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GREENHOUSE LEAF-TYER ( Phlyctaenia rub i gal is Guen.) 
Maryland E. IT. Cory (April 15): Doing serious damage to violets at end 
of crop, so financial loss nil; transferring to sweet peas in 
same greenhouse at College. 
I IT S E C T S AFFECTING MAN A 1! D DO M E S T I C A N I M A L 
MAN 
FLEAS (Siphonaptera) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (April 33 J: A correspondent from Greensburg on April 
19 reports considerable trouble with hog fleas the -past two summers 
Last year numerous reports '-ere received from various sections of 
the State, reporting trouble ^ith fleas in hog houses. 
Missouri Haseman and TTa.de (April 30): Fleas attracting attention around 
farm buildings in the central tart of the State v&iere they are 
reported as beginning activity earlier than usual. 
I.10S0J7IT0ES (Culicidae) • 
Mississippi R. W. Hamed (April 32): Mr. Troy Thompson reported that mos- 
quitoes were very abundant at Lake shore in Hancock County during 
the past ^eek. He did not mention the species and did not send 
any specimens for determination. 
HOUSE FLY ( Ilusca domestica L. ) 
Texas 0. G. Eabcock (April 16): Fly trappings showed the following per 
cent of flies caught to be the house fly. 
Month Year Per cent 
Nov. 11 1924 5 
Feb. 18 1925 
Mar. 4 1925 
Mar. 12 1925 
Apr. 2 1925 
Apr. 7 1935 
Apr. 11 1935 3 
Apr. 16 1935 Trace 
The house fly is more numerous than trap records ~ould indicate 
but in comparison to the large number of blow- flies present the 
total percentage would indicate the house fly as being less numer- 
ous than it really is. House-fly bait not used. 
