District of Columbia. E. 0 . Craighead (April 7) 5 Two specimens found 
on clothing after a Walk over vacant lots in Chevy Chase. (April 13)2 
Many ticks present on vegetation up the Potomac River, and on dogs. 
H. L. Trenbloy (April 19 ) 5 Two male ticks were received on 
April 19 ', the first specimens to he received hy the Division of 
Insects attacking man and animals. 
South Carolina. W. C. Hetties (April 25 ) • Reported as more numerous 
than usual on dogs in counties of Richland, in. the central part of 
the State, and Marlboro, in the eastern part of the State. 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia praetiosa Koch) 
Virginia* C. L. Pace (March and April) : Specimens found in buildings at 
Richmond on March J> 1 , Reported as crawling ’about inside the windows 
and up the curtains of a house "by the thousands." (Det. by H. E. 
Ewing. ) 
S. B. Penne (April 15) : Reported as pest in house in Halifax 
County, in the southern part of the State. 
H. A. Back (April 30) '• Specimens received on April l 4 from 
Beaverdam, where they were very abundant on lawn and about walls of a 
house. 
South Carolina. R. E. Ware (-March l 4 ) : Collected in an apartment at 
Clemson. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (April 25 ) • Reported in dwellings at Glasgow and 
Lexington. 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (March 1 7) : Specimens submitted from Scotts Bluff 
County, with report that they were abundant and annoying in and 
about houses at Scott sbluff and Goring. 
CATTLE 
SGIffiWWORM ( Cochliomyia americana C. & P.) 
Texas. D. C. Parman (April 25)1 Population of £. americana , as indicated 
by April trap catches, is approximately three times as great as for 
the same period last year and one of the highest populations 
recorded during the last 5 years for the overwintering area. Infesta- 
tions are not uniformly heavy. In’ Uvalde and Kinney Counties, in 
the southern part of the State, whore populations have been con- 
sistently high heretofore, the flies were approximately one-third 
less in number than in the adjoining counties. The population is 
generally higher over the western part of the overwintering area 
than for any year during the last 5 ~y ear period, and- is lower over 
the Gulf coast and east of San Ant'onio. . Slight increase in the 
immediate vicinity of Victoria. The northern part' of the Stake is 
being infested about- 3 weeks earlier than last year. . 
