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Hkll]-;r (K. ^1). Ein neuer, im Neste der Kammratte (Ctenomys) 

 lebender Riisselkafer aus Argentinien. [V luw Curculi(Miid 

 living in tlu' Nest of Ctenomys in Argentina.] — Ent. Blatter, 

 Berlin, x\i, no. 10-12, 28th December 1920, pp. 239-241. 



Ctenomyophila bruchiana, gen. et sp. n., of which the hir\'ae and 

 adults arc found in thousands in the nests of a rodent, Ctenomys 

 talariim, in Argentina, is described. 



Pattox (W. S.). Cutaneous Myiasis in Man and Animals in India. — 



Ind. Med. Caz., Calcutta, \\, no. 12, l)ec(inl)er 1920, ])j). 455 456. 



Breeding experiments in connection with more than 120 cases of 

 cutaneous myiasis in man and animals show that the fly concerned 

 was Chrysomyia bezziana, Vill., a species that has so far only been ^ 

 recorded from Africa, where its larvae have been found in the larger A 

 animals. In India there can be little doubt that it is the chief Calli- 

 phorine causing myiasis, and its larvae occur in man as commonly 

 as in animals. 



The female fly lays its eggs on or in living tissues only, being attracted 

 by foul discharges. A mass of eggs was found in one case on a piece 

 of lint attached to an ulcer on the leg of a patient. The larvae die 

 if placed in the body of a recently dead or decomposing animal, in 

 which situation those of most blowflies flourish. They burrow into 

 the tissues, causing much destruction, and are secured from faUing 

 out by their many backwardly -directed spines. The adult flies ha\'e 

 never been seen in nature. 



Tliis fly is a serious pest to man and animals in India, and the 

 author is desirous of receiving as many specimens from cases as 

 possible. 



Other lar\'ae that have been received from cases of cutaneous 

 myiasis in animals are those of Lucilia argyrocephala, Macq. [serenis- 

 sima, ¥.), Chrysomyia dux, Esch., Aphiochaeta xanthina, Speis. 

 {fernu^inea, Brun.), and A. rufipes, Mg. ; the last two also attack man. 

 The larvae of Philaematomyia crassirostris. Stein, and of Sarcophaga 

 were received from a case of intestinal myiasis in man, and the latter 

 also from two cases of cutaneous myiasis in man. Fuller accounts 

 of Chrysomyia bezziana and cutaneous myiasis, and of Aphiochaeta 

 xanthina, will be published later. 



Shircori: (J. O.). [Traps Jor Glossina ; Correspondence.] — Trans. 

 R. Sac. Trop. Med. & Hvg., London, xiv, no. 2, 18th June 

 1920, p. 30. 



With reference to the use of artificial shelters as breeding places 

 for Glossina, mentioned by Carpenter [R. A.E., B, viii, 100], it is 

 suggested that logs smeared with some adhesive substance and 

 propped on supports two or three inches off the ground might act as 

 traps for the flies. It is also suggested that the sand in the shelter 

 be mixed with a poisonous chemical, but whether this would prevent 

 the emergence of the adults has not yet been ascertained. 



