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open wounds but that the parasite is more commonly transmitted by some sucking 

 insect, probably Stegomyia sp., possibly by sandflies. 



Wenyon, C. M. Oriental Sore in Bagdad Together with Observations on a 

 Gregarine in Stegomyia fasciala, the Ha;mogregarine of dogs and the Flagellates of 

 houseflies. Parasit. IV: 3 Oct. 1911. A full discussion of the disease and the 

 probable relation of flies, and mosquitoes and other insects to it. 



Miscellaneous Articles 



Burrill, A. C. The Tsetse Fly and Sleeping Sickness; other insect carriers of 

 disease. Wisconsin Med. Jour. Jan. 1911. 



Doane, R. W. An Annotated List of the Literature on Insects and Disease for 

 the Year 1910. Jour. Econ. Ento. Aug. 1911. Discusses principal works and gives 

 list arranged according to subjects. 



Gentry, E. R. and Ferenbaugh, T. L. Endemic Malta (Mediterranean) fever 

 in Texas and the isolation of the Micrococcus milentensis from two patients. Jour. 

 Amer. Med. Assn. 57 (1911); Xo. 11 p. 889-891. Also No. 13, p. 1045-1048 and No. 

 14 p. 1127. Report cases of this fever in Texas. 



Hutchinson, Woods. The Lesser Perils of Country Life. Munsey Magazine 

 July 1911 p. 507. Insects as foes of mankind, mosquitoes, flies, etc., suggestions 

 for campers. "Sure cures" etc. Poison oak. 



Mays, Earl. The Conquest of Germs. The Outlook Jan. 28, 1911 p. 225. Bac- 

 teria and disease; malaria and yellow fever and other diseases discussed. 



McCaw, W. Comparison of some Diseases Transmitted by Bloodsucking Insects. 

 Old Dominion Jour, of Med. and Surg. Richmond, July '11. 



Simpson, J. J. Entomological Research in Briti-sh West Africa. I. Gambia. 

 Bull. Ento. Research II pt. 3, pp. 187-239. Oct. 1911. Account of expedition 

 giving notes on insect-borne diseases; character of the region; records of blood 

 sucking Arthropods; bionomics of Glossina; remedial measures^ directions for 

 collecting various kinds of insects. 



Snow, W. F. When Commerce and Health Unite. Bull. Cal. St. Bd. Health 

 Feb. 1911. Law in regard to squirrels and methods of enforcing; necessity for such. 



Swan, J. M. Tropical Diseases and Health in U. S. Ann. Amer. Acad. Pol. 

 and Soc. Sci. Mar. 1911, pp. 394-411. Tells of the different diseases that may be 

 or have been introduced. 



Wellman, C. Insects and Medicine. Cal. St. Jour, of Med. Jan. 1911. 



The Public Health INIovement. The Annals of Amer. Acad, of Political and 

 Social Sci. XXXVII: 2 Mar. 1911. This whole number is devoted to articles on 

 this subject, some of which are noted under the proper headings. 



Petroleum as a pabulum. Entomologists are so accustomed to recommend 

 petroleum or petroleum products for the destruction of insect life that we may 

 have difficulty in classifying this material as a food. Mr. D. L. Crawford (Pomona 

 College Journ. of Entomol. 4:687-97, 1912), adduces evidence to show not only 

 that the larvse of Psilopa petrolei Coq. may survive immersion in crude petroleum, 

 but that they actually develop in this medium so unwholesome to most insect life. 

 This is made possible by certain mechanical and physiological specializations — the 

 former preventing the oil penetrating the tracheal sj'stem, the latter enabling the 

 digestive apparatus to extract nutriment from such unpromising material. The 

 record must be regarded as one of the exceptions proving the rule. 



E. P. Felt. 



