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SNOWBALL ATEID ( Anuraphi s, yibumicola Gill.) 
Utah G. F. Know! ton (May 19): The snowball aphid is damag- 
ing siiowballs at Salt Lake City and Grant svi lie. The 
leaves are hadly curled, and the flowers attacked in 
severe cases. 
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BLACK VINE T7E3VIL ( Brachyrhinus su lcatus Fab. ) 
New England 3. F. Felt (May 26): The black vine weevil is develop- 
New York ing as a somewhat serious pest of Taxus in southern New 
Hew Jersey England, New Y rk, and presumably- New Jersey. 
I'JN S E C ' 5f S ATTACKING M A N AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
SALT MARSH MOSQUITO (Aedes sollic itans Walk. ) 
PUNSI3 ( Culicoides cani thorax Hoffman) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (May 23)8. A;_ soll icitans and C. cani thorax 
were extremely abundant on the Mississippi coast at Belle- 
fontaine, 7 miles east of Ocean Springs, all the month. 
This is a virgin section of coast and these two insects 
were so thick one had to stay right on the beach where the 
wind kept them back. 
BLACK FLIES ( Simuliu m sp.) 
Connecticut R. B. Friend(May): Reported very abundant at Middle- 
town,, Hamden, and North Ilain. Unusually annoying. 
FLEAS (C tenoce-ohal v.s spp. ) 
South Carolina J. N. Tcnhet (May 15): Qrje house and premises have be- 
come infested already this season with t>.3 t&for f tfrffi ffiSftno - 
c anhalus felis Bouche) . 
Georgia 0. I. Snapo (May])): Fleas are unusually abundant this 
spring and have caused considerably annoyance to mules, hogs, 
and other domestic animals as well as man. On one farm they 
annoyed mules to the extent that treatment had to be given 
daily. 
