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MISCELLANEQUS ANIMALS • ' 
A MITE ( Ftilonyssus sp. ) 
Kern Jersey. E. C. Cushing (April 25): Mites taken from the tracheae of canaries 
on March 15* Mite found in about two-thirds of the "birds autopsied after a 
lun f T illness at a commercial canary company at -Denville, N. J. (Bet. "by 
H. E. Ewing. ) 
A SUCKING DOG LOUSE C Linognathua setosua Olfers) 
Connecticut. G. H. Plumb (March 23): Adults and nits very abundant on dog at New 
Haven; some dead adults and nits in baby's crib. Puppy ordinarily allowed 
to play in crib with baby. 
RA33IT TICK ( Haemaphys al is leporis-palustris Pack.) 
Georgia. (April 20): Fully engorged and partly engorged ticks removed from ears 
and body of a swamp rabbit on April- 10 at Valdosta. 
BLACK-LEGGED TICK ( Ixodes ricinus scapular is Say) 
Georgia. A. L. Brody and E. E. Rogers (April 20): Engorged females removed from 
a sheep at Valdosta on April 6. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STOESD-PHODUCTS INSECTS 
TERMITES’ (isoptera) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (April 19): Flights of Re t i cul i t e r raes flavipes Kol-1. 
have occurred for the last month in the usual numbers. Many modern buildings 
seriously damaged. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (April 19): Termites reported as giving consider- 
able trouble in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties, and a number of requests 
for assistance received from the Pittsburgh area, the result of winged in- 
dividuals being noticed. Record made on March 30 in the southeastern part 
of the State. 
New Jersey. J. C. Silver (April 15): Requests for identification and control of 
termites (R. flavipes ) sent in daily from Bergen, Hudson, and Essex Counties, 
northern New Jersey, since March 27, the date of the first migration brought 
to our attention, this year. 
Delaware. L. A, Stearns (April 3)' Termites reported as infecting a church at 
Newark. Extensive repairs necessary. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (Ajoril 24); Infesting houses in Baltimore, Cecil, and Prince 
Georges Counties. 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (April 27): Termites infesting house in Durham. 
