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HCRSE 
HORSE ELI IS (Tabanidae) 
Lssouri L. Haseman (August 26): Horse flies, the common br 
species and greenheads.have rapidly disappeared, but the 
large "black species is still abundant. 
, ~-~ep 
SHEEP BOTFLY ( Oestrus ovis 7. . ) 
Arizona 0. L. Barnes (August 16): Heavy infestations of the sheep 
botfly in a flock of sheep at Buckeye. The sheep had beer, 
shipped from Ashfork earlier in the summer. Of about 9,000 
sheep in the flock, l v 200 died from some cause. The heads oi 
8 dead animals were exrmined and bots were f\mnd in each, 
averaging 6 bots to the head. Many bots were taken from liv- 
ing animals, according to the foreman in charge of the ranch, 
"e did not see the animals, but specimens of the larvae of 
the parasite were brought to the office for identification. 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED- 
PRCDUCTS IN SECTS 
TERMITES ( Retic.uliterm es sup.) 
Kansas J.".'. McColloch (August 22): Injury reported August 6 from 
several places at Wichita and damage to woodwork in a house 
at Kiowa reported August 10, and it was reported on August 20 
that a granary had been ruined at Cawker City. 
Idaho C. V7akeland (August 20): Two widely separated instances 
of severe termite injury have oome to our attention during the 
month. In one instance timbers under large buildings are be- 
ins; destro^KJd ^nd in another timbers in a granary have been 
so weakened that the owner can not use the granary to capacity 
for the year's crop. 
ARGENTINE ANT ( Tridomvrmex humilis Mayr) 
3Sissippi R. ,'. H rned (August 28): New infestations have been found 
in the following places; Zama, Hatley, Nettleton, tyainc', 
Byram, <-: milf-c northeast of Aberdeen, 2 miles north of 
Amory, 5 miles north of Aberdeen, 4 miles northwest of Jackson. 
ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH ( Sitotrogn cerealella Oliv.) 
Virginr '. A. Sherman (August 27): Phis insect is very much more 
