-ISO* 
A BUFFALO GMT .(Sinmlium johannseni Hart) 
M# H,. Swenk (June 
..Creek, Madison Coi_ 
flies a-ere causing 
tji|A . _. «=>j-i^ _ J.VOO ua siuaxx cmcitens on a rarm near t::-' 
fimorn siver. Specimens of -this fly were', secured and proved m 
be Simulium jo hannseni . 
CHICKEM MITE (Germany ssus ^ Hinae Redi )' 
0. C. Babcock (May 2*0: Poultry houses at San Angelo show rather 
heavy infestations of the common roo'st raits which mite is ioing 
considerable damage. 
A BILLBUG (Sphenophorus p equal is Gyll. ) 
J. V % McColloch (May 26): At Wayne adults of this species are 
reported giving considerable trouble to chicken -s by attaching them- 
selves to the beaks. 
DOG '' ..''"' 
AMERICAN DOfrTICK ( Derm acentor variabilis. Say) 
M, H # Swenk (June 25): Late in May a .correspondent in Brown 
County near Ainsworth reported that he had several valuable clogs 
that were so badly infested with *ood ti cks . Derma centor variabilis., 
as to require immediate relief, 
IF SECTS INFESTING HOUSES AND 
PRE HI SES 
TERMITES .' -• " • ' <:*- . 
T. H* Parks (May 31): These insects were sent in May 5 by- the 
county agent of Miami County with the statement that they were 
destroying the posts and sills of ' ihe barn and 'the floor of the 
house on one farm in western Ohio. (June 26): \rhite- ants Were 
brought in from West Jefferson with the statement that they were 
eating the rug on the floor. The home was visited June 2k by F. I, 
Guyton, who found this true. The ants had emerged through holes 
in the floor and had eaten the base of the rug over a small 
area. 
J. J» Davis (June 26): Termites were abundant .as usual this 
spring. Cne infestation in a dwelling was reported June IE from 
Kendallville t which is in the northeastern corner of the State. 
M* H„ Swenk (June 25): A Harlan County correspondent reported that 
he had lost quite a number of his fruit trees because of t v o 
termite Retic uliterrn es tibialis 3 antes attacking the roots of the 
trees' and killing them," 
