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petun. , t rs, and flc era in a garden in southern 
Lane* ' - i t ' .ring the first week in September* 
,' Formicidae) 
Mississippi R. ,.'. Harned (3 ptemt i ■.£): Dr. :... R. Smith rep. I tat a 
farmer living near Natchez complained that ante 
spinach seed at ie time oi sprouting. One of our inspectors 
jined the garden of the fanner noted that the ill- 
smelling ant, Iridomyrmex anal i s Andre., was the .:cst common 
ant in the garden. It is possible that this may be the Les, 
but Dr. Smith is more inclined to believe the ants re-. jle 
for the da _ to be a speciet: of So ; e..opsi s , possibl; :.ata 
or moles ta. 
Mississippi 
Kansas 
ANT ANT ( Cremasto^- - 1 r ashneadi ftiayr. ) 
... ... harned (September 2C): An employe the Southern /.. 
Lephone Company at 'Jest Point, Miss., brought to this office 
telephone v;ire Iron, which the rubber insulation had be 
moved. The employees claimed that ants were responsible for I 
damage to the '.ires. Specimens of ants whid were found in the 
insulation and on the wires have been identified by Dr« 
Smith as acrobatic ants, probably of I species Cremastogaster 
ashmeadi . 
CIG.. : . (I a serricorne Fab.) 
J. '.'. he olloch (Octob r 20): Mohair furniture in a house 
at Osborne w« orted infe ted ! ber 28. On October 11 
sp . re r Lv I fro:: upholstered furniture in a house 
at Abilene. 
Kansas 
Nebraska 
STORED 3 : . CTS 
J,. .', McColloch (Octo. r ! )): Stored grain insects have con- 
tim ?d acti ; the p:irt month In Norton, Russell, Republic, 
Saline, Sedgv/ick . : .. • Is Calenara 
spp. predominate, but in some ■ ri- 
.» saw- toothed xj ■ >j hiluc purinr-m^nDir 
ised flour beel . I Dulium confu sum Duv, , 
. ► Swenk (S - 1): During the month of 
Sep • r r poi ts of si L grai Ln 1 
. . rts of . ' of 
these i to t: . llu Tenebroj ritanicus . but t 
Ind ; i l moth. Plodii tella Hbn. I . :.ed 
of. Thus j report jury to stor I in 
nor., ally plentiful* 
