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SWINE 
HOG MANGE MITE ( Sarcoptes scabiei suis DeG. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (January 12): A request for information on dinning 
hog? for mange was received from Holt County. 
HCUSEHCLI) AID STORED-. PRODUCTS INSECTS 
TERM I TE S ( Reticuli termes srrp . ) 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (March 2): Winged termites Fere issuing in 
houses in Morgantown between February l6 and March 1. 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (February 15): Flights of termites were 
reported on several day's in January end February, indicating that 
these insects will perhaps be very destructive during the coming 
season. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (Februar-- lU): Termites are reported damaging 
buildings in Prattville and Montgomery. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): .During the fall and winter more 
than 30 complaints regarding termite injury to houses T -ere received 
from various sections of the State. 
Louisiana., w. S. Hinds (February 25): Termites a.re ver r abundant in old 
cornstalks in some loca' ! ities; winged forms are numerous and ready to 
swarm. They are infesting buildings an:, have been swarming at Baton 
Rouge since about the first week of February. The flights became very 
common as the weather cleared following a. week in which light rains 
occurred daily, 
Nebraska. l&, H. Swenk (February): R. tibialis Bks. wa i reported as 
severely damaging a grain elevator in Douglas County about the middle 
of Februar"-. 
Kansas. H. ?. Bryson (February 23): The first termite swarm was observed 
on February 21 at Manhattan. 
ANTS ( Form! cidae ) 
Mississippi. M. R. Smith (Februar-'- 22): Ants collected nepr Agricola were 
sent to me "'itb the following report: "The auts build mound? ps large 
as half bushel measures or larger, giving the aooe^rance of a number 
of bee hives scattered around. These rounds are literally full of 
ants. The ants were first noticed abou f U or 5 v ears ago. The - " are 
very trouble-come at the tire cows are calving." This ant is an intro- 
duced species of South American fire ant , Solenopsis saevissima var. 
richteri Forel. and is not Loiown from any other locality in the United 
