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complaint of very, serious injury to chickens by gnats was received from 
Water Valley on April 17. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (April lU): Simuliidae, principally E_. vittat um Zett. , 
are "becoming moderately abundant along streams at Salt Lake City, Mill 
Creek, and Granite. 
CATTLE -GRUBS ( Hypoderma spp. ) . 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (April 21): Cattle in the Fargo vicinity are free of 
cattle grubs, except for an occasional animal brought in from western areas 
where cattle grubs are a real problem. In a recent shipment of three head 
of cattle brought in from -western North Dakota, it was noticed that one of 
the cattle had eight grubs. The grubs .have recently begun- to leave the 
backs. of . the animals. .. . 
Kansas. H. R, Bryson (April 17): E. G. Kelly reports the appearance of H. 
l.ineatum De Vill. later than usual, none having been observed to date. 
Texas. E. W. Laake (April 20): No cattle grubs were found in a herd of approx- 
imately 80 cows. 
CATTLE BITING-LOUSE (Bovicola bovi s Nitz.) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (April 21): Cattle in the vicinity of Fargo were 
heavily infested during the past winter. Reports indicate- a fairly state- 
wide distribution. 
GULF COAST TICK (Amblyomma maculatum Koch. ) 
Florida. E. R. McGovran (April 2b): A few nymphs of the Gulf coast tick were 
found on birds in the vicinity of Gainesville on March 16. Examinations 
of cattle in Alachua County during March indicated that the ticks had not 
yet begun to attack livestock. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 27): A complaint that A. americana was very 
numerous at Fulton, causing trouble on cattle, was received on April 5» 
Texas. E. F. Knipling (April 2o): Of 19 meadowlarks examined on March 10, 
17 were infested with larvae and nymphs of the Gulf coast tick. An aver- 
age of 3«68 ticks per bird were collected. The number of nymphs far ex- 
ceeded that of the larvae, the proportion being, 6l to 9. On March 23 an 
examination of 20 meadowlarks showed all the birds infested with from 1 to 
7 nymphs or larvae each, the average being 3»^5« Three field sparrows 
examined on March 10 were infested with a total of 10 ticks. Six c'owbirds 
examined on March 23 were all found to be infested with an average of 1.8 
ticks per bird. Examinations of cattle in Brooks, Willacy, and Cameron 
Counties during March indicated that the ticks has not yet begun to 
attack livestock. 
HORSES 
HORSE BOTFLIES (Ga.strophilus spp. ) 
Texas. E. F. Knipling (April 2b): Horse botflies(G. nasal is L.) were attacking 
horses and mules in the northern part of Cameron County on March 22. 
E. F. Knipling (April 26): Horse botflies (&. intestinal is Peg. ) were 
observed ovipositing on horses, in Willacy County on March 23. 
