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PioT BEy (J. B.). Organisation et Fonctionnement du Service Vet^ri- 

 naire a 1' Administration des Domaines. — Mem. Inst. Egypte, 

 Cairo, ii, 1920, pp. 1-98, 2 charts. 



The work of the above-mentioned veterinary service, from its 

 inauguration about 1879 up to 1917, is here reviewed. 



This report also gives a resume of the more important diseases of 

 stock and their treatment and prevention in Egypt and Northern 

 Africa. 



Greschik (E.). Ixodes ricinits schmarotzt im Larvenstadium auch an 



Sylvia atricapilla. [The Larva of /. ncinns also a Parasite of 

 5. atricapilla.] — Aquila, Budapest, xxvi (1919), 1920, p. 146. 



In 1919 the author found the larvae of Ixodes ricinus on newly 

 hatched nestlings of Sylvia atricapilla. The birds were infested on the 

 head. 



Martini (E.). Macedonische Culicinae. [Macedonian Culicinae.] — 

 Zeitschr. wiss. Insektenhiol., Berlin, xv, no. 4-6, 15th December 

 1919, pp. 119-120. [Received 20th November 1920.] 



As a result of an examination of the literature published during 

 the War, the author finds that some mosquitos observed by him in 

 Macedonia have not been mentioned, and for this reason the following 

 full list is given : — Anopheles bifurcatus, L. ; A. maculipennis, Mg., 

 A. plumheus, Hal. {nigripes, Staeg.) ; A. palestinensis, Theo. ; A. 

 hyrcanus, Pall, {sinensis, Wied.) ; tJranotaenia unguiculata, Edw. ; 

 Culex pipiens, L. ; C. hortensis, Fie. ; C. mimeticus, Noe ; Theobaldia 

 annulata, Schr. ; T. longiareolata, Macq. ; Taeniorhynclms richiardii, 

 Fie. ; Aedes [Ochlerotatus) dorsalis, Mg. ; A. vexans, Mg. ; A. 

 nemorosus, Mg. ; and A. ornatiis, Mg. 



Few observations were made north of Uskub. 



Engel (E. O.). Dipteren, die nicht Pupiparen sind, als Vogelparasiten. 



[Non-pupiparous Diptera as Bird-Parasites.] — Zeitschr. wiss. 

 Insektenhiol., Berlin, xv, no. 10-12, 1st August 1920, pp. 249-258, 

 9 figs. 



The Diptera the larvae of which actually parasitise birds, are not 

 very numerous, most of them being Muscids. 



Of the flies the adults of which are parasitic, only two species, both 

 of the same genus, have been hitherto recorded from Central Europe. 

 Of these, Carmis hemapterns, Nitzsch, has been taken from Sturnus 

 vulgaris, Falco tinnunculus, F. sacer, Aquila imperialis, Silvia atrica- 

 pilla, and Jynx torquilla. The second species is C. setosus, Stobbe. 



Little is known of the biology of the Dryomyzid, N eottiophilum 

 praeustum, Mg., but it is probably parasitic in the larval stage. Another 

 parasitic larva is that of Mydaea pici, Macq. 



Protocalliphora sordida, Ztt., was reared from pupae taken from a 

 titmouse's nest. As the young birds had left it was evident that infes- 

 tation by the larvae is not always fatal. P. azurea. Fall., was obtained 

 from nests of Riparia riparia. Notes on the imaginal and larval 

 differences between these two species of Protocalliphora are given. 

 The author regards this genus as a subgenus of Phormia, R.D., and gives 

 a key to the following species : Phormia regina, Mg. ; P. groenlandica, 

 Ztt. ; Protocalliphora sordida, Ztt. ; P. azurea. Fall. Notes on the 

 synonymy are also given. 



