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Fever and Other Diseases. In this and the preceding chapter good ac- 

 counts are given of the interrelations between man, some of the lowest 

 forms of animal life and mosquitos ; also the status of yellow fever in 

 regard to these insects. VIII. Mosquito Remedies and Enemies. Em- 

 bodying the details of the most practical means toward the mitigation of 

 the scourge and pest. IX. Notes on the Commoner Species. Wherein 

 are set forth the cardinal features of the carriers of disease, the pestifer- 

 ous forms and a few of the seemingly harmless, yet interesting species. 

 X. Collecting and Laboratory Methods. XI. Identification Keys and 

 Systematic List. These, the last and the next to the last, chapters have 

 in them information of great importance in the first stage of any cam- 

 paign against mosquitos. Especially worthy of note are the keys 

 whereby the larvae may be positively determined. The key to larvae 

 makes the book exceptionally valuable to the inspector who, in the course 

 of his survey, cannot take time to breed out the species which he meets 

 in the pursuit of his object i. e., the blazing the way for the .practical 

 exterminator or the health officer and the contractor. Finally, there is a 

 bibliography which, to those sufficiently interested, opens all channels 

 leading to the vast library on mosquitoes ; an appendix entitled Mos- 

 quitoes and Leprosy, in which is reviewed the speculation on the sup- 

 posed relation between these two, and a full and convenient index to the 

 entire book. 



The latest generic combinations of the species is given, also most of 

 the synonyms we regret in this connection to have to note the abscence 

 of one of the synonyms of Anopheles maculipennis, namely clainger, 

 which is current even at this late date among American doctors of medi- 

 cine, in witness whereof we cite; "Plain Labels on Germ Enemies," 

 by W. H. Thompson, M.D., LL.D. Everybody's Magazine, page 692 ; 

 1907. 



All in all, this volume is a most useful one one that will supply a very 

 evident want. It should be widely heralded so that it may reach every 

 intelligent person. Entomologists, doctors, health officers and, in fact, 

 all who are interested in public welfare, can't afford to be without this 

 latest guide, which indeed deserves to be inscribed as it is " In Memory 

 of James William Dupree, M. D. The true citizen, the beloved physician, 

 the constant investigator." H. L. VIERECK. 



ON THE W. HORN-ROESCHKE SCHOOL. 



In the Annals of the Hungarian National Museum, there has lately ap- 

 peared a monograph of the Cychrini, by Dr. Hans Roeschke, purporting 

 to include all the described species. The subject is treated on the lines 

 of the W. Horn-Roeschke school of entomological philosophers, with 

 its ponderous system of species, subspecies, varieties, aberrations and 

 monstrosities, although the divine inspiration by which they are enabled 

 to determine the status of these various subordinate forms belongs only 

 to themselves. It appears to me that ordinary common sense would 



