CATTLE LICE (Haematopinus spp.) - OKLAHOMA - First infestations of season of 

 mainly Haematopinus eurysternus (shortnosed cattle louse')' reported from Mayes 

 County. Few head of cattle in few herds infested. Populations scattered and 

 moderate in Payne and Noble Counties and scattered and light in Woodward County. 

 Usually only few cows in herd infested. Light to moderate on cattle in Pontotoc 

 County and moderate in Garfield County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). TEXAS - H. 

 eurysternus light to moderate on cattle from Wilbarger County. (Boring). 



COiMMON CATTLE GRUB (Hypoderma lineatum ) - OKLAHOMA - Ranged 0-10 per head in 

 backs of cattle in Noble and Payne Counties. Remains light in Choctaw County. 

 Last of period ranged 0-15 (average 8 per head) in cattle in Payne and Noble 

 Counties. Light to moderate in Pontotoc County and light in Choctaw County. 

 (Okla. Coop. Sur.) . 



SCREWWORM (Cochliomyia hominivorax ) - Total of 16 cases reported in U.S. 

 November 21 to December 11 as follows: TEXAS - 16. Total of 770 laboratory- 

 confirmed cases reported in portion of Barrier Zone in Republic of Mexico as 

 follows: Sonora 69, Chihuahua 292, Coahuila 132, Nuevo Leon 68, Tamaulipas 219. 

 Total of 86 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: Texas 51,600,000; Mexico 

 188,360,000. (Anim. Health). 



A MOSQUITO ( Aedes riparius) - PENNSYLVANIA - Larva collected at Indian Gap 

 Military Reservation, on September 1, 1971 by preventive medicine personnel. 

 Determination by A. Stone. This is a new State record. (Tompkins). 



BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER ( Loxosceles reclusa) - ALABAMA - Specimen collected in 

 Mobile County in 1970 and reported March 23, 1971. Collected by W.T. Seibels 

 and B. Brackin, Determined by W.T. Seibels. This is a new county record, 

 (McQueen) . 



A FRESH-WATER SNAIL ( Melanoides sp.) - FLORIDA - Specimens recovered from aquatic 

 plants at Deerfield Beech, Broward County, June 16, 1971, by J. A. Reinert. This 

 snail occurs in Southeast Asia where it is an alternate host for Opisthorchis 

 sinensis (a trematode) which causes opisthorchiasis in humans. This disease is 

 widespread in China, Japan, Vietnam, and parts of India. Human infections acquired 

 through eating raw fish. Severe cases fatal. (Esser) . 



KEYS STRIPED SCORPION ( Centruroides keysi) - FLORIDA - Five adults and 2 immatures 

 collected under rocks in pine and cypress swamp at Ochopee, Collier County, 

 November 12, 1971 by H.V. Weems , Jr. and W.A. Tomick. This is first mainland 

 record. (Weems). 



HOUSEHOLDS AND STRUCTURES 



A DERMESTID (Anthrenus museorum ) - IOWA - Collected in Indianola, Warren County, 

 November 16. Determined by R. Miller. This is a new county record. (Iowa Ins. 

 Sur . ) . 



PACIFIC DAMPWOOD TERMITE ( Zootermopsis angusticollis ) - MICHIGAN - Numerous live 

 specimens intercepted at Detroit, Wayne County, in peat moss packed around lily 

 bulbs. Controls planned. (Sauer) . 



STORED PRODUCTS 



FLAT GRAIN BEETLE ( Cryptoles tes pusillus ) - NORTH DAKOTA - Adults and larvae of 

 this species and Tribolium conf usum (confused flour beetle), T. castaneum (red 

 flour beetle) infested top 3 feet of 45,000 bushels of stored wheat in Grand 

 Forks County at rate of 164 specimens per 1 pint sample. Fifty percent C. pusillus 

 48 percent T. conf usum , and 2 percent T. castaneum . The top 2-3 feet of wheat wet 

 and heating. (Brandvik) . 



