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Pennsyl vania. J. L. King (May 3l); Spotted fever apparently well established in 
the Philadelphia area, three cares having "been reported this spring in news- 
papers* . • ... 
Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia. F. C. Dishopp (May 25)? Reported 
as unusually abundant in this area. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (May 8): Collected in Norfolk, where they were, reported 
as very troublesome. (Dot, by. H. E. Ewing.) 
Georgia. A, L. Drody (liny 20): Engorged females collected from sheep and steers 
at Valdosta on May 11 and 18. Average cf five ticks per animal found. 
Nebraska. M. H. Svenk (May 18); Pound in clothing of a man in Lincoln County. 
Specimens received on April 25. Pound on a dog at Lincoln, Lancaster County, 
on May 6. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED PSVER TICK ( Dormacentor andersoni Stiles) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (May 18); Pound twice this spring on an insect net after 
use in the field. A few cases of spotted fever reported in northern Utah. 
FLEAS (Siphonaptera) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (May 26); At Red Oak the tropical rat flea was found in 
dwellings infested with rats. It has been taken in a number of different 
places in I own. during the last several years. 
TROPICAL RAT MITE ( Ljponyssus baceti Hirst) 
South Carolina. P. C. Dishopp (May 20): Taken from a building in Charleston. 
(Det. by H. E. Ewing.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23); Received from Hinds County where they were found 
in a house, and from Warren County whore they were collected in a warehouse. 
Louisiana. T. E. Snyder (May 5); Collected from an office building in New 
Orleans. (Ret. by H. S. Ewing.) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (May 26); Pound in dwellings at Red Oak, infested with rats. 
CATTLE 
SCHEWWORM ( Cochliomyia amerlcana C. & P. ) 
Georgia. E, E. Rogers (April 25); Found on a calf at Valdosta. 
A. L. Drody (May 20): Reported on April 28 that cases had occurred almost 
every week throughout the winter on a farm 6 miles from Valdosta. On May l4 
hogs in Echols County wore reported as heavily infested the month before, but 
not from Decomber through February. on 
state rw*" 
