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INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (September 2'r): Malaria is unusually severe 
in eastern North Carolina this year. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 23): .Mosquitoes were unusually abundant 
and troublesome over the entire State. 
Tennessee. G-. M. Bentley (September 26): Malarial mosquitoes, Anopheles 
punctinennis Say and A. quadrimaculatus Say, are very prevalent in 
western Tennessee and in parts of the central portion of the State. 
The yellow-fever mosquito ( Aedes aegyy ti L. ) is very annoying in dwell- 
ings and offices generally over the State. The common rain-barrel 
mosquito, Culex pi pi ens L. , is prevalent near suitable breeding places. 
HUMAN FLEA ( Pule x irritans L. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Scenk (September 15): 'Specimens of the human flea were 
received on August 22 from Dodge County. 
CHIGGER ( Trombicula irritans Riley) 
Oklahoma. 0. G. Ba.bcock (September 9): Chiggers have been reported as 
causing some trouble in southern and central Oklahoma but were not 
present in excessive numbers. 
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER (Latrodectus mac tans Fab.) 
New Jersey. C. H. Hadley (September 25): Many calls have been~rebeived • . 
concerning the black widow spider and numerous specimens have "been sent 
in from the vicinity of Moorestown for identification. 
Maryland. F. C. Bishopp (September 25): Several specimens have been sent 
to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine from the District of 
Columbia and Maryland. 
Florida. J. IT. Tenhet (September c j)\ Black widow spiders are very numerous 
in "pockets" of sub-irrigation systems around Sanford. As many as 6 
have "been taken in a single tile opening. One farmer brought in 13 
at one time, another 7> and a third farmer "brought in 6. 
Texas. R. Malirn (August 22): Two reports of black widow spider received 
from Dallas County. 
Colorado. G. M. List (September 21): Numerous reports from nearly all 
sections of the State have been received throughout the summer. 
