me gee 
in the early spring and determine the number of live weevils per ton of 
moss. R. C. Gaines submits a brief summary of Spanish moss examinations 
for the past 6 years in Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. 
Outside the Tallalah section these examinations involved 6 points in Geor— 
gia, 5 in Alabama, 14 in northeastern Louisiana, and 9 in South Carolina: 

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fin lt Six-year record of _weevil s survival per ton of moss 



|North- | BF) ar | 
leastern | Southern | leeSouth oie | 
_Year__|Louisiana|Louisiana [Louisiana | Carolina | Georgia | Ala 
1928 | 1.0 365.1 |65:9 | S20 /linetpewaodoue er 
1929) je 328 261.8 | 40.6 70.7 |  -38.'% 5) 
103054. 042 Teal, | 0.9 PAs cy 0 | 4.2 
1931 35.0 216.0 | tet 92,0 25.0. | 11950 sie 
1932 | 462.3 364.5 | 444.4 |. 10593 .| 219. 290)5eee 
1933 lo eel Penoers ee ae 32/859) -Heets0tme 0 

The minimum temperature and the number of days the temperature fell 
below 32° F. for each of the winter months in the last two seasons at 
Tallulah were as follows: 

- 1931-32 spe [ite Th GaN SOB ts 
2 PieDayssbelowroe” ahs) ° F. Days below 32° F. 
November.......... 28 3 | November .......... 22 10 
December ........ 30 1 | December .......... 16 7 
Janus vVereass ne 27 6 January segue 25 6 
February: .sé. 29 2 isFebruarye same 12 5 
March wick 23 6 i Marchets ae 32 0 
INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
Cayenne tick a pest at Brownsville, Tex.--H. 0. Schroeder reports 
that "Amblyomma cajennense (Fab.) has continued to increase in number, 
particularly the last 30 days. This tick has a very wide host range 
and is at present the dominant species of tick occurring on livestock. 
It occurs in greatest abundance in brushy pastures and at times becomes 
so severe on cattle that some farmers spray their milk cows or give 
them arsenical baths as recommended for the American cattle tick. The 
species attaches to dogs very readily and sometimes in considerable 
numbers." It also attacks the human host, leaving, if attached for some 
time, a red itching welt which, however, does not persist as long as a 
Similar welt, produced by the lone star tick (A. americanum L.) Derris 
powder in the strength of 1 percent rotenone will kill the tick quite 
readily. 
Light traps effective for catching sand flies.—-According to W. E. 
Dove, Savannah, Ga., "The traps used on the headlights of automobiles 
are very effective in securing specimens (of sand flies), and it is 
thought that modifications to more practical designs may prove effect-— 
ive aS a means of control. * * * When the sand flies come to the traps 
in large numbers, they form dances in front of the lights. Such dances 
