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Meig. have --•'• been very abundant about Portland since the first week in 
June. A_l aldrichi are more numerous than A." vcxans this season and because 
of the high water this year are much more numerous than they were in 1931. 
A. dorsalis Moig. have been abundant at Sand Lake, Tillamook County, and have 
caused considerable decrease in the milk production of the dairies in the 
vicinity of the tidal flats. 
CHIGGER ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (July 22): Chiggers have been unusually abundant in 
weed fields in certain parts of Perry and Franklin Counties. 
Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): Chiggers were reported to be very abundant at 
Fishers, July 15, and at Lafayette, July 21. 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (June 20-July 20): Chiggers have been unusually abundant 
and annoying in eastern Nebraska during the present season. 
HORSES 
HORSE BOTFLIES ( Gastrophilus spp.) 
Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): Horse botflies were reported to be so severe a. 
pest in parts of Tippecanoe County the first week in July that it was almost 
impossible to work horses. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro and assistants (July): Horse botflies were reported 
as very abundant in Stark, Towner, and Grand Forks Counties. (Abstract J.A.H.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June -20-July 20): The noso botfly (G^ haemorrhoidalis L.) 
was reported as troublesome in Cheyenne County during the first week in July. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PRODUCTS 
INSECTS 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes spp.) 
United States. T. E. Snyder (July): During June 174 cases of termite damage 
were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The following list gives the num- 
ber of cases reported from ea.ch section: New England, 5; Middle Atlantic, 65; 
South Atlantic, 34; East Central, 16; North Central, 1; West Central, 21; 
Lower Mississippi, 29; Southwest, 1; Pacific Coast, 2. 
ANTS (Formicidae) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (June 29): We .have received more complaints than usual of 
ants in houses and flower gardens. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 20): Two new Argentine ant ( iridomyrmcx humilis Mayr) 
infestations have been founQ. during the past month, one at Glen Allen in 
Washington County and the other at McCarley in Carroll County. 
