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were reported on March 25 end April 7» Etfid one on n ^ og on April IS* 
Florida. F . S. Chanherlin (April 20): Reports from .stock raisers in Gadsden 
County indicate that screwworm ( Cochli-onyia sp.) is abundant at present. 
Texas. D. C. Forman (April 25) : A very low population in the area from Uvalde 
to the Devil's River up to April 15, approximately 25 pepcerit of last 
year's "infestation. Center of infestation apparently in the Drackettville 
district, and only 4 screw; or ms taken in the trap there in the period ended 
April 15. The only traps t akin. 7 C. americana during the year up to April 
15 were at Uvalde, Camp Wood, Drackettville, and Castle Canyon, none having 
taken more than 10 flies per trapping period during that time. None taken 
in traps at Langtry, Sanderson, Fort Stockton, McC.amey, Sheffield, Ozona, 
Junction, San Saba, or Llano this year. No adults taken in the Fredericks- 
burg trap since last October, nor in the De Hanis trap since September 1938. 
Light infestation present in the lower Rio Grande and Gulf coast areas. In 
the trapping period ended March "31» 81 adults' were taken at Alice; 72 at 
San Perlita; 39 a.t Encino; 20 at Laredo; 10 at S inton; and 4 at Catarina. 
No adults taken at San Marcos, Cucro, or Victoria. 
A CATTLE GRUB ( Hypodema sp. ) 
Iowa. H. E, Jaques (April 24); Report of an unusual infestation of ox warble in 
cattle in Hardin County. 
Sh OUT-NOSED CATTLE LOUSE ( Haemat op inus eurysternus Nitz.) 
Tex, as . 0. G. Babcock (April 25); On April 17 the short— nosed ox louse showed up 
on several ranches a.t Sonora, the first year this louse has been observed 
that far south by the reporter, ’ 
TICKS ( Amblyonma spp.) 
Georgia. A. L. Brody and E. E. Rogers (April 20): At Valdosta Gulf coast ticks 
(A. nacnlatun Koch) were removed from the ears of sheep on April 6 and 13, 
Mississippi, C. Lyle (April 21); Specimens of A. ame r i c anum L. sent in on 
April 12 from Jones County. 
POULTRY 
FOWL TICK ( Argas miniatus Koch) 
Oklahoma. F, A. Fenton (April 2l); Reported from Purcell, in the south— central 
part of the State. 
SWINE 
HOG LOUSE ( Haemat opi nus suis L* ) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (April); Abundant on hogs at one farm near Black- 
ville for 2 years. Several apparently successful clean-ups of the adults 
have been made during this period but the population 'guilds up again within 
a few months. 
