Oankerworms are appearing in rather large numbers in the East Central 
States, infestations being quite general, westward to Iowa, Minnesota, and 
thence southward to Texas, Heavy defoliation was taking place in- the 
Dallas city limits in Texas during the third week in the month. 
The forest tent caterpillar is unusually numerous in the South Atlantic 
and &ulf States, and was reported as occurring, in considerable numbers in 
southeastern New York, 
Heavy infestations of human beings by the tropical rat mite were 
reported from widely scattered localities from the District of Columbia to 
Texas, and northward to Wisconsin* 
