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General 
General 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Missouri 
Mississippi 
FLEAS ( Ctenocephalus spp . ) 
P. C. Bishopp (July 29): Many reports of house and yard 
infestations by C. felis Bouche and C. canjs Curt, have 
been received during July. These have come from the follow- 
ing states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New 
Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio. 
Illinois, and Iowa. 
CHIGGERS ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
F. C. Bishopp (July 29): Several reports of severe an- 
noyance from chiggers have been received from the Central 
States, particularly Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri. About 
the usual number of complaints have come in from various 
southern States. 
E. Y7. Mendenhall (July IS): Chiggers are very trouble- 
Some to people in Montgomery County. 
J. J. Davis (July 22): Reported abundant in lawns at 
Terre Haute July 16. 
L. Haseman (July 22): Beginning to attract serious at- 
tention July 20. 
SADDLE-BACK CATERPILLAR (Sibine stimulea Clem.) 
R. W. Earned (July 7): On June 17 a citizen of Natchez 
handed a specimen to W, L. Gray with the statement: "It 
occurred on flowering bush, stung my wife and caused fever." 
Vermont 
New York 
North Dakota 
CATTLE 
COMMON CATTLE GRUB ( Hypo derma lineatum DeVill . ) 
J. L. Webb and H. S. Peters (July 6): Out of 230 lar- 
vae extracted near Burlington, three df this species were 
found. This is an unusually late occurrence of this species 
in this locality, 
NORTHERN CATTLE GRUB ( Pypoderma bovis DeG . ) 
J. L, Webb and H. S. Peters (July 15): Practically all 
of the grubs had dropped from the backs of the cattle in 
the Plattsburg and Herkimer districts by this date. This 
is from four to six weeks earlier than in 1928. 
HORN FLY ( Haematobia irritans L.) 
W. G. Bruce (June 5-July 3): The horn fly was very much 
