V lfoitsehéld Pests amd, Their Treatfmeul. 85 J A .
. a foothold. lt is a very active insect both on its feet and by · i' _,  
the use of its wings, and being largely nocturnal in habit often __  
r does its mischief without being recognizedas the culprit. The . I  
species is much like a smaller roach (P. austmlcsiae) said to { ’ Q {
‘ be common and troublesome in the more southern states. The j  .
latter has not been observed by me in Kentucky, but probably T —
~ occurs here locally at times, since it has been observed in ad- " V
» V joining states. It measures about 1.35 inches in length to the __
l t tips of folded wings, being thus about- the size of small P, -
americana, and may be recognized by a bright yellow mark '   j
along the shoulder of each front wing. The yellow marginal __   T
V . band of the `prothorax also is more sharply defined and con· Z L .
, i spicuous than in the closely related American insect t ._    
- WHITE ANTS.  ,1 i i
The common name of these insects leads us to expect them » ‘Y   
V to be somewhat like ordinary ants in character and habits T _    Q
‘ They are in fact only like ants in general appearance, and be- i T   ` . -
T long to ·an entirely different insect order. They are generally   , f
brought to our notice during their annual swarming Hights,    { V S
when great numbers of the gauzy-winged males and females   g  
emerge from retreats in timbers of buildings and scatter to {V   y  
mate and establish new colonies. At such times the householder 5   i  
is surprised by a horde of them coming from the base of a      
porch column, a sill lying close to the ground, or a wooden .    
basement floor. They live ordinarily in burrows made in the _    
interior of such wood and in the soil, and their mischief is thus   { VjF  
· accomplished before their presence is suspected. From infested   3 iii
·· ° woodwork they may invade other objects lyingnear, such as _ if  
· books and fabrics left in little used basement rooms, and have l    
i V sometimes been the cause of severe loss in this way. Several   ,·'__ f`V;f.¤j
years ago a package of printed reports_of this Station was in-   _,;. {VV}
_ vaded in a basement room, the ants coming up to a set of  
' shelves from a floor just beneath. Extensive galleries were cut ` V  
V in the leaves, the worst infested being completely ruined. In  
other Cases observed by me posts of verandas were mined ren  
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