JOURNAL 



OF 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Vol. 2 JUNE, 1909 No. ? 



Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of 



the American Association of Economic 



Entomologists 



(Continued from April number) 



President Forbes: If there is no further discussion, the next 

 paper will be "Notes of the Year from North Carolina," by Mr. Sher- 

 man. 



NOTES OF THE YEAR (1908) FROM NORTH CAROLINA 



By Franklin Sherman, Jr.. Raleigh, ]V. C. 



While the great majority of the complaints that have reached my of- 

 fice during the year just closing have been of species already widely 

 known, yet there have been a number that have, in some way, more 

 than usual interest. 



In March a complaint (with specimens) was received from Wilming- 

 ton, in the southeastern part of the state, of a species of "mite" 01* 

 "flea," which was proving very troublesome by burrowing into the 

 skins of persons. Thej^ were reported as being very abundant all over 

 the groimd, under the house, in the stables, and in chicken-coops. 

 Specimens were at once forwarded to Prof. Herbert Osborn of the 

 Ohio State University, who identified it as the Chicken Flea {Xes- 

 topsylla (Sarcopsylla) gallinacea), which he says has been trouble- 

 some in Florida and Texas for a number of years, but which had not 

 previously been recorded north of South Carolina. Evidently this 

 creature is extending its range and may eventually inhabit all the 

 warm sandy coast districts. This flea was discussed in the December 



