— OOC - 
.. damage to the spiraae stock in nurseries near Urbana, Ohio. 
It can "be controlled successfully by spraying with lead 
arsenate. 
INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND DOMESTIC 
•;' >: - ANIMALS 
MAN 
EHIGG3RS (Trg mbicula ^alrajrn.at.l Murray)/ 
Texas D>- £«• Parman (Jul?/ 26): The red bug, or chigger, has been 
quite noticeable -ifsn the canyon country during the month. It 
' - ■ has. .caused considerable loss in young turkeys and chickens, 
and has been quite annoying to man„ The d 4 amage has been less • 
in the lower country. 
.STRAW- ITCH MITE (Pedicel o: dec ^jrj;rj.cp_su3 Nev/p, ) 
Maryland • .. Perez Sirmons (August 25} : The U. So Entomological Laboratory 
at Woodside became so seriously infested by ;these mites that 
several of the men were badly affected^ 
CATTLE 
-. ■ .,.. A. HORSEFLY ('Tabaiius r\;bescens Bellardi) 
Texas D. C# Par man (July 25) « The canyon horse fly has diminished 
during the month until it is rarely observed at present. There 
is very little oviposit ion on the stones in the rivers at Uvalde. 
(August 21): The canyon horse fly has rarely been observed 
during the month either, .in. the canyons or to the South; never 
more than a single specimen observed on stock. Egg masses 
are very few;' the egg parasite 'is. always present., and a good 
percentage of the egg's are parasitized* 
QOMMON CATTLE-GRUB (Hvpoderma lineatum DeVill.) 
Texas - >, . 0« G-„ Babcock (August 10): Appearing tsry early, fairly well 
developed on August '6, S,:and 9,, The size of the warble 
indicates that they were present by the beginning of August. 
HORN ELY (Haematobia irritans L.) 
Indiana C« R. Cleveland (August 19): Horn flies- on ccm?.-: have not been 
as numerous as in some seasons past. 
