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KotlAn (S.). Az ixodidak mely fajai kozvetitik a piroplasmosist 

 Magyarorszagon ? [What Kinds of Ixodids transmit Piroplas- 

 mosis in Hungary?] — Allatorvosi Lapok, Budapest, xlii, no. 5, 

 8th March 1919, pp. 34-35. 



The author states that piroplasmosis of domestic animals has been 

 well known for a long time in Hungary, where it is known as " forest 

 disease " or " red water " and has been popularly supposed to be 

 caused by eating the young shoots or buds of coniferous trees. 



The following ticks are recorded from Hungary : Ixodes ricmus, L., 

 Dermacentor reticulatus, F., Rhipicephaliis bursa, C. & F., Hyalomma 

 aegyptium, L., Haemaphysalis punctata, C. & F., and Haemaphysalis 

 concinna, Koch. 



In the author's opinion piroplasmosis of cattle in Hungary is trans- 

 mitted by Ixodes ricinus ; that of sheep probably by Rhipicephalus 

 bursa, as Motas has demonstrated to be the case in Rumania. In 

 view of the fact that piroplasmosis of horses is common in Albania, 

 Rumania and Macedonia, it is thought that it will be found to be 

 prevalent in the more wooded parts of Hungary also, but a more 

 extensive knowledge of the tick fauna is required before the disease 

 can be studied. 



KotlAn (S.). Adatok a hazai kullancs-£auna ismeretehez. [Contri- 

 bution to Knowledge relating to Hungary's Ixodid Fauna.] — 

 Allattani Kozlemenyek, Budapest, xviii, no. 1-4, 7th May 1921, 

 pp. 33-36 and 48. 



This paper emphasises the scantiness of information on Hungarian 

 IxoDiDAE, and the works of earlier Hungarian authors on these ticks 

 are reviewed. 



From these it appears that the only Ixodids known from Hungary 

 in 1914 were : Ixodes vespertilionis, Koch, I. ricinus, 'L., I. hexagonus. 

 Leach, on dogs near Budapest, Rhipicephalus bursa, C. & F., from 

 south Hungary, and Dermacentor reticidatus, F., from Budapest and 

 the Transdanubian provinces on cattle, sheep and horses. Since 

 that date the author has found Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Latr., 

 rare and occurring only in the southern part of the country ; 

 Hyalomma aegyptium, L., in Transsylvania and near Budapest on 

 cattle; Haemaphysalis concinna, Koch; H. cinnabarina punctata, 

 C. & F., and //. otophila, Schultze, in the Transdanubian provinces 

 on horses and dogs. 



It seems probable that the tick fauna of Hungary, owing to its 

 geographical position, is transitional between that of the states to the 

 north and south. Hyalomma aegyptium came from the south, 

 probably from Rumania, and it is spreading northward froin the 

 neighbourhood of Budapest. The same is true of Rliipicephalus 

 bursa and R. sanguineus, which are only found in southern Hungary. 

 Haemaphysalis otophila is at present only known fromi the Balkans, 

 but as other species of this genus such as H. concinna and H. punctata 

 are cosmopolitan and can live in cold climates, it is probable that it 

 may spread to the north. 



No species of the notorious genus Boophilus has been found in 

 Hungary, but the author has received B. annidatus calcaratus from 

 Albania on donkeys and horses. 



