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Aj^ OTHER HU3IAN BOT-FLY. 



Apropos of the interesting article on "A Man-infesting Bot," I^^SECT 

 Life No. 3 (Vol. I, p. 76-80) it may be in order to call attention to an 

 account of a similar or identical species presented in some '' Additional 

 Observations on the Parasites of Man and Domestic Animals," appended 

 to Prof. A. E. Verrill's valuable Eeports on the External and Internal 

 Parasites of Man and Domestic Animals, and wbich does not seem to 

 have been familiar to Dr. Matas at the time of writing his article. In 

 the case recorded by Professor Verrill, in which the insect is referred 

 doubtfullj' to Bermatohia noxialis^ it appears that the patient, a resi- 

 dent of Mississippi, became infested in that State, which would indicate 

 an extension of the species into this country, or the occurrence of a very 

 nearly related species here. 



In the last report (page 95) it was mentioned that a species of bot-liy lives in 

 the larval state beneath the human skin, forming painful tumors. But such in- 

 stances had been observed only in the-tropical parts of Central and South America- 

 It is, therefore, of interest to record a similar case iu the United States. In this in- 

 stance a young woman twenty-two years old, residing at Meridian, Miss., was the 

 victim of the insect. The larvae, developed from eggs deposited in the skin by the 

 fly, caused great irritation and pain in the subcutaneous tissues, resulting in larga 

 abscesses, from which the mature larvae finally escaped. 



I am indebted to Dr. William B. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, Ind., for a specimen of 

 the larva of the insect which was taken from this patient and sent to him by Dr. 

 James Hughes, who treated the case. Whether it be identical with the South Amer- 

 ican species can not be determined from the larvae alone. — H. Osborn. 



OEOGRAPHICAL RANGE OF THE CHINCH BUG. 



In the section on the distribution of this insect, in Bulletin 17 of this 

 Division, and in the Annual Report for 1887, only two localities outside 

 of the United States were mentioned, viz: Cuba, according toSignoret 

 and Uhler, and Tamaulipas, Mexico, according to Uhler. We have 

 since noticed that Mr. W. L. Distant records it as extending southward 

 through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and in the Biologia Cen- 

 trali-Americana records it as captured by Champion at the following- 

 points : 



Guaiemala. — San Geronimo, Paso Antonio, Panzos, Champerico, and Rio Naranjo. 

 Pawa?;ia.— Volcan de Chiriqui, 2,000-3,000 ft. 



DA3IAGE TO FRUIT BY THE ADULT OF ALLORHINA. 



The Pacific Rural Press calls attention to the danjage done by an 

 Allorhina to ripe peaches in Arizona. The statement is made that it 

 appears after the hrst summer rains, a])parentl3^ from the low moist 

 lands, and immediately seeks the peach orchards, where it selects the 

 choicest fruit;: and ruins them. In case there are no ripening i)eaches 

 it feeds upon grapes, and even upon growing corn-stalks. It disappears 

 during the latter part of August. When they are plentiful several will 



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