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SNAPDRAGON 
CYCLAMEN MITE ( Tarsonemus pallidus Banks) 
New York. E. ?. Pelt (February 25}: This mite was found in- 
juring snapdragon at East Rochester, N. Y. 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES ( Culicinae ) 
Arizona. C. C. Deonier (February 25): Theobaldia inornata 
(Will.), An opheles punctipennis (Say), and Culex tarsalis 
Coq. were present in moderate numbers in Douglas and Dun- 
lap Counties on December 2 and 3» 1937- 
TROPICAL RAT MITE ( Liponyssus bacoti Hirst.) 
District of Columbia. P. C. Bishopp (March 2): This mite was 
brought into this office, having been collected in an 
apartment house in Washington, where mice are present in 
the walls. (Det. by H. E. Swing.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (Pebruary 23): Specimens collected in a 
house at Hattiesburg were received in January. 
CATTLE 
S CHS WORM ( Cochliomyia americana C. & ?. ) 
Arizona. C. C. Deonier (February 17) : A ranchman reported 
from Gadsden in southwestern Arizona on Pebruary 17 that 
this is the worst year for screwworms he has ever had. A 
large cattle company reports that screwworms have caused 
less trouble during the Last week or 10 days, owing to 
cooler weather. It was also reported on Pebruary 17 that wound 
collections made from four sheep, showed that three of 
them were infested. 
HORN PLY (M ae ma t obi a irritans L. ) 
Florida. A. L. Erody (December 29): The horn fly population on 
livestock at the Federal experiment station at Erookoville 
was comparatively low, but on practically every animal areas 
