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A NOTODONTID MOTH ( Datana contracta) - ALABAMA - Larvae feeding on post oak at 

 Auburn, Lee County, on September 27, 1971. Collected by L. Wade. Determined by 

 D.M. Weisman. This is a new State record. (McQueen). 



SMALLER EUROPEAN ELM BARK BEETLE ( Sc o lytus multistriatus ) - OREGON - Adults and 

 larvae collected from trap elm logs at Hood River County, at Medford, Jackson 

 County, and at Grants Pass, Josephine County. These are new county records. 

 (Goeden) . Medford and Grants Pass collections represent first occurrences west 

 of Cascades. Counties from which collections made include Wasco, Umatilla, 

 Malheur, Klamath, and Lake. (Penrose). 



A WEEVIL ( Sciaphilus asperatus) - WISCONSIN - Invaded home at Park Falls, Price 

 County, period ending October 29. This is a new county record. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). 



MAN AND ANIMALS 



SCREWWORM ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ) - Total of 49 cases reported in U.S. October 

 24 to November 19 in TEXAS. Remainder of report is for October 24 to November 

 13. Total of 1,130 laboratory-confirmed cases reported in Barrier Zone in 

 Republic of Mexico as follows: Sonora 77, Chihuahua 542, Coahuila 181, Nuevo 

 Leon 84, Tamaulipas 246. Total of 247 cases reported in Mexico south of Barrier 

 Zone. Barrier Zone is area where eradication operation underway to prevent 

 establishment of self-sustaining population in U.S. Sterile screwworm flies 

 released: Arizona 616,000; New Mexico 210,000; Texas 126,194,000; Arkansas 

 4,710,000; Mexico 274,000,000. (Anim. Health). 



HORN FLY ( Haematobia irritans ) - OKLAHOMA - Continues heavy on cattle in Cotton 

 County; light to moderate in Cleveland and Garvin Counties. Averaged 400 per 

 head on steers in Payne County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



STABLE FLY ( Stomoxys ca lei trans ) - TEXAS - Heavy on cattle in Fayette County. 

 (Cole) . 



HOG LOUSE (H aematopinus suis ) - MISSISSIPPI - Heavy on swine in Oktibbeha 

 County. Controls applied"^ ^Robinson) . 



NORTHERN FOWL MITE ( Ornithonyssus sylviarum ) - MISSISSIPPI - Early infestation 

 on poultry in Jones County. Control applied. (Robinson). 



EAR TICK (Otobius megnini) - OKLAHOMA - Moderate to heavy in ears in several 

 cattle herds in Roger Mills County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



HOUSEHOLDS AND STRUCTURES 



GERMAN COCKROACH (Blattella germanica) - OREGON - Infested residence at Salem, 

 Marion County. This is a new county record. (Penrose). 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS 



A BROWN LACEWING ( Kimminsia schwarzi ) - PENNSYLVANIA - One adult specimen swept 

 from Austrian pine near Indiana, Indiana County, by Henry and Garret September 

 3, 1971. Determined by O.S. Flint. This is a new State record. (Kim). 



A WEEVIL ( Phrydiuchus tau ) - OREGON - Released 175 adults on Mediterranean sage 

 (Salvia aethiopis ) in Lakeview area, Lake County. (Goeden). 



HONEY BEE (Apis m ellifera ) - WEST VIRGINIA - Total of 553 colonies inspected 

 during October. Twelve colonies dead and two diseased with American foulbrood. 

 (W. Va. Ins. Sur.) . 



