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l»r()l);il)le lliat if so carried tlio bacilli will he rubbed into the sicin of the person 

 bitten. 



Bibjiography on flies and mosquitoes as carriers of disease, W. I'. Okr- 

 iiARD (/■;»/. Xcics. 20 (1!)09), yo.s. 2. pp. ^''/-,S.'^• .5. /*;). 207-2] I ) .—One hundred 

 and nine titles are listed. 



A preliminary account of the biting flies of India, II. M. Lkfroy (Agr. 

 Rcftcarch /H.s^ /'».s'/ [India] Bui. 7, 1901, pp. III+.'f5+II, pJa. .',, figs. 32).— 

 In this preliminary account the author considers briefly the classification, life 

 histories, and habits of the blood-sucking flies. 



A new species of Ceratophyllus, C. Fox {Ent. yens, 20 (1009), Xo. 3, pp. 

 101-110. figs. 3). — A new species of flea taken from Microtus cuUfornicun and 

 also from the nest of a wood rat {Xeotoma sp.) is here described as C. multi- 

 clcntatiis. 



The tumbu-fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga), E. E. Austen (Jour. Ray. 

 Army Med. Corps, 10 (IDOS), No. 1, pp. 18-24, flg'^. 2). — An account of the life 

 history and habits of a fly found in Central and South Africa which in the 

 maggot stage burrows beneath the skin of human beings, monkeys, dogs, and 

 other animals. 



Description of two new species of African ticiis, G. Neumann (Ann. Trop. 

 Med. and J'dr.. 1 (1907). Xo. 1. pp. 115-120. figs. Jf) . — Rhipicephalus duttoni 

 taken from a bovine at Zambie and R. longus from a bovine at Kasongo are 

 here described as new. 



The structure and biology of Haemaphysalis punctata, I, G. H. F. Nutt- 

 ALL, W. F. Cooper, and L. E. Robinson (Parasitology, 1 (1908), Xo. 2, pp. 

 152-181, pis. 5, figs. 9). — An account is given of this European species which is 

 widely distributed, though never very numerous. The great majority of these 

 ticks received by the authors were taken from sheep, though specimens were 

 also received that had been taken from goats and ferrets. 



Experimental studies on the transmission of recurrent fever by ticks, 

 B. MoLLERS (Ztschr. Hyg. n. Infectionskrank., 58 (1908), Xo. 2, pp. 211-286; 

 abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 6 (1908), No. 21, p. 96.'/). — Experiments conducted 

 with Ornithodoros moubata brought back by Koch from German East Africa 

 are reporte<l. The author presents data on the life history and habits of this 

 tick and reports experiments in which recurrent fever was transmitted to mon- 

 keys. Larva' from infected females were found to transmit the disease. 



Spirochetosis transmitted in Tunis by Argas persicus, B. Galli- Valeric 

 (Centhl. Bakt. \_ete.], 1. Aht., Orig., J,l (1908), No. J,, pp. J,9J,, .J.9.5. ) — The author 

 has demonstrated the occurrence of SpiroeJurta gaUinarum in Tunis and that 

 A. persieus is the active agent in its transmission. 



Mycetozoan endoparasites of insects. I, Sporomyxa scauri, n. g. and n. sp., 

 L. Eeger {Arch. Protistenk.. 12 (1908), Xo. 1-2. pp. 109-130, figs. 3).— The 

 species here reported is a parasite of the tenebrionid beetle Scaurus tristis. 

 The specimens studied came from Algeria, particularly the province of Orau, 

 where this parasite appears to be widely distributed. As a result of infestation 

 the reproductive organs of the host are said to be destroyed. 



The house cockroach, J. R. Inda (Estac. Agr. Cent. [Me.i:ieo] Bol. 1, pp. 

 16. pi. 1). — Eclohid genua nira is the species here considered. 



Descriptions and records of bees, T. D. A. Cockerell (Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist.. 8. ser., 2 (1908), Xo. 10, pp. 323-33-',).— A list of fossil Bombiform bees, a 

 general scheme of relationships, and a description of a new fossil species are 

 given. Records of bees collected in Colorado, descriptions of several new 

 species, and a table for the separation of bees in the Foxii group of Nomia 

 follow. 



