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BUR0FSAII-3ARWIG ( Forficu la auricular ! a L.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (Octo"ber 10): I have just received a letter report- 
in.™ the occurrence of the European earwig in Randolph, in the eastern part 
of the State, not far from the Rhode Island "border. 
DOG- FLEA ( C t e no c e-ohal ides can is Curt.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (October 24): Serious infestations of dog fleas in houses 
were reported at Montpelier and Brandon. 
RAT FLEA ( C e r a t o phy 1 1 u s fasciatus Bosc.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (October 20): The rat flea is very abundant at Clio. 
It is also very abundant in southeastern Alabama, causing many active cases 
of typhus fever. 
CATTLE 
SCREW FORM ( Cochliomyia macellaria Fab . ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (October): Southern Mississippi seems to 
have a very heavy infestation of screw worms this fall. Numerous complaints 
come from all sections of the Wiggins territory. Some farmers state that 
sheep raising will soon be a thing of the past if the screw worm continues. 
Texas. E. T. r . Laake (September): Rains during August and early September in 
various sections of the southern and southwestern parts of the State have 
made conditions ideal for the development and activity of the screw worm. 
As compared with other months of this season, screw worm cases in domestic 
animals have more than doubled in most of these areas during September. In 
the Edwards Flateau region, which is primarily a sheep and goat country and 
whore shearing was under way during the entire month, an accurate record on 
approximately 70,000 domestic animals of all classes showed an increase of 
nearly 200 per cent in the number of screw worm cases as compared with the 
number of cases recorded for the same number of animals during any other 
month of this season. Shear cuts were partly responsible for the high screw 
worm incidence in sheep and goats, but other classes also showed an increase 
of almost 100 percent in the number of cases of myiasis during September. 
In the Gulf coast section screw worms were reported to be more abundant this 
fall than at any other time in several seasons. Stockmen along the coast in 
Jackson County reported a 35 percent infestation in their cattle and calves. 
STABLE FLY ( Stomoxys c ale it ran s L . ) 
Georgia. W. E. Dove (September 29): On the islands and along the coast this 
species has become very abundant and annoying. 
Florida. TJ. V. King (October 6): Very lar<re numbers of the stable fly, or "dog 
fly" as it is known in Florida, have teen reported from some localities of 
the northwestern coast section of Florida. A correspondent writes of swarms 
of these flies which run cattle into the- lakes, creeks, and bayous, close 
up summer resorts, etc. "Dairies have their production lowered from 20 to 
50 per cent in a week's time. I'ensacola Beach is practically ruined after 
