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SUMAC 
SUMAC BEETLE ( Blepharida rhois Forst.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (June 25): Early in June Professor Whitcomb reported, 
that the jumping sumac "beetle had "been seen on Rhus copallina on the State 
highway planting in South Sudbury. 
UMBRELLA TREE 
CATALPA SPHINX ( Ceratonia cat alp ae Bdv.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (June 21): The catalpa sphinx is doing considerable damage 
to the umbrella tree in Prince Georges County. 
WOODBINE 
WOODBINE VEIN GALL ( Dasyneura parthenocissi St ebb.) 
Massachusetts. E. P, Pelt (June 22): The woodbine vein gall was unusually abun- 
dant, deforming many of the leaves of woodbine in the Boston area. — 
LEAJIIOPPERS ( Cicadellidae ) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (June lk) : Leafhoppers are very abundant on woodbine 
in Minot, Devils Lake, Fargo, Bowbells, and Bismarck. The vines are severely 
injured. 
Kansas, II. R. Bryson (June 26): Leafhoppers ( Erythroneura sp.) are reported to 
be injuring the leaves of woodbine at Manhattan and Bern. 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES ( Culicinae ) 
Oregon and Washington. II. H. Stage (June H): Aedes alclrichi Dyar and Knab and 
A. v exana Meig. emerged from the flooded bottoms of the Columbia and William- 
ette Rivers the middle of May. They were very numerous in certain areas where 
control measures were not undertaken. Aedes hexodontus Dyar, A. a boriginis D 
Dyar, and A. fitchii Felt and Young were not so numerous in mountainous areas 
because of a light snowfall during the past winter. All breeding had ceased 
by May 12 in the Casaade Mountains of southern Washington and Oregon. Culex 
tar sal is Coq. and Theobaldia incidens Thorn, appeared much, more numerous during 
May than in past seasons. 
FLEAS ( Ctenacephalides sp.) 
Texas. E. W. Laake (June 23): There have been an unusual number of reports of 
severe infestations Qf fleas from various sections of Dallas. One case 
brought to our attention was that of a H-year old boy who was infested with 
at least 2,000 fleas on his head. Lesions as a result of flea bites covered 
approximately half of his scalp and hundreds of bites were also in evidence 
over his entire body. 
