-7^ 
SH0HT-:^^S::D CA::TL:: LOUS*: ( Hnei-^to^in-as c-urysternus Mtz.) 
JTebrrs'-a ^'\, H. Sv en'': (OctolDcr to Jebri^ary 29): T\"o rct)crts, one 
froT.. G-rnnt Gnuiity ri.nd one frf^nri 'JclDstcr County, of cattle 
f'eed yrrds b^dly infested vith.the short-n-^sed cattle Icuse 
v.'erc- received .durinf:r Janufiry. 
H05SES 
3Ur?/JaO G::ATS (Simuliidne) ■ 
^!i ssissixrpi C. Lyle and assistants (March): Tnese insects continued 
to be so-nev.-hat serious in parts of Grenada, Carroll, Talla- 
hatchie, Yalobusha, Tuiiica, Leflore,- Attala, and Holnes Co^un- 
ties. A fev Tiules have been renorted as Icilled in Talla- 
■■ hatchie and T"unica Counties. (Abstract, J.A.H..) 
SHSSP 
SHEUP 30T51Y' ( Oestris ovis L. ) 
North Da-'rota J. A. Munro (''arch 26): Recently a lar^/a of the sheer) bot- 
fl.y ta'-en fron the head of an infested sheer),-. V7as brou^iht to 
this office by Leo Henry, local veterinarian; Dr. Henry 
re-Dorts that according to his observations only a very small 
percentage of sheep received froTi v.estern areas of the State 
by a local Tjac^ring -clcnt v.ere infested v.ith the '^est. 
POULTRY 
.3TICKTIC-HT FL31 ( Schidnoriha^a ^allinacea 'Vestv . ) 
?!i ssissi-opi C. Lyle and assistants (^ferch 25): Complaints in regard to 
the stic^-tir-jht flea have been received several times recent- 
ly. Poi-iltry gro^'^ers state that in some cases this pest in- 
jured their flocks greatly. (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
HOUS:]HOLD .VI:'D- STORZD-FRO DUCTS 
I- 1: 3 Z C T s 
TSR'TETZS ( Rcticulitermes s^r). ) 
General T. 3. Snyder ( I?eb r^oaxy ) : During the month of ?cbniary 87 
cases of termites v.ere renorted to the Bureau of Ilntomologj.''. 
The following list (^ives the number of cases re-oorted from 
ea.ch section: Xew Ungland, 2; Middle Atlantic, 27; South At- 
lantic, 25; Hast Central, 6; T7est Central, 3; Lo^.'er Mississip- 
pi, 14; Southvest, 1; Frcific Coast, 7, 
