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3EDBUQC-( Cimex lectularius L. ) 
Oregon Don C. Mote (^pril) : Bedbugs were reported on April 23 as be- 
ing numerous in a rooming house. 
FLEAS ( Siphonaptera) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (May ll)': Fleas are more abundant this year than 
usual, and many complaints have come to the laboratory during 
the recent weeks. 
MOSQUITOES (Culicidae) 
Missouri L. Haseman (April 28): Large species not yet identified ap- 
peared first in large numbers during the evening of April 27. 
MIDGES (Chironomidae) 
New York E. P. Felt (May 2h) : .a chironomid was excessively abundant at 
Nassau Lake, Renssellaer County, the latter part of May, there 
being literally millions of the small flies in sheltered por- 
tions of piazzas and similar places, the walls and roof being 
literally dark with flies and Quarts of dead ones being easily 
swept up .from the floor. The infestation appeared to be some- 
what general and was troublesome only on account of the almost 
overwhelming numbers of the insects. 
HORSES 
BLACK FLIES ( Simuiium hirtiioes Fries) 
New York E. P. Felt (May 2k): Black flies, Simuiium hirtipes . were some- 
what abundant the latter part of May and early in April in the 
higher pastures of Dutchess, Columbia, and Rensselaer Counties, 
the flies frequently swarming when there was a lull in the wind 
and occasionally biting, though in this latter respect they did 
not compare with the black flies of the Adirondacks. 
BUFFALO GNAT' ( Simuiium pecuarum Riley) 
California T.D. Urbahns (April k): W. C.Barber reported that buffalo gnats 
had appeared in great abundance in Kern County about March 25 
and the infestation lasted about ten days. Livestock injury 
was reported by stock men, but most of the effect was in the 
form of annoyance to humans. 
CATTLE 
HORN FLY ( Haematobia irritans 1 . ) 
Missouri L. Haseman (April 28): During part of the month the horn fly 
has been rapidly increasing in numbers though it is not yet 
abundant enough to be particularly annoying to livestock. 
