Texas 
Indiana 
Indiana 
ueorgia 
.assissippi 
Texas 
General 
statement 
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HOUSE ELY Ob. sea domestica L, ) 
F. C. Bishopp (August 26): House flies appear to be unusually 
abundant about dairies for this time of year. 
BEDBUG- (C imex lectularius L. } 
H. K. Riley (August 20): Bedbugs- were found in Fort Wayne August 12, 
FLEaS (Siphonr.pt era) 
H. K. Riley (August 20): An infestation of fleas -as reported from 
Culver August 9. 
K. C. Sullivan (July 29) : Fleas are coming in for their publicity, 
and bad infestations in barns and outbuildings are being reported 
very frequently. 
STRAw' ITCH HITE ( Pediculoides vertricosus He-port) 
R. V. 7 . Horned ( August 22): Two reports have been received recently 
in regard to severe irritation to the skin of people who are work- 
ing vuth cowpeas. It is our opinion that this irritation has been 
caused by the predacious mite Pediculoides ventricosus that attacks 
the covTpea weevil and the U-spotted weevil. The reports came to us 
from correspondents at Lucy, Tenn. and Kendrick, Miss. At the same 
time the correspondent from Kendrick sent us some specimens of the 
4-spotted bean weevil, Bruchus q.u?drimaculatus Fab. 
DHIGGERS ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
F. C. Bishopp (August 26): Chiggcrs have continued to annoy people 
in this section (Dallas) throughout the summer. They are more nu- 
merous this August than normal. 
WOOD TICKS 
F. C. 3ishopp (August): A number of cases of tularaemia have beer- 
reported from Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas during the 
summer, a number of these cases have been attributed to the bites 
of '.vo od ticks, presumably Derma cent or vr.ria':ili s and Amblvomraa 
americanum. 
