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SPOTTED PEVEI IC ' ( Dermacentor venustus Banks) 
R. A. Cooley (March 27): The spotted-fever tick ma.de its first 
- pearance in the Sitter Root Valley very close to Feb. 15. The 
season has been -unusually vraim and favorable for the early appear- 
ance of ticks. 
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RJSS C. ~ J ( Lagpa crisrata Pack. ) 
P. Sherman (karch 31): Zie recent "bulletin of the United States 
Department of Agriculture on this insect depicts it as having been 
epidemically serious in Texas for severcl years. It is of regular 
occurrence here and "e receive an average of several reports per 
year, frequently complaining of "stings" by the larva. A cocoon 
'"as sent in for identification during February. 
CATTLE 
H0R1T FLY (Haematobia irritans L. ) 
Haseman & '.Tade (April 20): The horn fly on April 15 '7as quite 
abundant on livestock in the central part of the State. 
E. 77. Laake (April 10): The horn fly is being held in check by 
the extreme dry reather this spring. The numbers vary from none 
to 50 per animal in dairy herds near Dallas. Some individuals 
are fighting considerably. 
0. G. Babcock (April 15): Very fe*r in numbers the last of '. arch 
at Sonora, approximately 10 to 15 per animal. Today, April 16, 
barely averages one fly to the animal (cattle). None observed 
upon sheep. 
D. C. Parman (April 21): O-ing to the hot, dry vreather at Uvalde 
it is rare to observe a single specimen of the horn fly unless 
observations are made in lov, heavily timbered places, and in such 
places It is rare to see more than 10 to 15 flies on cattle. 
. SCR.T.7~0Pu.' ( Chrysomya macellaria Fab. ) 
E. 77. Laake (April 13): The first adults of the scre'vxorm "ere 
trapped at a local packing house on larch 20. Trappings during 
the last ^eek average 6 per cent of this species. 
0. G-. Babcock (April 16): Damage by this insect at Sonora is 
slight. 
Feb. 18 no specimens in tr 
Mar. 4 no specimens in trap 
.'ar. 12 Trace of screTrrorms in trap 
Apr. 2 ITo ocre'—orm flies in ti 
i ir. 7 4 per cent scre'~"orm flies in trap. 
Apr. 11 17 per cent scre—orm flies in trap. 
Apr. 16 52 per cent sere — orm flies in trap. 
