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Kansas S. G. Kelly (April 22);. Stable flics were observed laying 
cg^G and. annoying cattle at Kingman March 31. Many larvae 
and puparia found at Groat Bond. 
SHOBT-UCSZD CATTLE LOUSP ( Kaematopinus eurysternus ITitz.) 
Nebraska M. .H. Swenk (March 20 to April 20): A Nuckolls County 
correspondent reported .an infestation of his cattle with 
the short-nosed cattle louse in early April. 
AN OX WARBLE ( l-Zypo derma sp. ) 
Kansas JJ. G-. Kelly (April 22): : Adults were out in Greenwood County 
March 31. Saw herds running in Sedgwick and Kingman Counties. 
Have found no grubs since March 1. 
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BUEZALO GNATS (Simuliidae) 
Mississippi p. A. Smith (April 20): Buffalo yaats were very abundant 
the first of the month in. Tate, Panola, DeSoto, Tunica, and 
Quitman Counties. 
POULTRY 
CHICKEN KITS ( Dermanyssus gallinae L. ) 
Mississippi p. A. Smith (April 20): 1!'-ie common chicken mite is abundant 
in Tate and Quitman Counties. 
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TERMITES ( Reticulitermos spp. ) 
General T. E. Snyder '. ^'"S-vch); : Daring the month of March 159 cases 
of termites were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The 
following list gives the number of cases reported from each 
Section. New England, 2; Middle Atlantic, 35; South Atlantic, 
38; East Central, 13; West Central, 4; Lower Mississippi, 15; 
Southwest, 12; Pacific Coast, 5. 
Connecticut M. P. Zappe (April 21 ). We have received reports of injury 
by termites from Manchester, Branford, Hew Haven, and Union. 
They have apparently been present for some "ears. One modern 
end very expensive home attacked and the timbers in the cellar 
are badly eaten. This is the fifth case of injury reported in 
the last six months, previous complaints having beer, rather rare. 
