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gxnib (II. lineatun DeVill.) and' the European form are relatively scarce. In 
the central part of Iowa, There the American form predominates, the herds 
are almost free from infestation this season. 
HORSE 
HOUSE FLIES (Tabanidae) 
Utah. Or. P. Knowlton (June 5) '> Horse flies are seriously annoying livestock 
in the meadows "between Drighan City and Corinne. T ap anu s phaenops 0. S. 
is the most abundant. 
POULTRY 
3ILL3UGS (Calendra spp.) 
Minnesota. A. Or. Ruggles (June 26): C. a equal is G-yll. reported from Marshall , 
where chickens were being injured. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 25): At Des Moines C^ a equal is was reported as the 
cause of the death of a small chicken. 
Nebraska. M. II. Svrenk (June 20): On June 15, a Clay County correspondent sat 
in specimens of C. robust us Horn which she had found attached to the head 
and tibiae of chickens. 
HOUSEHOLD A IT D STOR ED-PRODUCT I IT SECTS 
A ERUG- STORE BEETLE ( Uicobium castaneum Oliv. ) 
Wr.shir.gtor., DV C. Peter Disset (May 31): The Bureau of Plant Quarantine received 
on May 21 a block of wood on which was an oil painting, referred to us by 
Mr. Woytych, Deputy Collector of Customs, City Post Office, Washington, D. C., 
who, in examining t?ais block for customs purposes, found some living larvae 
in the wood. W. S. Fisher determined the specimens to be H. castaneum . 
Mr. Bisset does not know from what country the painting came, although the 
"Tapper was marked "Via Prance." 
BLACK FIELD CRICKET ( Q-ryllis assimil is Fab.) 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (June 20): Very unusual numbers of the black field 
cricket occur in many places in central Illinois. They are invading houses 
and stores, making themselves a nuisance, and in some cases are reported to 
be doing damage to dry goods and ready-to-wear articles. 
DRIED FRUIT BEETLE ( Carpophilus h emipterus L . ) 
California. Perez Simmons and Associates (June l): This insect is more numerous 
in the Fresno area than luring airy spring since and including 1931, when 
census trapping was begun. The comparative catches are: 1931, 21,800; 
1932, 1,800; 1933. 1'3. 000; 193 L K 29,600. (Figures by D wight F. Barnes.) 
