-345., 
Mississippi 'F % C Bishopp (October 8): . Owner reports finding in his 
flock of pigeons speOiiriens : of the pigeon fly, Lynch i a maura , 
engorged, with. bloody about the time there seemed to be an 
abnormal number of birds dying, he believed, from weakness 
• caused from loss of blood or bird malaria. 
. POULTRY ■■_ ■'...." 
POULTRY BUG ( Haematosiuhon inodora Duges) 
Arizona F. C. Bishopp (September IS): An infestation of a poultry 
house by this: .Ibug jwas w reported -from Lowell, Ariz* 
i.IITES (Acarina) ■ 
Texas W. .E. Dove (September 15): In southwestern Texas one finds 
that many ranchmen do not raise poultry. The condition is 
attributed to two parasites. Argas minatus Koch, ' and Echni- 
dophaga gailinacea Westw, This is a serious condition , especially 
since these parasites are showing a gradual spread, 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED- 
F R D U G T I N S E C T S 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Forficula auriculari a L.) 
California 'A CORRECTION: A. report. from Portland Oregon mentioned 
this insect (lns c P. .So B»Vol, ; 8, No. 7, page 289) as being 
widespread in California. The following statement is relative 
to this report: 
A. H» Fleury (Calif. State Dept. Agri . ) October 11: We have 
no knowledge of the occurrence of the European earwig in this 
State except in the residential sections of San, Francisco, 
Oakland, and- Berkeley, and eyen there it if? confined to a limi- 
ted number of' blocks from which there is no commercial move- 
ment ■ of oranges, tomatoes or lettuce. 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes spp.) 
Kansas J, '..". McColloch (October 20): During the past month damage 
by termites (Ret iculitermes sp. ) to oak woodwork has been 
reported from two houses in Kansas City and one house at 
Russell, 
Nebraska M« II. Sv/enk (September 1-October I): Our common termite 
Reticuliiirme s tibialis Bunks was reported as destroying 
