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POULIRY 
A MITE ( Ljponyssus sylviarum C # & F.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (Juno l4): Heavy infesta.tion of the feather mite 
on poultry at Spencer. (Dot. "by H. E. L w ing, ) 
FOWL TICK (Argos niniatus Koch) 
Maryland. 2. IT. Cory (July 3) ; Infestation in a poultry house at Lams- 
dovrae . 
DEER 
A BOT FLY ( Cephononyia. sp.) 
California. ?, Simons (October 29, 1940): Larvae suhr.itted with the report 
that it had been taken from the nose of a deer in Fresno County. Deer 
was killed on September l6, 19^'0, near the Baldy Lookout Station, 10 
miles from Shaver Lake. (Dot. by E. F. Knipling.) 
MIITK 
A MAC-GOT ( Wphlfahrtia mo i genii Shiner) 
Montana. H. B. Mills (July 15 )* Larvae are killing young mink at a fur 
farm in Helena. 
HOUSEHOLD A IT D STORED-PRODUCTS INSECTS 
TERMITES (Isoptera) 
Florida. 2, A. Back (June 15) ; ^ryptot ernes brevis Walk, is exceedingly 
abundant in all houses being remodeled in Key West. C_. snyderi Light 
wa,s found infesting a, table in this locality. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July 23): Complaints of termites received from 
Berrien Center, Saint Johns, and Crystal. 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (June 28): Boands in wall of a. basement and wood 
piled in a room of a house at Farmington have been damaged. Re- 
ported as numerous in houses in Davis County. 
AiTTS (Fornicidae) 
Maine. H. B. Pcirson (July IS): The carpenter ant ( Campono tus herculeanus 
pennsylvanicus Deg.) is general in the southern half of the State, 
causing many inquiries . Injury caused to building timbers in urban 
and rural communities. Reported once a.s eating cotton and blankets. 
New York. E, A. Back (June 2j): Sp GC i ncns of Formica truncicola integra. 
Nyl, submitted from Mount Vernon. (Dot. by M, R. Smith. ) 
