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A root weevil, P-chyneus opalus Oliv., was bred on neons in Florida. This 
seems to he the first record of this insect from a leguminous plant. 
Mono torn parallela Lee, was collected in cereals in Kansas in 193^ end re- 
ported this year. This appears to "bo, the first record of this insect in stored 
cereal products. 
Specimens recently identified by G. T. Green as Phytonyza atricornis Meig. 
were reared from mines in leaves of Cynara scol.vnus (artichoke) at Half Moon 3ay, 
Calif., by T T. H. Lange. This appears to he the first- host -record for this species. 
S C REWW OEMS k • ' 
Observations during the winter of 193-7-3 S showed that the screwworm fly 
( Cochliomyia anericana C. .and P. ) survived this period in its normal 'overwinter- 
ing area in the southern, southwestern, and southeastern parts of the United 
States. However, there was no evidence indicating that' the fly was able to 
build up any considerable winter population and that there would be an unusual 
outbreak' in or an extensive migration of the pest to more northern areas during 
the following spring and summer months. Throughout the season in the Southwest, 
where the fly overwintered, the population appeared not to be above that of the 
preceding 2 years. In the eastern section of the Edwards Plateau in Texas the 
number of screwworm flies -increased enormously following heavy rains in July, 
with a consequent heavy infestation of range livestock. During the early part 
of the summer conditions " T ere apparently favorable for the migration of the insect 
from Texas northward, either by natural' dissemination or by the shipment of in- 
fested animals. This resulted in a father general but not unusually severe out- 
break of the fly in Oklahoma; a relatively small number of infestations in a few 
counties in- southwestern and western A r kansas, although heavy infestations were 
reported in Washington, Pike, Jefferson, Chicot, and Desha Counties; a rather 
severe outbreak in 27 counties along the southern border of Kansas; and serious 
outbreaks in Stark and Scott Counties, 111., from which counties the pest spread 
and caused a heavy incidence of cases in several adjoining counties. 
In the Southeast screwworms appeared- to be ‘somewhat worse in Florida during 
1933 than in 1937* In Georgia there was a general infestation over the State, 
the count i-s in the southern half being more severely affected than the others. 
South Carolina reported that the season of 1933 was the worst screwworn year 
that that State had experienced, the heaviest infestations occurring in Beaufort 
and Saluda Counties. From 3- to 20-percont infestation of livestock by screw- 
worms war. reported in a few counties in southeastern. Alabama, other counties in 
that section of the State reporting 1— to 2- percent infestations or less. 
AMERICAN DOG TICK 
In the Eastern States reports reaching the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine indicated that adults of Do rnne enter variabilis Say, transmitter of 
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, appeared earlier in the season than in 1937; also 
that this species was considerably more numerous throughout its entire range. 
Three new : locality records of the occurrence of this tick were recorded by the 
Bureau for Virginia. Seven additional records of the appearance of the tick in 
Nebraska, the first obtained since 1911, and two records of its occurrence in 
He” 1 Hampshire, the first since 193^, were obtained. In general, there appeared 
