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SiillDFLIES ( Culicoide s spp, ) 
Virginia# L, A, Hetrick (May 25) J ^ery annoying in the vicinity of West Point 
fror .1 May l6 to 22# 
Florida, P. C, Bishopp (May 7)^ nississippionsis Hoffn. collected from nan 
at Panaxia Cits'-, (Dot, by A. Stone, ) 
Louisiana, P. C, Bishopp (May 25) J Pour sandflies, higuttatus Coq, taken 
fron a, horse ridden into a sv/anp at Mor Rouge for purpose of collecting 
specimens, (Bet, by A. Stone,) 
A &HAT ( Chaoborus astictopus D, & K, ) 
California,, A, ¥. Lindquist (May 20): Larval po]pulation in the bottom mud of 
Cloa.r Lake during the latter paxt of April indicated tha,t approximately 
4S percent fev/er la,rva,o v/cre present a yoax a:go. The grea-ter number of gnat 
that have emerged, together vrith unusuallj'’ high tenpcra.turcs aud absence of 
wind, is resulting in considcra,ble oviposit ion, 
HUMAH PLEit ( Pul ex irritans L.) 
West Virginia., P, C. Bishoi^p (April 25) J Twenty specimens submitted from a.roun6 
a banrn and on nan at Port G-ay, Infesta^tion reported a.s heavy and extremely 
annoying. Those -are the first specimens identified fron this Sta,te, to the 
writer’s knowledge. (Bet. by Helen L, Trembley,) 
HILIB LOUSE Cgad^yculus hiimanus humanus L,) 
Florida,, J’. C. Bishopn^JfM!^ 25)* Forty-eight causes of infesta,tion out of about 
8,000 school ch>3?^en, examined during the last yca,r, have been recorded in 
Orange Coun-t;?; 
A BUPPjJjO gnat ( Simulium vitta,tum Zett.) 
Idaiio, J, H, Bougla.ss (Aioril): Apout a, dozen gnats were sent in from Twin Pa,lls 
Insects reported a.s ha.ving caused severe lesions on fane and wrists of the 
patient, (Bet. by A. Stone.) 
BUGS ( Cimex spp, ) 
West Virginia, E. A. Bank (Ma,y 25) S Specimens of £. pilosellus Horv, were 
taken cra.wling on wa.lls of room beneath attic infested v;itli bats on May 8 
in Morgantown, 
Iov;a., S, A, Back (ifcy 25) J a.d.junctus Ba,rb, collected in room of house in 
Musca,tinc, but reported a,s not attacking nan, (Bet, b.y H, G, Berber,) 
Utak, G, P, Knovrlton (May 25) i Severe,! reports of bedbug (C, lectula,rius L,) 
annoyance, particularly in log houses, received from Panguitch and other 
parts of Ga.rfield County. 
