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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
ORIENTAL RAT FLEA ( Xenopsylla cheoui s Rothsch. ) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (March 23):. R. L. Round -'bush collected the tropical rat 
flea in Ames on March 22. His observations show that the insect sur- 
vives Iowa winters. 
BOXELDER BUG ( Leptocoris trivittatus Say) . 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (March 26): The boxelder plant "bug was reported from 
Easton. 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (March IS): Reports of this insect in dwellings were 
received from many parts of Ohio during the winter, 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (March 21): The boxelder ^ag has been reported 
annoying in homes in many sections of the State, especially in northern 
Indiana, during the past month. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (March 23): Boxelder plant "bugs have "been the 
source of worrv to housewives during February and March. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (March 20): With the appearance of a few warm 
days, the boxelder bug is showing up from one end of the State to the 
other, wherever the boxelder tree is grown extensively. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (March 1^): The boxelder bug is very abundant 
in eastern part of the State and is causing much annoyance. 
Iowa. C, J. Drake (March 23): The boxelder bug is extremely abundant over 
the State. Many people are asking how they can keep the bugs out of 
houses. 
Nebraska. M. H, Swenk (March 20): Complaints of annoyance by the boxelder 
bug were received from Dixon, Fierce, Stanton, Roc" , Sherman, Colfax, 
and Seward Counties from February 21 to March 1°. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 25): Boxelder bugs are scarcer at Manhattan 
this year than they have been for several years. 
Colorado. G. M. List (March 19): The usual number of inquiries have been 
received this winter and spring. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March 25): Boxelder bugs are reported as unusually 
abundant a.nd annoying at Cedar City and other Parts of Iron County. 
They are also very abundant and annoying in homes at Mendon. 
