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cyclamz?: 
CYCIA"~ MIT3 ( Tar son emus -or; 1 lid-as ErsJ 
Ohio 3. 77. Mendenhall (January 9): Cyclamen plants vr ere badly in- 
fested vith the cyclamen mite in one of the greenhouses in 
Fostoria. They v ere so bad that the buds were badly injured, 
rendering the slants unsalable. 
GLADIOLI 
GLADIOLUS THTJPS ( Taeniothrios gladioli Moulton) 
Florida J. 2. TTatson (February 23): The gladiolus thrir>s has been 
sent in from Stuart and Sanford, the first re-no rts from Florida. 
INSECTS ATTACH N G M A N A IT D 
D :: 3 5 T I C AIIKA1S 
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MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Missouri L. Haseman (February 22): Mosquitoes: Species of Culex and 
Anopheles have carried over in greater numbers than usual in 
basements. 
Mississippi C. Lyle and assistants (February): Mosquitoes, including the 
Salt-marsh mosquito ( Aedcs solicitans "alh.), snA the yellow- 
fever mosquito (A. aegyoti L. ) have been very annoying in south- 
eastern Mississippi all winter. (Abstract, G. :!.) 
CHI GOUT. ( Trombicula irritans Hi ley) 
Texas F. C. Bishopp (February): A few chiggers ''"ere picked up by 
the v.Titer in 2 r ov sville (in town) with little time spent in 
grass and none in weeds and brush. Mr. Schroedcr says that he 
had a good many chiggers on him this "■inter. 
CAST03 BHV:~ TIC:: (I xodes ricinus var. scauularis Say) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 21): "/oodticks have been active all 
winter, judging by several collected in the Pascagoula Swamp, 
George County. Two were identified "oy F. C. Bishopp as I. 
ricinus var. scaoularis. 
