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tanks mosquito proof. Fish are not recommended for tanks. The 

 rise and faU in the percentage of smaUcr containers (barrels, tins, 

 etc.) in which Stcgomyia bred had no effect on the incidence of the 

 disease, nor did rainfah bear any direct relation to the number of 

 cases. 



Reichenow (E). Ueber das Vorkommen der Malariaparasiten des 

 Menschen bei den AJrikanischen Menschenaffen. [Occurrence of 

 the Malaria Parasites of Man in African Anthropoid Apes.] — 

 Centralb.f. Bakt., Parasit. it. Infektionskr . , Jena, lie. Abt. Orig., 

 l.xxxv, no. 3, 1st November 1920, pp. 207-216, 3 figs., 1 plate. 



The author asserts that all the malarial parasites of man occur 

 in the gorilla and chimpanzee in West Africa (Kamerun), and that 

 these apes may be a source of infection to Europeans in areas where 

 there are no native settlements. The danger, however, is infinitesimal 

 so long as the negro population constitutes a source of infection. 



The' author has found parasites in apes that he identifies as 

 Plasmodium vivax and P. malariae. 



DE Mello (F.) & Jacques (J. E.). Note sur I'Existence de V Herpcio- 

 monas muscae-domesticae a I'lnde portugaise. — Bol. Ger. Med. 

 e Farmacia, Nova-Goa, v, no. 5, May 1919, pp. 194-195. 



Extreme polymorphism and a very great length of flagellum were 

 noticed in Herpetomonas muscae-domesticae, infesting less than 1 per 

 cent, of the house-flies in Goa. 



Marker (A . ) . Die Beziehungen der Gastrophilus-Larven zur inJektiosen 



Anamie. [The Relationship between the I,arvae of Gastrophihis 

 and [equine] infectious Anaemia.] — Ztschr. f. Immunitdtsf. u. 

 Experim. Therap., Ite. Teil. Orig., xxix, no. 1-2, 13th February 

 1920, pp. 1-10, 1 chart. (Abstract in Trop. Vet. Bull., London, 

 vhi, no. 3, 30th September 1920, p. 247.) 



This work was done as a result of the studies published by MM. 

 Seyderhelm in 1914 upon the alleged capacity of oestrin to produce 

 equine infectious anaemia, a contention subsequently refuted by 

 Van Es & Schalk, de Kock, and Du Toit. 



The author concludes that the larvae of Gastrophihis have no causal 

 connection with the disease, and that the larvae or their extracts, 

 in cases where they have been claimed to produce this disease, in 

 reality set up an anaphylactic reaction. 



Chretien (A.). L'Onehocereose du Boeuf a Madagascar.— B/<//. 



Soc. Cent. Med. Vet., 20th :\Iav 1920; Rec. Med. Vet.,,^cv\, 

 30th April-30th May 1920, nos. 8 and 10, pp. 168-172. (Abstract 

 in Trop. Vet. Bull., London, viii, no. 3, 30th September 1920, 

 pp. 213-215.) 



Among the parasites of the cattle in Madagascar is a Nematode 

 that is often present in abundance and was found in almost all the 

 animals that came under observation of the author. He does not 

 believe it to be identical with Onchocerca hovis, and its presence does 

 not appear to produce any symptoms in the living animal. 



