INSECTS INFESTING HOUSES AND PREMISES 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
Mississippi R. W". Harned (July 18).. "The fire-ar.t, Solew^is gjsmir] ba Fab, 
(vars, ayrloni and fa) have been frequently reported froca ises 
in this Sxate* j _ moloet . Say has also been reverted. 
'.'.'1.3 tiny black ant, -'; e / - Buckley, has be« ported 
from a number of t .';. L. is ncxi to ths 
Argentine ant, the worst house ant in Uti Jsirssippi. This is 
particularly a meat-loving species. Another species that has been 
reported as visiting households is Tetrjraorura ^uineense Fab." 
ionnecticut W. E. Britton (July 24). !, M any more complaints than usual have 
been received relative to these insects from New Haven.'' 
ARGENTINE ANT (2Lsli2iY:yiSil £iI2iLii§. Mayr) 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (July IS). "This pest has now been reported from over 
55 different towns and cities in Mississippi. All oi these towns, 
with the exception of three, are on railroads, indicating that these 
have been the greatest factor in the distribution of this pest. 
Aside from getting into food they infest beas , drive poultry from 
their nec-ts , and act as distributors of scale insects and plant-lice.'' 
A CADDICEFLY ( Macronema zebratum Hag.) 
Massachusetts H. T. Fernald (July Si). "About the first of July swarms of these 
caddiceflies were reported from Montague City (near Greenfield) as 
swarming on the houses, on clothing hung out to dry, and attracted 
to light, proving a great annoyance to residents in that region. 
On July 3 I visited this town and found this trichopteran. Cn 
that date they were fast disappearing. Curiously enough, more 
of these insects were found on the black smooth surface of the 
macadamized road than anywhere else at the time oi my visit* 
Practically none could be found on the shrubbery and few on the 
sides of houses but they kept appaarir.g from somewhere and alight- 
ing on the road and skipping on its surface in a very peculiar 
fashion. This insect is usually rather rare in this part of 
Massachusetts ." 
GRASS MAGGOT (S ciar a scionhila Loew) 
Pennsylvania S. ?. r . Frost (July 19). "The larvae of this species have been found 
in large numbers among the grass plants beneath the shade of maple 
trees at Arendtsville . They are attracting much attention because 
of their abundance and are more or less of a nuxsonce.. 11 
A SWEAT BEE, ARapos temon vires cens Fab. 
New York E. P. Felt (July 2l) . "Specimens of this bee were received early 
in July from Cats kill, in Greene County. They wore reported as 
being so numerous upon lawns as to destroy the sod by their burrowing 
operations ." 
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