HORSES 
HORSE BOTELIES ( Gasterophilus snr).) 
Miesouari^ L. Haseman (October 25) i Egs?s of the common horse hot are 
. ■ st^ll- ahiindant on the legs of horses in the central part, of the 
State, the flight of the adults continuing unusually .late this year, 
Texas. E. Laake (October 20 ): On October 15 in King County the 
common horse botfly is .active .and ovipositing to the extent that 
• the forelegs .o,nd brea.sts of most horses are literally covered 
with ova, Rcoorts indicate that the whole coTinty is so affected. 
HORSEiTilSS (Tabanidae) 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (October 26 ): On two occasions this f.'^ll at Marysvill 
Union County, clover seed Submitted for purity an.alysis has been 
found to cont.ain tabanid eggs in numbers sufficiently l.arge. to 
■attract attention. It is estimated that these eggs constitixted 
from 1 to 2 percent of the b\ilk of the s.ample. 
POULTRY . 
BEDBUG ( Cimox lectularius L, ) 
Nebraska, . ' M, H. Swenk (October 2l): Reported as infesting poviltry 
houses in Boone County on September 2 *'^, in S.aline County on 
Sentomber 28, .and in Burt County on October 10 * 
FOUL TICK ( Argas miniatus Koch) 
Mont.ana. H, B. Mills (October 22): One fowl tick collected at Haxby 
on October 8 . (Det, by R. A, Cooley.) 
SHEEP 
SHEEP BOTFLY ( Oestris ovis L. ) 
Georgi.a, A. L, Brody (October 28); Twelve go.ats and 3 sheep were 
examined at V.aldost.a from October 1 to 19 for the nose bot, and 
31 larvae were recovered, of which 24 were young first-stage. 
The latter were found on the walls of the nasal passages and on 
the turbinate bones. Five second-stage larvae .and 2 third-* 
stage larvae ’were found in the frontal sinuses, 
Utah, G, F, Khowlton (September 23): Head maggots in sheep reported to 
be causing losses each ye.ar for the last few years at Meadow, 
Millard County, west-central Utah, 
BLACK-LEGGED TICK ( Ixodes ricinus scapular is Say) 
Georgia. A. L. Brody (October 28): On October 6 the first specimen 
was seen on sheep at Valdosta. This species has increased in 
numbers during the last month. 
