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impaticns, Wlk., S. tryoni, sp. n. {frontalis, in part, of Australian 

 authors), S. alpha, sp. n., 5. beta, sp. n., S. gamma, sp. n., 5. irreqitieta, 

 Wlk., [ochripalpis, Thomson), 5. eta, sp. n., S.misera, Wlk. {frontalis, 

 Thomson), S. misera, Wlk., var. dux, Thomson {subtuberosa, Parker), 

 vS". aitrifrons, Macq., 5. zeta, sp. n., 5. theta, sp. n., 5. iota, sp. n., 

 5. kappa, sp. n., 5. sigma, sp. n., and 5. {Parasarcophaga) omega, subgen. 

 et sp. n., bred from bad meat ; 5. delta, sp. n., found on flowers ; 

 S. omikron, sp. n., bred from wool and rotten potatoes ; 5. froggatti, 

 Taylor {knabi, Parker) ; and S. bancrofti, sp. n. 



Strong (W. M.). Phlebotomus Flies in Papua. — Med. J I. Australia, 

 Sydney, 8th Yr., ii, no. 10, 3rd September 1921, p. 193. 



A species of Phlebotomus greatly resembling P. pappatasii is recorded 

 from Papua. It is probably the • transmitter of three-day fever. 

 This species may also occur in tropical Australia. The points of 

 difference between it and P. pappatasii are described. 



SwELLENGREBEL (N. H). De Anopheliiien van Nederlandsch Oost- 



Indie. [The Anophelines of the Dutch East Indies.] — Kolon. 

 Inst, te Amsterdam, Meded., no. XV, Afdeeling Trop. Hygiene 

 no. 10, 1921, x + 155 pp., 76 text figs., 20 plates. [Price //. 6-50 ] 



This is a revised edition of the monograph already noticed [R. A.E., 

 B, vii, 19] which was later completed and amended [B, viii, 136]. 

 As regards the pathogenic importance of the various mosquitos much 

 uncertain information included in the first edition has been removed, 

 and of the Anophelines of neighbouring countries only those of Malacca 

 and New Guinea are mentioned, as the identity of the others is too 

 little known. 



Fernandez (S). L'AUevamento dei Pipistrelli per distruggere le 

 Zanzare. [The Breeding of Bats for the Destruction of 

 Mosquitos.] — Cronica Med.-Quirurgica de la Habana, xlvii, no 3, 

 March 1921, pp. 79-84. (Abstract in Ann. d' Igiene, Rome, xxxi, 

 no. 9, September 1921, pp. 579-580.) 



The author advocates the breeding of bats as mosquito-destroyers 

 by providing suitable shelters and protection against rats and mice, 

 as had been suggested in the United States [R.A.E., B, i, 176 ; but 

 cf. viii, 203]. 



PiATTi ( — ). Azione della Chloropierina. [The Action of Chloro- 

 picrin.] — Riv. di AnipcL, Leghorn, no. 9. (Abstract in Riv. 

 Agric, Parma, xxvi, no. 41, 14th October 1921, pp. 593-594.) 



Experiments in destroying rats with chloropicrin were made in 

 1917 in the laboratory and on two steamers with holds of about 28,000 

 and 38,000 cu. ft. capacity. 



The liquid was contained in a galvanised tank placed on deck, and 

 fell drop by drop into tubes containing cotton and hanging in the 

 hold. Using 900 cc. of chloropicrin all rats placed at various heights 

 in the hold were killed in 2| hours. 



Bertrand's experiments [R.A.E., B, viii, 76], made With higher 

 concentrations of chloropicrin, confirm these results and show that 

 the rat-fleas are killed before their hosts, a point of the utmost 

 importance in anti-plague work. 



