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HUMM FLEA (Puler ir ritans I. ) 
Kansas H. 3. Hungerford (September 23): A v er' heavy infe station 
of the human flea, in a barn yard near Overbrook has been 
giving trouble for the past year. This summer the farmer 
reported that he could not keep his team raider control in 
trying to cultivate corn near the swine yard. The fleas were 
astonishingly abundant. 
FLEAS ( C t eno c ep ha lu s spp. ) 
JSfew York W. 35. 31auve.lt (September 3): Specimens of C. cani s Curtis 
were received from Fultonville, where they were infesting 
a house. 
W. Moore ( September 28): '■Through one of the fumigating 
companies working in Mew York City since 1908 I have obtained 
the information that this year is probably the greatest year 
for flea abundance of any since they have been in business. 
They also mentioned the abundance of fleas in 1916. 
South Carolina W. E. Dove (September 1-20): Cat fleas (C. f el is Bouche) 
and dog fleas (C. canis Curtis) have been annoying at Charleston. 
In one instance, visits of neighborly cats during one week 
resulted in an infestation of a residence. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (September 23): The usual number of reports 
have been received concerning flea infestations, most of 
these coming from central Illinois. 
Kentucky W. A. Price (September 25): Forty-two inquiries were 
received in the office of the State Entomologist during the 
past 30 days in regard to the control of fleas. Practically 
all were dog flea infestations in houses. 
Kansas H. 3. Eungerford (September 28): There are several serious 
infestations of dog fleas in Lawrence this month. In one 
neighborhood the lawns are abundantly infested, much to the 
unhappinoss of those who dwell thereabout. 
STABLE PLY (Stomoxys calc i tran s L. ) 
Maryland Berlin-Ocean City 1'ews (September 17); Clouds of insects, 
mostly flies and mosquitoes, swept over a 20-mile area along 
the Worcester County© castal peninsula, south of Ocean City, 
Friday and Saturday, invading herds of wild cattle and wild 
ponies, leaving twenty-one dead animals strewn along the beach 
between Ocean City and Green Run Coast Guard Station. 
The insects drove the wild animals from the beach into the 
ocean surf, where they drowned. Others, bitten by the pests, 
were unable to reach the surf and, weakened by loss of blood, 
