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Escher I CH I A FREUND 1 I (Braak) Bergey et al. 



Insects concerned: The cecropia moth caterpillar, Platy - 

 samia cecropia ; Pari a cane 11a , var. gilvipes . 



Coliform "bacteria similar to Escherichia freundii were 

 isolated from the alimentary tracts of the ahove-listed 

 normal insects "by Steinhaus (19^1). 



For a complete description of this "bacterium see Ber- 

 gey's Manual (1939, 5th ed. , page 39*0- 



Steinhaus, E. A. 19^1 A study of the "bacteria associated 

 with thirty species of insects. J. Bact. , k2, 757-790. 



Escher I ch i a noctu ar I i Bergey et al. 

 (See Bacillus nocturarum and Bacillus sphingidis . ) 



Escher ich i a sph i ng i d i s Bergey et al, 

 (See Bacillus sphingidis . ) 



Genus: Klebsiella 



Klebs I ELLA CAPSULATA (Sternberg) Bergey et al. 



Insect concerned: The army worm, Barathra conf igurata . 



Munro (1936) studied an epidemic of septicemia among 

 Bertha army worms in North Dakota in collaboration with 

 Nelson, who isolated an organism which he identified as 

 Klebsiella capsulata . 



Munro, J. A. 193^ Disease checks Bertha army worms. J. 

 Econ. Ent., 2g, 218. 



KLEBS 1 ELLA paralyt I CA Cahn, Wallace and Thomas 

 Tick concerned: The tick Derma centor alb ip ictus . 



In 1932, Thomas and Cahn described a disease among a 

 species of moose ( Alces americana americana ) in north- 

 eastern Minnesota and the adjacent region of Ontario, 

 Canada. The moose in this area were heavily infested "by 

 *the tick Dermacentor alhipictus , the final stage of the 



