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I II S E C T S ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC A N I M A L S 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (An opheles spp.) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25): Mosquitoes ( Anopheles 
•y unctj-penn is Say and A^_ o uadr imacul atus Say) were 
abundant in Pascagoula swanrp, George County, in 
January toward sundown on warm days. 
HOUSE ELY (Musca domestics. L . ) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25): House flies were present 
throughout the winter at Luced.^le. 
FLEAS (Siphonagtera) 
Kansas H. R. Bryson (February 20): Fleas are reported as 
troublesome in barns and dwellings in some sections. 
CHIC-GER ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25): I was much surprised to 
find myself covered with "lumps" due to chiggers, in 
January, after sitting en the ground sifting for insects 
and spiders in Pascagoula Swamp. 
HORS E 
EORSE BOTFLIES ( Gastrophilus spp.) 
Missouri F. D. 3utcher (January): At the clinic held at 
Columbia January 19-21 it was learned that horse bots 
( G-astror,hilus intestinalis DeC. and GL nasal is DeG. ) 
had been a factor in the death of a horse. 
