A suite of mohair furniture in 
a residence at Uichita is heavily infested with book lice. 
POIIDER POST BEETLES ( Lyctus spp. ) 
J. J.Davis (September 2k): Pov/der post beetles were reported as 
damaging timbers of a building at Albion on September 9. 
