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CATTL3 GRUBS ( Hypo derma spp.) 
Alabama. J. M. Hobinson (March 21): Ox warble larvae v ere pupating the 
latter part of February and early in March in Auburn. 
Mississippi. M. Branson (March 21): In Noxubee, Winston, and Kemper 
Counties an examination of 265 head of cattle shoved only 3 infested 
animals • Stockmen stated that their animals were heavily infested 
during the winter but most of vthc /grubs had now droned to the ground. 
Ox warble flies were observed about March 14 in Copiah County. 
North Dakota. F. D. Butcher (March 21): Animals being killed at a Packing 
plant. at : West Fargo carry a low infestation of cattle grubs. Observations 
made by a practicing veterinarian in the area west of Devils Lake 
indicate that infestation of cattle grubs in that area is shotted, vith some 
herds practically free and others carrying a normal number or more this 
year. In the southeastern part of the State some calves brought in for 
4-H Club boys are showing very heavy infestations, with a few records of 
a.s high as 50 grubs per animal. These calves were shipped in either from 
Alberta or Saskatchewan and are more heavily infested than are feeding 
animals originating in the same area.s. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 24): Generally throughout the State this past 
winter ve have -had the smallest number of ox warbles in the backs of 
cattle that we have observed for several years. Only an occasional herd 
has been reported as shoving severe infestation. 
Arkansas. T> . J. Spicer (March 25): Cattle owners in Pulaski, Lonoke, and 
/hite Counties report heavy infestations of "wolves" in the backs of 
cattle this year. They say they have some every year, but that this year 
there are more than usual. One owner of El Paso, "Jhite County, has 200 
head of cattle and reports 85 percent of them infested. 
BUFFALO GNATS ( Eusimulium spp.) 
Mississippi. M. Branson (March 25): Stockmen in the Delta section state 
that up to the present time they have not been troubled with buffalo 
gnats. 
H. L. Douglass (March 25): -In the vicinity of Charleston 
the week of March 15 a few buffalo gnats, probably E. pecuai-un Riley, 
were noticed near the Tallahatchie River. 
SPIN0S2 SAR tflCK ( Ornlthodoros mclgnlnl Doges) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 26): Numbers of reports of the spinose ear 
tick in western Kansas. 
