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NOSE BOTFLY ( Gastrophilus haemorrhoids! is L.) 
[issouri. C-. D. Jones (March 22): I should like to report the presence of the 
nose botfly in the following counties: Johnson, Cass, Lafayette, and Jackson. 
AMERICAN ¥0CD TICK ( Dermac enter variabilis Say) 
Nebraska. M. ?. S"'enk (March 1 to 25): Prom Custer County during the second 
week in March came a complaint of colts being heavily infested with wood 
ticks. One colt was reported covered with them from the neck to the tail, 
at the rate of 6 to 20 per 9 square inches. 
SHEEP 
SHEEP TIC?! ( Melophagus ovinus L.) 
Michigan. H. Hut son (March 22): M. ovinus is unusually abundant on sheep. 
POULTRY 
DEPLUMING MITE ( Cnerridoccyotes gallinae Raill.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 28): A Sioux County correspondent reported the 
prevalence of a depluming mite ar.ong her poultry in mid-February. 
CHICKEN MITE ( Der.ranyssus gallinae L.) 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (February 23): In January poultry houses infested with the 
common chicken mite were reported from Eillmore and Madison Counties'. 
BEDBUG ( Cimex lectul arius L.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (October 20, 1933, to February 28): Tae bedbug (CL lec - 
tular ygg was reported as infesting poultry houses during January and February 
in Nuckolls and Howard Counties. 
HOUSEHOLD AND ST 0. RED-PRODUCTS 
INSECTS 
TERMITES (Tsoptera) 
United States. T. E. Snyd- r (February)r During February 83 cases of termite damage 
were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The following list gives the number 
of cases reported from each section: Middle Atlantic, 33; South Atlantic, 11; 
East Central, 16; West Central, 3; North Central, 1; , Lc^er Mississippi , 15; 
Pacific Coast, 3. 
Virginia. H. "-. Talker (March 25): 7e have received several reports cf termites 
swarming in Norfolk buildings during the oast t^-o weeks. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (March 16): Termites were swarming on this date, and a num- 
cer of complaints of damage have been received at Fort Valley of the insects 
attacking foundation and floors of dwellings. 
