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Florida 
AIT SUCOSHID ( Argyrcolocc he "be sen :.) 
/. W. Berber and C-. B. Merrill (June 24): The caterpillars 
of this little moth were found heavily infesting the -unripe 
seed T>ods of iris near Rochelle, Hatchet Creek and Cedar K 
during the third week in A^ril and into June. In the 
laboratory the first moths emerged on May 19 and the l^-st on 
June 17. (This is a wild or uncultivated species. N 
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MOSQUI TOES ( Cul i c i nae ) 
L. Haseman (June 23): In s.ite of the dry spring, mosquitoes 
are "beginning to attract attention through central Missouri. 
M. H. Swenk (June 13): A Holt County correspondent reported 
lats in May that the mosquitoes were so t :, d on his low pasture 
land as to make things almost unbearable for the cattle and 
horses on pasture. 
G. IT. Knowlton (June 2): Mosquitoes are now very abundant 
and troublesome in marshy ar e of northern Utah, and causing 
annoyance in many to"'ns. 
CLOVER MITT ( Hryobia prcetiosa Koch) 
W. A. Price (June 24): The clover mite is quit, troublesome 
in several residences in Lexington. 
A GHAT ( Hiraelrtes misio Mai loch) 
H. Dietrich (June 6): This is the first notic; of "eye flies" 
at Luce dale. These were identified lest ye r by Dr. C. A. 
Johannsen as H iiyoelntes t>usio Mrlloch. "The fly has been going 
by the above name." 0. A. J. 
Missouri 
CAT^LZ- 
HORN FLY ( Haematobir irritrns L.) 
L. Haseman (June 23): Cattle are suffering from the heaviest 
outbreak of horn flits that central Missouri has ever 
experienced. 
