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?"SS CATERPILLAR ( Megalopyge o percular is S. & A.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): Larvae were recently sent in by 
correspondents from Pine Valley in Yalobusha County and Gulf port in Harrison 
County. 
Texas. E. W. Laake (August and September): The puss caterpillar is appearing 
abundantly in practically all sections of the dity of Dallas during September, 
numerous cases of a severe dermatitis having been reported to the city health 
department and local physicians. 
CRINKLED FLANNEL MOTH (Lagoa crisnata Pack.) 
Alabama. J. LI. Robinson (September 20): The flannel moth is moderately abundant; 
it has caused great irritation to patients at Huntsville. 
PLEAS (C tenoce-phalides sup . ) 
Maine. H. 2. Peirson (September): Cat fleas, C. fells Bouche, and dor fleas, 
C. can is Curt., have been reported at Augusta and Portland. An unusual number 
of complaints have been received. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (September 5): Pleas are very much more abundant than usual, 
and many complaints in regard to them hove been received from Port Valley. 
TICKS ( Dermacentor spp.) 
A correction. The tick mentioned in the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, p. 263, 
was incorrectly determined. It should be Dermacentor spp. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (September 20): A boy was attacked by a tick and finally 
died in a hospital at Birmingham. The disease was diagnosed as Rocky Mountain 
spotted fever. The tick was removed before the boy came to the hospital. 
BROWN DOG TICK ( Rhipiceohalus sanguineus Latr.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (September 20): The brown dog tick is very abundant; a 
house at Birmingham is very heavily infested. 
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SCP^:7 WORM ( Cochliomyi a m.acell-ria Fab.) 
Florida and Georgia. P. D. Sanders (September 20): The screw-worm fly has been 
extremely injurious in 30 counties of southern Georgia from the Alabama line to 
the Atlantic coast and 12 counties in northern Florida (Taylor, Alachua, 
Hamilton, Baker, Bradford, Union, Jefferson, Madison, Leon, Gad-- :., Suwannee, 
and Lafayette) during September. Infestations have been reported in horses, 
cattle, deer, hogs, sheep, goats, degs, cats, and man. The monetary loss from 
dead livestock and the cost of treating infested animals has been severe. The 
outbreak was apparently due to the large number of dead animals in this area 
breeding flies, under ideal fly-breeding conditions -—warm wet weather. Five 
cases of myiasis in the human have come to my attention through veterinarians 
and physicians, these were all in Georgia. 
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