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BRCFN DOG TICK ( Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latr.). 
Missouri. L. Haseman (April 1): January cold was survived, and this tick was 
active in outdoor dog houses in south-central Missouri during February. 
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER ( Latrodectus mactans F.) 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (April 15): Twelve females and 2 males collected in 
Adams County about March 22, indicating that males as well as females over- 
winter in Nebraska. One adult female was collected on April- 5 in a house 
in Hall County. 
CATTLE 
STABLEFLY ( Stomoxys calcitrans L.) 
Florida. W. E. Dove (March 23): From 30 to 50 observed on each of about 20 
range animals near Tallahassee, in an area where peanuts were grown last 
year. This is an early record. 
TICKS ( Amblyomma spp.) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (April 23): Gulf coast tick (A. maculatum Koch) 
found at Shelbyville, Bedford County. 
Missouri. R. E. Roselle (April 24): Lone star ticks (A. americanum L.) have 
been attacking livestock since early in April in south-central' and south- 
eastern Missouri; some of the adults reported as fully engorged on April 16. 
BUFFALO GNATS (Simuliidae) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle, et al. (April 24): Eusimulium pecuarum Riley observed 
in Carroll, Grenada, Tallahatchie, and Tate Counties; in some said to be 
worse than for several years . Specimens of Simulium venustum Say received 
from George and Stone Counties, where they were injuring poultry and live- 
stock. (Det. by E. W. Stafford.) 
CATTLE GRUBS ( Hypoderma spp . ) 
Oklahoma, C. F. Stiles (April 27): Heel flies have been active over much of 
central Oklahoma during the last 2 weeks. 
POULTRY 
STICKTIGHT FLEA ( Echidnophaga gallinacea Westw.) 
Florida. W. E. Dove, et al. (April 28): Comparatively few complaints of 
abundance of fleas, but inspections have revealed three or four sizable in- 
v festations of the sticktight flea near Orlando. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORE D-PRODUCTS INSECTS 
HOUSEFLY ( Mu sea domestica L.) 
Florida. W. E. Dove, et al. (April 28): Celery waste in the vicinity of San- 
ford is. breeding tremendous numbers. Material is decomposed and has passed 
the active fermentation stage, which produced S tomoxys calcitrans L. 
