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the western arid eastern coasts and in inland Florida, and along 
the Atlantic coast as far north as Massachusetts. A number of 
specimens were observed along the coast in the vicinity of Barnegat 
Bay, N, J,, and at times they caused annoyance to man by their bites. 
Texas. E, W, Laake (October 20): Duping October stahleflies have con- 
tinued to be very scarce, probably fewer for this time of the 
year than for the last 10 years. 
HORN ’FLY ( Haematobia irritans L.) i 
Georgia, A. L. Brody (October 28): Very abundant. About 1,000 per I 
animal on 8 young steers were observed at Valdosta from October 2^ 
. to 27. . 
Texas. E. W, Laa,ke (October 20): Horn flies average'd at laast 2,000 
per head on 30 or Uo milk cows at Dallas on October 15? at least 
4.000 per head on 50 Hereford cows on a ranch at Cresson; and from 
3.000 to 6,000, with an average of approximately 3 >300 per head, 
on 103 Hereford cattle in King County. 
COMMON CATTLE GRUB ( Hypode rma lineatum DeVill.) 
Texas. E. W, Laake (October 20): On October l4 grubs averaged 7* 4 per 
head on cattle in King County. Aoproximately 1 percent of the 
larvae were young third-stage specimens, the remainder being of 
the first and second instars. 
SHORT-NOSED CATTLE LOUSE ( Haematoplnus eurysternus Nitz.) 
Texas. E. W, Laeioe (October 15)j Common on Hereford cattle in King County 
and extremely abundant on some an'imaAs. 
EAR TICK ( Ornithodoros me gnini Dugos) 
Texas. E. VI, Laake (October 15)j The ear tick is very abundant in King 
County, practically all cattle examined being infested. 
GULF COAST TICK ( Amblyomma maculatum Koch) 
Georgia. A. L. Brody (October 28): The numbers have decreased consid- 
erably during the last month. An average of 0.7 tick per animal 
w<as found at each semiweekly examination of sheep at Valdosta. 
Florida. H, T. Vanderford (Octohor 6): In general, tMs tick was not 
as numerous as last year in Hernando, Citrus, Levy, Dixie, and 
Taylor Counties, * 
