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SAMD FLIES ( Culicoides sp.) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 2k): Punkies have "been troublesome in the vicinity 
of Dranderiburg. 
ANTS (Fornicidae) 
Tennessee. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis. (May 30): A 3 -month old child was 
seriously injured and probably permanently blinded by the severe bites in- 
flicted by Formica trunicola integra Nylander, when left in a crib near a 
nest of this ant at Dells. 
Mississippi. J. M. Langs ton (June 22): Fire/ants (S olenoTDsis geminata Fab.) 
have been reported as very abundant in gardens, yards, and houses in almost- 
all sections of the State. Complaints of injury to plants have been received 
in many instances, while a child in Starkville was severely stung by these 
ants. 
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER .(Latrodectfrs. - mac tans Fab. ) 
Idaho. C. lakeland (June 19): Much attention has been attracted to the black 
widow spider due to the very severe illness of a physician in the Grand View 
district who was bitten and has been in a state o/f coma for about 3 weeks. 
At this time he is reported as recovering. We have had this spider authori- 
tatively reported from Pocatello, Twin Falls, Grand View, Dolse, Parma, 
Payette, and Lewiston. 
Oregon and Washington. II. H. Stage (June U): A severe epidemic of the black 
widow spider has been reported from Klamath Falls, Oreg. , the last week in 
May. A correspondent 'writes, "Apparently millions of eggs have been laid 
as they are found in all rock gardens, and the young spiders are now hatching 
(June l). People are very much aroused here, many rock gardens are being 
torn out, and thorough spraying of rock walls and gardens is being under- 
taken. I believe only one person has been bitten, and,while this individual 
is very sick, the bite was not fatal. 
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CATTLE 
SC?.EW WORM ( Cochliom yia macellaria Fab . ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (June 27): A h:avy infestation of the screw worm is re- 
ported in Alachua County, the heaviest that has yet occurred in this section, 
according to the county agent. 
HORN FLIES ( Haemotobia irritans L.) 
Texas. E. W.Lr.r2:c (June 23): Horn flics were very abundant in the vicinity of 
Dallas during the early part of June but have diminished, now averaging about 
50 per animal on unsprayed cows. ■ 
CATTLE GRIDS ( Hypodorma spp.) 
Illinois and Iowa. Recovery Council (May 11): The European cattle grub (II. 
bovis DeG. ) is much less abundant this year than for many years previous. 
In mature cattle the infestation is esj>ecially low, not averaging one grub 
per animal. This relative scarcity obtains throughout a part of northern 
Illinois and northeastern Iowa. At Galesburg, 111. , both the American cattla 
