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A " r EO'MS.TIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
BLACK '.THjO'T ( La thro doc tes tux tar, s Fab.) 
Virginia. L. D. Anderson and H. G. >7allcer (October 27): The hourglass spider, 
L. mac tans , . is very abundant in the Norfolk area of Virginia. Numerous speci- 
mens have been brought into the laboratory for determination .and many hove been 
observed in the fields and '."oods about the Virginia Truck Experiment Station. 
Most of the specimens observed have been in the immature stage and no reports 
of poisoning by these snidcrs. hove been recorded. 
MOSQUITOBS ( Anopheles sp.) 
Tennessee. G. H. Bent ley (October): Mosquitoes, Ano-phelcs sp. , arc moderately 
abundant in western Tennessee; malaria is very bad in- that district. 
' CATTLE 
SCRlf' lom ( Co chl iomyT * mac ell or ia Rib'.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (October): An unprecedented outbreak of the 
screw worm is rcoortcd from the Yazoo, Miss., Delta, in Hinds, Rankin, and 
Scott Counties. Similar trouble- is .also reported from Pearl River County in 
southern Mississippi. Losses of sheet), cattle, and hogs ^rc being reported 
f ro m many lo cal i ti es . ( Ab s t rac t , J . A . H . ) 
H0R5S 
HORSD FLIUS ( Tabanus spp.) 
Oklahoma. C. 3. Sanborn (October 21): Horse' flies, T. equal is Hinc, and T. sul- 
cifrons Macq. . T. gracilis '.Tied. , and T. • rub esc ens Bellardi are generally t 
lent near Stillwater. 
HOUSEHOLD 
ST0RSD-FR0DUCT I 
TERMITES ( Reti cal.it ernes spp.) 
United States. T. 3. Snyder ( Sept ember)!.' During September 94 cases of termite 
damage were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The following list gives 
the number of cases renorted- -from each section: Middle Atlantic, 27; South 
Atlantic, 14; Bast Central, 7; North Central, 3; Eest Central, 16; Lower 
ssisslppi, 11; Southwest, 11; and Pacific Coast, 5. 
A TENEBRIONID ( Flatydema rui'icornc Sturm) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (October 20): A Nemaha County correspo .lent found larvae 
and beetles of the toncbrionid, F. ruficorne, injuring ear com in the crib 
by eating the kernels off the cob, durin ;. the third week in October, This is 
the second instance of this sort of injury that has come to our attention frbn 
Nemaha County durin ; the last five years. 
