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I IT SECTS A T T A C K I il C- I.: A" A 1? D 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUI TC.: S ( (Jul ic inae ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (October 25): Following the hurricane of Sep: 
mosquitoes were very abundant, but with the drier weather they are gradually 
thinning out. Their rise in numbers followed the hurricane in a very few days. 
Texas. E. W. Laake (October 24): Anopheles spp. and the yellow fever mosquito 
( Aedes aegypti L.) have been very abundant in Dallas during October. An 
unusual number cf cases of malarial fever have been contracted in Dallas 
during the month. 
FUSS CATERPILLAR (Megal opyge o-o ercularis S. & A. ) 
Mississippi. 0, Lyle (October 23): Larvae were received recently from Liberty 
in Anite County and Ludlow in Scott County, the sender in each case reporting 
that a. person had been severely stung. 
Texas. E. W. Laake (October 24): The stinging caterpillar has been quite abun- 
dant over central, northern, and northeastern Texas. No complete defoliation 
of trees has been observed, but many trees of Dallas and other cities have 
assumed a ragged appearance during the month as a result of the feeding of 
numerous larvae. The Dallas City Forestry Department sprayed several 
thousand trees in the State Fair grounds, and, according to the report of 
the City Forester of Fort Worth, over 20,000 gallons of spray was used on 
shade trees in that city. Numerous cases of stings by this caterpillar have 
been reported in Dallas and other cities in the affected area. 
F. L. Thomas (October 28): Very abui dant in Ft. Worth, Dallas, ana other 
points in northern Texas on hackberry and oak especially. Also recorded on 
redbud and peach. 
CRINKLED FLANNEL MOTH (Logoa crispata rack.) 
SA2BLE-3ACK CATERPILLAR ( Sibine stir. -lea Clem.) 
North Carolina. Z. p. Metcalf (October 25): The saddle-back caterpillar and the 
flannel moth caterpillar are very abundant en ivy at Windsor, and are sting- 
ing people. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (October 20): The flannel moth is very abundant at 
Andalusia. Several members of one family were stung. 
SAND FLIES ( Culicoides spp.) 
Georgia. V,'. E. Dove and D. G. Hall (September 29): Two species of s Les 
Lch normally occur only during the summer months, C. dovei Hall and C. 
me Ileus Coq., are very annoying and abundant at Savannah. 
