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underneath or into debris near by. The number of full-grown, or nearly full 

 grown, larvaj in 15 lbs. of saniph^s taken from 5 diftVrent parts of a manure 

 pile after an exposure of 4 days, was found to be 10.2S2, from which it is esti- 

 mated that in the entire pile, which weighed about 1,(X)0 lbs., there were over 

 455.000 maggots. When the manure pile was cleaned away, another inspection 

 showed that there were great numbers of maggots collected in pockets on its 

 site and near by. From If lbs. of manure collected at random 2.501 pupai were 

 taken. 



Attention is called to the fact that the small town lot usetl for horses must 

 not be overlooked in the campaign against the fly. The fact that the fly does 

 not travel far from its breeding place, probably not more than a block or two, 

 simplifies the matter of control. A fly-tight bin for use as a receptacle for offal 

 is described and illustrated. 



The house fly at the bar of indictment. — Guilty or not guilty? ( [New 

 York], 1909, pp. 48, pis. 5, charts 3).— Brief accounts of the house fly and its 

 relation to disease transmission are contrlbutetl by a nnmber of authors. 



A contribution to the study of the Pupipara, E. Massonat {Ann. Univ. 

 Lyon, n. ser., 1909, No. 28, pis. 7, figs. 112. pp. 388; abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 

 7 (1909), Xo. 21, pp. 906, .907).— This work gives an account of the external 

 morphology and internal anatomy of the different families of Pupipara, and 

 discusses the classification of the Hippoboscidse and Braulid:e occurring in 

 France and Algeria. 



Myiasis of the urinary tract, R. Chevrel (Arcli. Par., 12 (1909), Xo. 3, pp. 

 369-.'f50, figs. 13). — The author reviews this subject at length. 



He finds that the literature furnishes reports of 20 cases of myiasis of the 

 urinai-y tract, of which 6 can be considered as authentic. 10 as very itrobable, 

 and 4 as doubtful. An additional case was recently reportetl by Fauvel and 

 the author, making a total of 7 authentic cases. Fannia cunicularis has been 

 found to be the species most often implicated. 



A bibliography of 46 titles is appendetl. 



The common Capricorn (Hylotrupes bajulus), a destroyer of telegraph 

 poles, M. E. Henry (BuI. Soc. Set. Nancy, 3. ser., 10 (1909), Xo. 3, pp. 139- 

 142). — This beetle is reported to have injured poles of the European silver fir 

 (Abies peetinata) at Nancy, France, sufficiently to cause them to fall. 



Boll weevil in Mississippi, 1909, R. W. ITarned (Mississippi Sta. Bui. 139, 

 pp. 43, figs. 28). — Following a general account of the boll weevil the author dis- 

 cusses its occurrence in Mississippi at length. During ]!)0!), the boll weevil 

 spread over a much lai'ger portion of the State than during the previous year. 

 Pike, Lincoln, Copiah, Hinds, Warren, and Issaquena counties, which were 

 partially infested in 1908, are now entirely within the infested area, as are also 

 Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Marion, Lamar. Pearl River, Hancock, and Harrison 

 counties. A large portion of Washington, Sharkey, Yazoo. Rankin, Simpson, 

 Covington, Forest. Perry, and Jackson counties are now infestiMl. and a small 

 area of the southwestern parts of Bolivar. Madison, Jones, and (Jreoiie Cdunties. 

 It is probable that a small portion of southwestern Smith County is infofrted, 

 and barely possible that the extreme southwestern i)ortion of SiiiiHowi'r County 

 has been reached. 



Accounts of methods of control and descrii)tions of the weevils mi.staken for 

 the boll weevil follow. 



Curculionidje from various parts of Australia, A. M. Lea ( .)////. Xalurliist. 

 Mus. Tfamburg. 26 (1909). i>p- 193-203).— TXu^ is an annotated list of the Cur- 

 culionidjc from different parts of east and south Australia that were found 

 unnamed in the Natural History Museum of Hamburg. Nine species are de- 

 cribed as new to science. 



