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BOG 
BROWjNT bog tick ( ■bhiricophn.lus sanguineus Latr,) 
New York. E. iiathoson (Fe'bruarv 19)j Infesta,tions reported as follows: 
Skaneo,tclcs , Becemler 23, 1939. January 5 and 15, on dogs and in 
house; Nya,cic, Janua,ry 12; Syracuse, Novenher 1939; V0:iitc Pla.ins, 
Septenher 2, 1939; and Ithaca, April 1939* 
Michigan. E. I, McBaniel (Beceuher S, 1939); Specinens heing received 
from va.rious pa.rts of the State. Latest received from Grand Farids, 
where they are a general household p»^st in some two or three isolated 
houses. 
Illinois, C. L. Metcalf (Novemher 20, 1939); Reported as causing a general 
infestation throughout a neighhorhood in Highland -Park, northeastern 
Illinois. Octoher report indicated that it has "been troublesome for 
a considerable time. Apparently this tick has extended its dis- 
tribution in recent years. 
P. C. Stone (January 21): Terrier heavily infested with adults 
a-t Trenton on January 19 . 
Kansas. F, C. Bishopp (January): Several infestations reported on dogs 
and in houses in Fort Fdley and Wichita. 
iif,'iERI C juT bog TICK ( Berna-ccptor variabilis Say) 
Massachusetts. C, M. Smith ( January) : Poutine raouse-trapping collections 
in all a,reas showed very little activity during January, only a 
single larva being found. 
A TICK ( Ixodes calif ornicus Banks) 
New York. P. Natheson (February 19): Tick fron dog sent from Syrenuse 
in April 1939* (Bet. by E. A. Cooley.) 
IvIISCELLiYJEO'TS A.^IIL\LS 
A MITE ( Ichoronyssus spiniger Ewing ft Stoa-.) 
Maryland. H. L. Bozier (February 24):' Heavy infestations reported on 
muskraks in the locality of Cambridge by various trappers during 
the last week on the area of the Blac/rwater Refuge and adjoining. 
Interesting to note the persistence of these nitos despite the unxisual- 
ly low temperatures prevailing. A few badly infested individuals 
found dead on the marsh. (Bet. by H. E. Ewing.) 
