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of damage "by this class of insects have come in during the ores* 
-Inter, due probably to a large extent to the condition in which 
the grain -'as put into storage. 
Nebraska ;;. H. Swenk (.December 31 ) : Complaints of injury by stored-gr it 
pests continued to cone in during the last half of Cc ~ " 
up to the end of Mo v ember, in more than usual number 
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ANGOJMOIS GRAIN MGTH ( Sitotroga cereal ella Oliv. ) 
Monthly Letter Bureau of Entomology Fo. 152, December, 192b: 
Ferez Simmons reports that recently he and G. "'. Ellington dis- 
covered that the nngoumois grain moth larvae sometimes leave 
the grain and spin cocoons in the ground. This is a new fact 
that appears never before to have been recorded. 
A SMALL MOTH ( Blabophanes crocicapitella Clemen:) 
Maryland Perez Simmons (January 23): Small, very active moths flying in 
a house were found to come from an infestation of case bearers 
feeding on dry onion skins in the bottom of a box of onions, at 
Takoma Park. This clothes-moth-like species has been recorded 
from birds' nests and dried white potato (August Busck) and from 
absinth seeds and refuse ('.7. T.M.Eorbes : Lepidoptera of Hew York). 
Forbes gives the distribution as "Nev York to California, proba- 
bly general: also in Europe and Hawaii." 
ARGEFTIFE al'T ( iridomyrmex humilis Mayr) 
Mississippi Ft. W. Harned (February 25): Argentine ant infestations have 
recently been found at two nev,' localities, Bond and Greenwood 
Springs. All ant determinations are made by M. R. Smith. 
FIRE ANT ( Solenopsis geminata F ab. ) 
Mississippi R. J7, Harned (February 25): 77e are receiving many complaints in' 
regard to the fire ant, Solenonsis geminata Fab. These ants build 
their nests in gardens and cause trouble by their habit of taking 
the small seeds of recently planted vegetables, by their attendance 
on plant lice, and especially by their pugnacity. In infested gar- 
dens when vegetables or berries arc gathered, these ants come from 
their nests in the soil at the base of the plants and get on the 
hands of the owners where they sting viciously. In a recent letter 
from Fayette it is stated that an ant (probably this species) 
enters the pipped eggs of geese and kills the young before they 
emerge from the eggs. 
