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ROSE 
ROSE MIDGE ( Dasyneura rhodophaga Coq. ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2J>) : Has been reported from a nur.ber of addi- 
tional greenhouses in central and north-central Indiana. 
MOSSY ROSE GALL ( Rhodites rosae L. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (August 10) : Rose beds gar* was noted on Rosa canina, 
a large rabsslike mass of green fibre, in Rochester. The galls contain 
live larve. >•' 
SPIREA 
• APPLE TT7IG BORER ( Schistoceros hamatus F. ) 
Mississippi.' C. Lyle (August ?U): Specimens of the grape cane borer were 
found boring in the stems of a Spirea plant at Como on August l6. 
INSECTS ATTACKING M A N AND 
D C M E S T I C ; A N I M A L S 
MAN 
FLEAS ( Ctenoceahalid.es spp.) 
United States. P. C. Bishopp (August): These pests have oeen unusually 
troublesome this summer. 
Connecticut. 3. K. ^alden (August 21): More reports, from Middlesex County, 
of infestations in buildings so far during August that we have had before 
in any one month. 
South Carolina. XI. C. Nettles (August 23): Several reports of invasion of 
residences* These all happen to be from the- western part of the State. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 23): Has beer, more numerous than for several 
years in homes and farm buildings during the past month. All reports 
received have come from the northern half of the State. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August): The dog flea continues to %© a pest in homes 
where no attention has been given the dog. 
DEER PLIES ( Chrysops spp. ) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (August 7)' Deer flies are annoying to man at Lakota, 
Garden City,' Benson, .and Murray, in northern Utah. 
AMERICAN DOG TICK ( Dermacentor variabilis Say) 
Massachusetts. P. C. Bishopp (August 30): Two cases of Rocky Mountain saotted 
