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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN ANT 
DOMESTIC A N I M A L S 
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BODY LOUSE ( Pedi cuius humanus corporis Deg*) 
Florida. R. C. Bushland and W. E. Dove (March 16): One out of 14 negro 
prisoners in a large cell of .-the. . jail at Orlando was infested with about 
60 lice. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (April .15) : Number received for determination is 
largest in reporter f s experience in Michigan. 
SANDFLIES ( Culicoides spp.) 
Virginia. L. A. Hetrick (April 24): Appeared today in annoying numbers at 
West Point . : , 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (April 8): C. variipertnis (Coq.) submitted 
from Saluda, where it is affecting poultry and people. (Det. by H. K. Townes. 
Georgia. W. E. Dove, et al. (April 28): Outbreaks of C. canithorax 
Hoff, reported from Brunswick, .along the edges of the juncus marshes. 
Florida. W. E. Dove, et al. (April 28): On the eastern coast no sandflies 
have been observed on the marshes at Titusville, but ,were present in small 
numbers at New Smyrna Beach a few times during the month. 
’ MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) ’ 
Maryland. E. N; Cory (April 7): Mosquitoes observed at Fort Washington. 
Virginia. L. A. Hetrick (April 24): Aedes sollicitans (Wlk.) is relatively 
abundant and troublesome at. .West Point. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (April l): Mosquitoes attracted considerable attention 
by flying outdoors on two or three warm evenings during the third week in 
March. . 
CHIGGER ( Eutrombicula alfreddugesi Oud.) 
Missouri. L*. Haseman (April 1): Overwintered adults observed during the third 
week of March, crawling, .about in great numbers. 
• AMERICAN DOG TICK ( Derma cent or variabilis .Say) 
Rhode Island. B. Eddy (April 24): Observed on April 6 "to b.e prevalent in dis- 
trict of Gaspee Plateau. 
Maryland. Juliet H. Carrington (May l) : Specimens taken from a dog in Chevy 
Chase, not. far from Rock Creek Park. Owner stated that dog had been infested 
for '2 weeks* . ■ . 
Missouri. L. Haseman (April 24): Adult found feeding today at Columbia. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (April 27): Possibly the American dog tick, or wood 
tick, reported in large numbers and as causing much annoyance to livestock 
in Adair, Delaware, Wagoner, Pontotoc, McCurtain, and Haskell Counties. 
SPOTTED FEVER TICK ( Dernacentor andersoni Stiles) 
Idaho. J. R. Douglass (April 22): Adults very common in southern Idaho. 
