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MuRAz ( — ). Foyer de Trj^anosomiase humaine a Tchoa (Territoire 



du Tchad). [A Centre of Human Tr^'panosomiasis at Choa.] — 

 Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xiii, no. 10, 8th December 1920, 

 pp. 789-791. 



A centre of intense infection of sleeping sickness has been found 

 at Choa, in the Lake Chad region, Glossina palpalis being found 

 in great numbers by the author. According to local reports there 

 were 283 deaths from the disease in 1919-1920. 



Aldige (E.). Trypanosomiase du Pore en Guinee Frangaise.^Bu//. 



Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xiii, no. 10, 8th December 1920, pp. 

 792-796. 



Trypanosomiasis of pigs was recorded in French Guinea in 1906, 

 the parasite being identified as Trypanosoma dimorphon. In September 

 1914 the author studied an epidemic of trypanosomiasis in a piggery 

 at Mamou, but it was obvious that the parasite causing the disease 

 was neither T. dimorphon nor T. cazalboui, but much more closely 

 resembled T. pecaudi. It may be a form allied to T. bnicei, which, 

 although not known to occur in French Guinea, is closely alhed to 

 T. togolense, occurring in Togoland. The only chronic case among 

 the infected pigs was a sow that had been imported two months 

 previously from a locahty where T. pecaudi is commonly found in 

 various animals, and it is probable that the epidemic arose from 

 this source. 



Laver.an (A.) & Fr.\nchini (G.). Contribution a I'Etude de la 

 Flagellose des Euphorbes. [Contribution to the Study of Flagel- 

 losis of Euphorbia.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xiii, no. 10, 

 8th December 1920, pp. 796-800. 



As a result of investigations recorded in this paper, the conclusion 

 is reached that the presence of flagellates in spurge {Euphorbia spp'.) 

 is not rare in Italy, especially at Bologna, where they have been found 

 in five species. Inoculations into both E. pilosa and E. saidiana 

 with cultures of Hcrpetomonas ctenocephali var. chattoni gave positive 

 results, and white mice inoculated in the peritoneum with the latex 

 of an infected plant of E. nereifolia showed slight infections. 



Pringault (E.). Les Phlebotomes dans la Region Marseillaise. — 



Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xiii, no. 10, 8th December 1920, 

 pp. 809-810. 



In October 1918 the presence of Phlebotomus papatasii, Scop., was 

 recorded at Miramas. In 1920 observations were made in the vicinity 

 of Marseilles, with the result that between 15th July and 29th 

 September 196 individuals were captured, the species including P. 

 minutus, Rond., P. sergenti. Parrot, and P. perniciosus, Newst. 

 No individuals of P. papatasii were found. The midges were 

 numerous on 15th July, but after 13th September they had all 

 disappeared. They were found in rooms about an hour after 

 sundown. 



