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Kebraska*- 0, S, Bare (August 13)l Specimens received from Cass Count;/", 
Report'ed f rom Dawson and Eovrard Countiss on Julv 28 and Aagast 11, 
respectively* 
UtaJi* G-, R* Knowlton (An^rst 2l): Infesting a home a,t Lasal* 
A G-lTAl ( Chaohorus astictopus D, and K*) 
California, A. ¥, Lindquist (Jul 7 / 3l)* Considerably more gnats observed at 
Lakcport than on the oa,st side of Clear LaJkre, v^rherc there have been very 
fev; present. 
CHIROITOMIDS ( Tendipes sp.) 
California., A. ¥, Lindquist (July 13 Unusioal number observed dancing along 
the v/a,tar’s edge on the north end of Lahe Pillsbury near the large area 
o f shal low wa tor. 
A BOLDLY ( Cutcrebra sp,) 
Virginia, D, C. Bishopp (Jiily 19 )i Dull-groTO first-instar larva v/as re- 
covered from the nose of a h-uman. Supposed tha,t the infestation occurred 
when an insect st-ung the victim in the nostril on July S in a garden in 
Arlington. Painful symptoms accompanied the infestation, Rafobits, 
squirrels, and chipmunks frequented the yard, (Dot, by E. D, Knipling,) 
laSS IRC- BUGS ( Triatoma spp, ) 
Mississippi, P. C. Bishopp (July 26) f Residents at Sarepta claim to have 
been stung or bitten by T. sangoisuga Lee, a-t night, and it is fre- 
quentl;/’ found in beds, T^ct, by ?, ’J.Oman.) 
California, P. C. Bishopp (Jul 7 " 2d); L_. protraxta Uhl, caused considerable 
pain and discomfort after biting individuals at Rod Bluff, (Det, by P, 
Oman,) 
TROPICAL R/IT MITE ( Liponyssus bacoti Hirst) 
South Carolina, P. C. Bishopp (August ll): Severe house infestation was re- 
ported from Southern Pinos, Occupants 'were annoyed and bitten, * 
AMERICAIT DOG TICK ( Dorma.c enter varia.bilis Say) 
'Massachusetts. C. R. Smith (July 3 I): Adults declined sharply during July 
on Marthas Vineyand, 
District of Columbia, P, C, Bishopp and H, L, Trenbloy (August): Adults 
aro decreasing in numbers. Dogs examined during the season have load 
few or no ticks attached during the latter pant of August. One speci- 
men found on man reported from Seneca on August 23 ond" another from 
southern Man;/‘land on August 23 or 24, 
