INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
, DOMESTIC ANIMALS , : 
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• MOSqUITOES (Culicinae) 
Florida. G. H. Bradley (April 18): Only scattered breeding of the salt- 
marsh mosquitoes (Aedes taeni o rhynchus Wied. and A. tolllcltans 
Walk.) has occurred this spring,; ^ and practically ho adults have invaded 
the coastal cities 'of Volusia County, 
Oregon. H. H. Stage (April 5)j Snail lai*vae of A, ‘yexah's Meig, and 
A* l9-teralis Meig, . were recorded on'April 4, for -the first time this 
season. Relatively numerous in local areas in Multnomah County, where 
the rising waters of the Colurahia, and Willamette Rivers had covered 
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SANDFLIES ( Culicoide.s spp, ) i 
Florida, J. B. Hull (March 51)*' -A. small emergence of sandflies occurred in 
the vicinity of St, Lucie County late in March, 
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G. H. Bradley (April); _0, fufens Poey and 0. me Ileus Coq, , .• * 
chiefly the former, have "been abundant and annoying at New Smyrna, 
Volusia County, since early in March. 
BEDBUG ( Cimex . lectularius L, ) ? . ■ 
Idaho. J. R, Douglass (March 2j)l Reports of hedhugs infesting houses in 
Twin Falls received during the' last month, 
BAT BUG ( Cimex pilosellus Horv, ) 
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Iowa, E. A. Back (April 5)* Specimens received from.Muscatine where they 
were reported in a house having attic infested with hats., 
CHIGGER ( Eutromhicula alfreddugesi P ud, ) 
Louisiana, W. H. White (April 8): Infestation from a one-half hour stay 
in a peafield near Houma on March 19* Other reports' of, infestations 
in. the same area, ,• . 
TROPICAL EAT MITE ( Liponyssus hacoti Hirst) 
District of Columbia. F. C. Bishopp (April l6): , Severely bit a child in 
an apartment where ra,ts were numerous, (April 24): Rat mites 
submitted by occupants of a house, v:here members, of a family were 
annoyed. Rats were • abundant in and about the premises, (Det, by 
H, .E, Ewing, ) * ... 
