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Miiller, R. Artliropods in transmission of disases. Munchener Medizinische 

 Wochonschrift., Xovcmbcr 15, 1910. List of insects, spiders, etc., with a discussion 

 of the subject. 



NicoUe, C. and Manceaux, L. Experimental reproduction of oriental sore in the dog. 

 Compt. Rend. Acad. S,-i. 1.50 (1910), no. 14, p. S89-891. Generally admitted that 

 transmission of this disease takes place throufijh the intermediation of some insect. 



Schweitzer, H. Ehrlich's chemotherapy — a new science. Science, December 9, 

 1910. Tells of the methods of work and -some of the results obtained by Erlich and 

 his fellow workers. Refers particularly to trypanosomes and spirocha^ta and the 

 chemicals used in combatting them. 



Smith, A. J. Preventive measures against infectious diseases. Penn. Med. Jour., 

 June, 1910. 



Smith, A. J. Infantile paralysis. North American, October 13, 1910. Records 

 discovery of a small Protozoan, resembling the sleeping sickness germ, in the blood 

 of patients suffering from this disease and believes that they ma}' be transmitted 

 by insects. 



Smith, J. B. Insects and Entomologists: their relation to the community at 

 large. Pop. Sci. Mo., March and May, 1910. On pages 211 to 218 author discusses 

 the relation of insects to the health of man and domestic animals. 



Todd, J. L. Recent advances in our knowledge of tropical diseases. Bull. Johns 

 Hopkins Hospt., July, 1910. 



Townsend, E. J. Science and public service. Science, November 4, 1910. Among 

 other things discusses what has been done, what is being done, and what should be 

 done toward controlling infectious diseases. 



Wellman, C. Tropical diseases observed in the vicinity of San Francisco. N. Y. 

 Med. Jour., August 13, 1910. 



The war against disease. Edinburgh Review, October, 1910. Discusses immu- 

 nity in infectious diseases and reviews the development of the relation of insects 

 to disease. 



Quarantining the house against the diseases of summer. Ed. in World's Work, 

 Mav, 1910. 



INSECTS AND SPIDERS IN SPANISH MOSS 



By Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Tucuman, Argentine Republic 



Of the insect fauna of various sections of the United States, there 

 is, perhaps, less known about that of the swamp than of any other 

 group. This is natural when one considers the comparative isolation of 

 average swamps, the difficulty of collecting in them during a large por- 

 tion of the year, and the small economic importance to date of an inves- 

 tigation of swamp insects, per se. Nevertheless, future investigations 

 of the insects inhabiting the swamps of various portions of the country 

 will very likely throw important light upon the life histories, especially 

 the hibernating habits, of several of our most important economic 

 species. 



In the winter of 1908-09, under the direction of Prof. Wilmon 

 Newell, the writer examined a number of lots of the ordinary Spanish 

 moss, Tillandsia usneoides, of the Louisiana swamps, in order to 



