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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culirr&aei) 
J. M. Robinson (June 25): Mosquitoes are appearing in unu- 
sual numbers. 
R. C. Smith (May 26): This is the rainy season and mos- 
quitoes are very abundant at -^ort-au-Prince . They are ex- 
ceedingly annoying in houses. Last week they were so annoying 
in a cotton field that we were forced to leave. The malarial 
index is rising, according to the monthly report of the Service 
of Agriculture. Aedes sollicitans Walk, and other species are 
represented. 
CHIGGER ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
R. L. Parker (June 20): Chiggers have been reported at- 
tacking people near Topeka and Manhattan, but in less numbers 
than last year. 
RAT MITE ( Liponyssus bacoti Hirst) 
W. E. Dove.- During the winter and spring months, the trc 
ical rat mite caused numerous persons to report to physician* 
for treatment of rat mite dermatitis. Often the cause of sev- 
eral papules was attributed to the bites of a single mite. In 
one instance such "skin lesions were so numerous en the body of 
a child that the premises were quarantined for chicken pox. 
As far north as Sherman this species is apparently well extab- 
lished. Mites have been collected in a dining room and in 
v: ash rooms used by the public. There are indications t 
dispersion may take place at least in part by the travels of 
persons. 
SAND FLIES ( Culicoides sp.) 
i. E. Dove (May 20): Specimens of these biting midges were 
collected at Baltimore on May 20. And during early spring 
they were annoying to man in this vicinity. 
CATTLE 
CATTLE GRUBS ( Hyp od erica spp.) 
Vermont 
F. C. Bishopp and H. S. Peters (June 20): Cattle grubs are 
moderately abundant for this late date, although they arc said 
