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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
United States. G. H. Bradley (May): The first adults of Aedes sollicitan s 
Walk, were observed near Milford, Del., on May 10 and at Girdletree, Md. , 
on May 3* A. cant at or Coq. was observed several days prior to May J>. 
Salt-marsh mosquitoes had not been troublesome in the coastal towns up 
to May 2k, 
B. V. Travis (May 20): Mosquitoes have been more annoying to 
man in the vicinity of Newton, Ga. , and Tallahassee, Ela. , than in many 
years, according to the natives. During the last 2 weeks it has been 
hot and dry and the mosquito population has decreased greatly. 
Florida. P. C. Bishopp (May 20): A correspondent at Minneola writes, "We 
are being eaten alive by mosquitoes. The insects are so numerous that 
they sound like a swarm of -bees surrounding the house." A correspondent 
at Miami writes, "So far this season we have had very few salt-marsh mos- 
quitoes (A. soll icitans and A. taeniorhynchus Wled. ), although conditions 
have been favorable several times for flights from the areas south of 
our ditched sections. 
Illinois. E. C. Bishopp (May 25): A correspondent at East Saint Louis re- 
ported that mosquitoes were so abundant that one could hardly get out of 
doors. 
SAND PLIES ( Culicoi des spp. ) 
New Jersey. G. H. Bradley (May 8): These insects were abundant and annoying 
to man on the salt marshes near Atlantic City. 
Delaware. G. H. Bradley (May 2l): Sand flies or punkies were somewhat annoy- 
ing to men working on the salt marshes near Eenimore Landing. 
Mississippi. K* L. Cockerham (May S) : Sand flies at Biloxi hove been an unusual 
nuisance throughout the entire month of April. 
AMERICAN DOG TICK ( Dermacentor variabilis Say) 
New York. E. C. Bishopp (May 25): Murray Maxwell reports from Roslyn, Long 
Island, that this tick appeared about April 15 on the west end of the 
island, whereas on the east end it had not yet appeared on May. 7» The 
writer states: "I feel that this 'year .it may be close to an epidemic. 
There are many more than ever before and they appeared earlier. " 
Maryland. E. C. Bishopp (May 2U)j Reports from parts of Maryland adjacent to 
the District of Columbia indicate that wood ticks have been. very, numerous 
this month. The number of cases of spotted fever reported unofficially to 
the State Public Health Service appears to be about the same as last year. 
