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Utah. 0. F. Kn^^dton (Soptono'-r 29): Mcsquitoos have annnvod nan and live- 
stock in nany jiarts of Utah. 
Oro/-on. H. H. Staco (S'-n'-tonh :r ])0) t The populntion of A. aldrichi Dyar 
and Knah nnd A. vexans Moir. in tho lower Colun'oia River Valley f.:ll off 
rapidly "b;:!f;in;oi:a-" July 17, v;hon hi;';'h tenp ratxircs and lo"; h"anidity ho- 
cr.no coasif'tent . A nost imuH-on.l n"ri'b":'r of A. aldrichi '.7crc-, hoi"ovor, 
oIdp orvod in a favorite hrocdinr aroa near portion! on Sortonhor 23 • 
Sovonty-ono fcnalcs v.'orc coll'octcd in a 10-ninute nariplo. This nii'-hor 
co-iparos favorably r.'ith sinilar ranplec trkcn at the hoi ht of the 
hreedin^^^ season. The sjecinons taken \7ere "biting: viciously. Saroly 
hr.-'-o "10 oDBcrved nore than an cccasio'^al individual after Soptenhcr 1. 
FLE^IS ( G tcnoce-fhalidcs sp.) 
United States. G. Cushin^: (Octoher 2c): LTimerouB letters fr-n all parts 
of the country, askin-; for infornation en ;n:;thods of controllin-j in- 
festations of do-'': and cat flea (C. cenis Curt, and C^. f olis Eoucho) 
indicate that these x-'-^'ts have "been nore trou'oleso le tliis season than 
for sov .ral y^-ars past in ho-ases. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (Octoher l6) : Pl-^-as were frequently rcp'Ortod durin-;,' 
Aueaist o.s very ahundant and annoyinri; in hcascs and farn ouildin' S. 
Nehraska. IvL H. S';'enk (Octoher I5) : On Septer.ihe-r 2U a Lanca'Jtcr County ccr- 
resi.-.ond jnt reported the cat flea (C.. felis) iniestin:^ a Dnsencnt. 
Trom Richardson and Dodre Counties on Octcher 7 '"^^ad 2, respectively, 
conxjlaints ^vcre received of the inf estr'ti-'n of a h-isenent and f;\rr.i 
Duildin.ps hy the do/;; floa (C. canis ) . 
PuSS CATZRPILL'Ji ( Mer:alopyce opercularis S. & A.) 
Alahana. J. M. Rohinson (Octoher 28): A flannel noth '"as received on Octoher 
9 fr^n Prisco City, '-/ith a letter statin-^- thrt a hoy had heen affected 
hy the poison fron the "bristles. This proved to he M. op..- rcularis . A 
paipa cane in tod.ay fron HeaO-land. It seriously affected the hand of a 
^-^onan who atte:.ir;tcd to "brush the larva off. 
Louisiana. T. 5. Snyder (Octohcr I9): Durinp the past fcv; weeks the puss 
catcrj-illar hog "been attractin;;^ considerable interest in tho vicinity 
of I-Tow Orleans. "Jo have had four or five sari' les turned in to the 
office '■■vhich were either feodinf-;; on rose hushes or choke cherry 
(cultivated). The cateriidllars have "been hr^:'"u:;;ht to the office, not on 
account of the fact that they were def oliat iPr^ plants, hut because they 
caused nettle rash. In an old l.ast year's cocoon I ohtodned q-aitc a fcv; 
ad-alt flies this year. (D -t. by D. ^. Hall as Uinthenia sp.) 
BLilCIi WID0¥ SPIDLR ( Latrodectr;s na ctans P.) 
Alahana. J. M. Rocinson (Octohcr 2S): On Septenher 25 a hlack widow spider 
was received in this office. It v/as reported hy a doctor at Dadcville 
as having hitton a person, resulting in seri'-us injury. 
