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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Maryland. F. C. Bishopp (August): Anopheles punctipennis Say has been quite 
annoying to residents of Silver Spring and vicinity during the past few 
weeks. 
Oregon. C. M. Gjullin (July 31): A mosquito survey of the locality in and 
around Prineville showed A. naculipennis Mcig. to he present in large 
numbers. It was practically the only species causing annoyance to the 
residents of the locality during the evenings. Larvae of this species 
were numerous in irrigation ditches and along the margins of sluggish 
streams. 
SAND FLIES ( Culicoides spp. ) 
Georgia. J. B. Hull (August 26): During July sand flics have caused very 
little annoyance in the vicinity of Savannah. Some C_. dovei Hall were 
collected from recovery cages but only five specimens of C_. canithorax 
Hoffm. were taken. 
Florida. J. B. Hull (August 26): All reports from the east coast of Florida 
during July state that sand flies were worse than ever before. More 
correspondence in regard to sand-fly annoyance and req\iests for aid were 
received during July than at any time previously. 
HUi.IAN FLEA (Pulex irritans L.) 
Maryland. F. C. Bishopp (August l): An unusually severe outbreak occurring 
on a farm near Bethesda was found to be caused by the human flea, 
breeding in large numbers in hog pens. The farmer's house later became 
heavily infested as a result of workmen bringing in the insects on their 
clothing. This is not common in the eastern part of the United States. 
HOUSE CRICKET ( Gryllus domesticus L.) 
Virginia. E. A. Back (August 26): From May to August 22 the house cricket 
was abundant in and about a feed mill at Sunset Kills, where the crickets 
were malting a nuisance of themselves by crawling into the machinery at 
nirfit, only to be jarred into the feed stream when the mill was started, 
thus being conveyed to the food containers. Crickets are reported as 
having been abundant in the same mill during 1935- A huge pile of corn- 
cobs, in the rear of the plant, accumulated during the past several 
years, and a damp, uncleaned cellar are thought to furnish conditions 
favorable to increase. 
