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Bishopp, F. C. Distribution of the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Tick. Bu. 

 of Ento. U. S. Dept. Agric. (Circu. 136) 1911. Occurs in Mont., Idaho, Wy., 

 Utah, Xev., possibly also in Colo., Ore., and a corner of Cal. Calls it D. venushis 

 Banks. 



Bishopp, F. C. Some New North American Ixodidse With Notes on Other Species. 

 Proc. Biological Soc. Wash. XXIV (1911) pp. 197-208. Systematic. 



Cooley, R. A. Tick Control in Relation to the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. 

 Bull. S5 ]Mont. Agr. Ex. Sta. May 1911. Rev. of the work done, e%adence against 

 the ticks, methods of control. Believes that if domestic animals are kept free from 

 ticks this vdW be sufficient protection. 



Darling, S. T. Verurca Peruana. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. LVII No. 26 Dec. 

 23, 1911. Discusses this infectious disease which he says is probably transmitted 

 by ticks or other suctorial invertebrates. 



Dixon, R. W. East Coast Fever: Its Prevention and Eradication. Agric. Jour, 

 of Union of South Africa. Vol. II (1911) No. 1 pp. 10-22. Character of the disease; 

 the ticks that carry it and dipping as a remdej'. 



Giltner, H. A. Verruca Peruana or Carrion's Disease. Jour. Amer. !Med. Assn. 

 LVII No. 26, Dec. 23, 1911. Describes this disease which he believes will be found 

 to be insect-borne. 



Graybill, H. W. Studies on the Biology of the Texas Fever Tick. U. S. Dept. 

 Agric. Bur. Anim. Indus. Bull. 130, pp. 7-42, 1911. Biology and methods of study. 

 Bibliography. 



Henshaw, H. W. and Birdseye, C. The Mammals of Bitterroot Valley, Montana, 

 in Their Relation to Spotted Fever. Bur. of Biolog. Survey U. S. Dept. Agric. 

 Circular No. 82, Aug. 1911. List of ticks on various mammals. Find that domestic 

 animals are the host for the greatest number of engorged ticks and if they are 

 made tick free by dipping, the chances of men becoming infected will be vastly 

 lessened. 



Hindle, £. The transmission of Spirochseta duttoni. Parasit. June 1911. Review 

 of the relation of ticks to Relapsing fever; description of his experiments. Infection 

 results from the entrance of infected material, excreted by the tick while feeding, 

 into the open wound caused by the ticks' bite. Not the result of inoculation of 

 infective material from the salivarj- glands. 



Hindle, E. The Replasing Fever of Tropical Africa. A Review. Parasit. IV. 

 Oct. 1911. A summary of our knowledge of this disease. Bibhography. 



Hindle, E. On the Life-Cycle of Spirochseta galUnarum. Parasit. IV: 4 Dec. 

 1911. The life-history of this parasite in the fowl and ticks. Bibhography. 



Howard, C. W. An Experiment in Fumigation of Ticks. Parasit. June, 1911. 

 Experiments with a "Clayton Fumigating Apparatus" generating a sulphur gas 

 proved successful in ship holds, engorged females, however, were not killed. 



Hunter, W. D. and Bishopp, F. C. Some of the ]More Important Ticks of the 

 U. S. Year Book of U. S. Dept. of Agric. 1910 (pub. 1911). Economic and 

 biologic notes on ten of the more common species. 



Hunter, W. D. and Bishopp, F. C. The Rocky Mountain Spotted jever Tick 

 With Special Reference to the Problem of Its Control in the Bitter- root Valley in 

 Montana. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bu. Ento. Bull. 10.5, 1911. Distribution, life-history 

 and habits, other species; methods of control. Bibliography. 



Laws, H. E. Note on Eradication of Ticks by the Starvation Method. Agric. 

 Jour, of Union of S. Africa Vol. I, no. 4, May, 1911. Results of experiments. An 

 appendix gives tables showing the relationship between diseases of S. Africa and 

 the ticks which transmit them. 



