August, '13] DOANE: LITERATURE ON INSECTS AND DISEASE 381 



Ticks and Various Diseases 



BisHOPP, F. C. The fowl tick {Argas miniatus Koch). U. S. Bur. Ent. Ch-c. 

 170, March 31, 1913. Distribution, life history, control. 



BiSHOPP, F. C. A new species of Dermacentor and notes on other North Ameri- 

 can Ixodidse. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 25 (1912), pp. 29-37. D. hunteri taken on 

 mountain sheep. 



Christopheks, S. R. The development of Lmcocytozoon cani^ in the tick with a 

 reference to the development of Piroplasma. Parasit. 5 No. 1. February, 1912. 



Dalrymple, W. H. Anthrax and tick fever. Amer. Vet. Rev. 40 (1912 , No. 



5. pp. 601-610. The housefly and the ant and probably other insects often coming 

 in contact with anthrax flesh may become dangerous carriers of the infection. 



Dalrymple, W. H. Anthrax and tick fever. Amer. Vet. Rev. 40 (1912), No. 



6, pp. 757-764. Deals wath Texas fever, the cattle tick and its eradication. 

 Graybill, H. W. Studies on the biology of the Texas fever tick. Bui. 152, 



U. S. Dep. Agric, 1912. 13 pp. 



Graybill, H. W. Methods of exterminating the Texas fever tick. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Farmers Bui. 498, 1912, 42 pp. Life history and methods of control by 

 dipping and pasture rotation. 



HiNDLE, E. Attempts to transmit "fowl pest" by Argas persicus. Bui. Soc. 

 Path. Exot., 5 (1912), No. 3, pp. 165-167. Results negative. 



HiNDLE, E. AND Merriman, G. The sensory perceptions of Argas persicus. 

 Parasit. 5, No. 3, September, 1912. An interesting series of experiments. "Haller's 

 organ" .regarded as olfactory. 



Hooker, W. A., BiSHOPP, F. C. andWood, H. P. The life history and bionomics 

 of some North American ticks. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Ent. Bui. 106, p. 239. 

 General bionomics of the group and life history of several species. 



Jennings, Allan H. Some notes on the tick Ornithodorus talaje Guerin. Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. of Wash. Vol. 14, No. 2, April- June, 1912, pp. 77-78. Records this 

 species from rats in Canal Zone. 



Moore, Wm. The tick problem in South Afiica. Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. 5, 

 1912, No. 5, pp. 377-384. List of ticks known to transmit diseases and other ticks 

 that attack animals in South Africa. Notes on life history of some of the species. 

 Control methods. 



NuTTALL, G. H. F. Notes on ticks: II, New species {A7)iblyomma, Hamaphysalis) ; 

 Ixodes putus: Description of the hitherto unknown larval stage. Par. 5 (1912), 

 No. 1, pp. 50-60. Three new species described. 



Ransom, B. H. Eradication of the Southern cattle tick. Proc. 7th Inter. Zool. 

 Cong., pp. 648, 655. (Paper read August, 1907, pub. 1912.) Loss estimated at 

 S40,000,000 annually. Methods of control. Rotation of pastures most efficient. 



Ransom, B. H. and Graybill, H. W. Investigations relative to arsenical dips 

 as remedies for cattle ticks. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Anim. Indus. Bui. 144, pp. 65. 



Theiler, a. The transmission of gall-sickness by ticks. Agr. Jour. Union So. 

 Africa, 3 (1912), No. 2, pp. 173-181. 



Warburton, C. Notes on the genus Rhipicephalus, with the description of new 

 species, and the consideration of some species hitherto described. Parasit. 5, No. 1, 

 February, 1912. 



Spirocheta 



Bayou, H. The experimental transmission of the spirochsete of European relaps- 

 ing fever to rats and mice. Parasit. 5, No. 2, June, 1912. Believes that in Moscow, 

 relapsing fever is commonly transmitted by Pediculus vestimenti and not by Cimex. 



