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IVIacGkegor (M. E.). a New Type of Entomological Killing-bottle.— 



Bnll. Ent. Res., London, xi, pt. 3, JJcCAnnbcr 1920, pp. 283-285, 

 llig. 



A killing-bottle for use with chloroform is described that has the 

 merit of pre\'entiiig the rapid eva])oration of the fluid, so that 5 cc. of 

 chloroform is sufficient for a week's use. The apparatus may be most 

 easily made with a large test-tube, but could be adapted if a very large 

 mouthed bottle were required. The chloroform is kept at the bottom 

 of the tube by a red rubber cork, through which passes a small piece 

 of glass tubing (internal diameter, 2 to 3 mm.). None of the chloroform 

 escapes owing to tiie air pressure at the upper end of the tubing, but 

 there is alwa>-s a high concentration of chloroform vapour in the 

 test-tube. 



Newstead (R.). On the Genus P/Ucboloinns.— Part IN. —Bull. Ent. 

 Res., London, xi, pt. 3, December 1920, pp. 305-311, 4 figs. 



Notes are given on a number of species of Phlehotonms with a view 

 to supplying materials for the study of the geographical distribution 

 of this group. Two forms, both pale and dark, of the male (hitherto 

 unknown) of Phleboiomus antennatus, Newst., are described from the 

 Gold Coast, as is P. signal ipennis, sp. n. P. caucasicus, Marz., is regarded 

 as a synonym of P. sergenti, Parr., both sexes of which are redescribed 

 from Persian specimens, and a variety of the male from Mesopotamia is 

 described. P. walkeri, sp. n., from the boundaries of Bohvia and 

 Brazil, has been pre\qously described, but recorded as P. longipalpis, 

 Lutz & Neiva [Bull. Ent. Res., v, pt. 2, p. 189]. 



Strixdberg (H.). Konnen die Mallophagen sich auch voni. Blut ihrer 

 Wirtstiere ernahren? Can the MaUophaga also feed on the 

 Blood of their Hosts ?]— Zoo/. Anzeiger, Leipzig, xlviii, no. 8, 

 16th January 1917, pp. 228-231. 



It is stated that Xirmus spp. and Menopon spp. may feed on the 

 blood of their host under natural conditions. This is probably also the 

 case with Pkysostomnm spp., whereas Docophoriis spp. and others 

 do not do so. 



RoDHAix (J.) & Beouaert (J.). Oestrides d'Antilopes et de Zebres 

 recueillis en Afriaue orientale, avec un Conspectus du Genre 



Gasterophilus. fOestrids of Antelopes and Zebras collected in 

 Oriental Africa^ with a Re^'iew of the Genus Gastrophilus.] — 

 Rev. Zool. Africaine, Brussels, viii, no. 2, 15th November 1920, 

 pp. 169-228. 



The Oestrids described in this paper were mostly collected in 

 ex-German East Africa during the Belgian campaign in 1917. 



Larvae from antelopes [Damaliscus sp. and Bubalis sp.) appear to 

 be those of Gedoelstia hdssleri and G. cristata. Comparison of the 

 former and those previously described as G. paradoxa shows these two 

 species to be identical. The synonymy and geographical distribution 

 of G. cristata, R. & B., and G. paradoxa, R. & B., are dealt with. 

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