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Ogden and Kanesville, On June 17 they wore annoying rnan and livestock 
at Rivnrdcale, Hooper, Sunset, Sln.tcrvillc, aiid Utah Hot Springs. On 
June IS A. do rsa.l is v;as oxtrornoly annoying to nan in fields at Pleas- 
ant View and sonc at llorth Ogden and Trcr''.onton, 
Oregon, E, E, KniT)ling (May 3l)* Eirst lanvan of A, la.toralis Moig. and 
A, vexans Meig, v/oro found a.t Portland on May 9» Colunhia. Hiver 
rcanhcd a naxinuji height of 9*6 feet during the week May 11-17. 
Peak of the flood is one of the lowest on record and v/a.s rosponsihlo 
for a very low poioulation of flood-v/ator raosqu-itoes, 
Si’JTDELIES ( Oulicoidos sp-;i, ) 
Florida, J, E, Hull (Ma,y 3l)* Sandflies ( Culicoides sp, ?) caused nore 
annoyance during May in the vicinity of Fort Pierce than was re- 
ported prior to that tine in 194l, 
W, E, Dove (June 26): On Jun,e 15 survoyin--: parties and workmen a v 
at- Panaj-ia- City were greatly annoyed hy Scundflies, £, mlssissip'oiensis 
Hoffn. and C_, no Ileus Goq, arc the nost conr.ion species. At Eglin 
Field sandflies arc a jDrohlen in one anea where a salt-narsh flat 
is near some of the barracks, 
Illinois, C, L, Metcalf (June 26): Punkies were reported as seriously 
annoying nan in the northeastern part of Illinois eanly in June, 
CHIGGEH ( Eutromhicula alfreddugesi Oud, ) 
Missouri, L, Ilascnan (Jmio 25): This pest made its appearance in central 
Missouri eanly in June, 
A FLY ( Phlehoto nus sp , ) 
Texan, H. M, Emndrett (June 24): Elood-S’ucking flies have "been very 
annoying in Uvalde, 
iUiEHlCiUT DOG TICK ( Pornacentor varia>Mlis Say) 
Massanhusetts, C, IT, Snith (May 3l)* Adults were nore numerous on 
Hantha' s Yineyand during the month than in any Mpy of which we have 
a record except 1939* Larvae and nymphs v;ere only modeiwately abundant. 
CATTLE 
SCPET'infOni-'I ( Cochliorpria ai-iericana C, & P, ) 
Florida, J, 3, Hull (Hay 3L)* During the branding and nanking of 3»000 
cattle in May at Sa.int Lucie only one case v/a.s found; and that in the 
navel of a calf, 
Louisiana, D, C. Parman (June 20): Survey and reports indicate no in- 
festations in Louisiana, 
