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CATTIiE 
STABLEFLY (S to'ioxys calcitrnns I. ) 
Florida. S. W. Simmons and E. E. Rogers (February 2S) : No adults have 
Been observed in Ray County in nature since January I 9 , when a 
minimum temperature of l6.5° was recorded, although subsequently 
a maximum teraperattire of tias been reached. 
SGREYf.VOR’i ( Cochliomyia amcricana C. & P. ) 
Texas. D. C. Parman (Janua,ry); A considerable number taken in some of 
the status traps, although blowfly catches during the first half of 
Janu8.ry have been rather smaller than during December. Tre,ps had 
very few flies of any kind during the last half of January. It is 
Not certain what effect low temperatures will have on the overwintering 
of the very high populations of C, ^aericana present during December 
and early in January, but one adult emerged from a 6-inch burial test 
of pupae on January 31* Cases found in the vicinity of Uvalde up to 
January 24. 
0. G. Babcock (Februany) ; Owing to cold weather blowflies are 
very few in number. No screwworms nor secondary screwworms (C. 
macellaria F. ) have boon observed in this section of western Texas. 
■ BROWN WINTER TICK ( Do rmacontor nigrolineatus Pack.) 
Texas. F. C. Bishopp (Februmy 2J): Reports from southwestern Texas in- 
dicate rather heavy infestations of many horses and cattle during 
January and February. Some control measures used. 
SHORT-NOSED CATTLE LOUSE ( Haomatopinus eurysternus Nitz.)' 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (February 29): Norma.l winter development, with lice 
increasing in numbers. Distribution is spreading, in most cases by 
means of infested bulls. 
POULTRY 
CHICKEN MITE ( Derm any ssus gall inao Deg.) 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stenc (February 2~(): RcTiort received of a house in- 
festation. Said to bo found all over the house, even in books, a,nd to 
attack people, although no serious irritation seemed to follow the 
bites. Pigeons were present at all times. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 20): Complaint of inf ''■station of a house 
in Saline County was received on Decembrr 11, 1939 • 
