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Tasmania 

 Lea ' has referred to Stomoxys calcitrans as ''very common about 

 stables and butchers' shops." 



New Zealand 



Hutton - includes this species in his list of New Zealand Diptera 

 giving Christ church as locality and stating that it is an introduced 

 form "commonly known as the horse fly." 



Mr. G. M. Hudson has very kindly written me that "Stomoxys cal- 

 citrans is rare in New Zealand, though it occasionally enters houses 

 and bites people, especially towards the latter part of summer." 



Java 



According to Schat,^ Stomoxys calcitrans is common in Java where 

 he regarded it as the chief carrier of surra among cattle. Brunetti * 

 also speaks of its occurrence in Java. 



As early as 1868, Schiner records it from Batavia, Java, in his Diptera 

 of the Novara Reise (p. 311). 



Sumatra. — Stomoxys calcitrans is included by Van der Wulp^ in his 

 report on Sumatran Diptera. 



Philippine Islands 



Dr. C. S. Banks, Chief of the Entomological Section of the Bureau 

 of Science in Manila has very kindly furnished some information in 

 regard to the occurrence of Stomoxys calcitrans in the Philippines. 

 He writes that it "has been found all over the Philippine Islands 

 up to an altitude of 800 meters (2,500 feet), and may, of course, be 

 found above that, but I am giving data from my experience. It is 

 not what one would call a pest here as it is in parts of the United 

 States, seldom being seen in houses and very rarely biting human 

 beings." 



Banks ^ has also referred to it as being abundant at certain seasons 

 in the Philippines, and speaks ^ of its common occurrence in dwellings 

 at Tayta}^ at which place it is also a great annoyance to horses.^ 



1 Insect and Fungus Pests of the Orchard and Farm, Hobart, 1908, p. 108. 



2 Trans. New Zealand Inst., 1900, p. 69. 



» Schat, P. T. Beitrage zu den Untersuchungen iiber die Trypanosovia evansi 

 und zur Bekampfung der Surra unter dem Hornvieh auf Java. Inaug. diss. Univ. 

 Bern. 1911. 



* Rec. Indian Mus., Vol. 4, p. 72 (1910). 

 sMidd. Sumatra Exped., p. 43 (1880). 



• Philippine Journ. Sci. I, p. 1072 (1906). 

 ' Ibid., IV, Sec. B, p. 236 (1909). 



8 Ibid., t. c, p. 239. 



