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RoDHAix (J.) & ViLLENEUVE (J.)- Passercmyia, genre nouveau des 

 Anthomyidae (Dipt.). ^ larve h6matophage. [Passermnyia, a new 

 genus of Anthomviidae with a haeinatophagous larva.] — Bidl.Soc. 

 Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 8, 13th October 1915, pp. 591-593. 



A new genu.s, Passeromyia, is erected and described for Muscina 

 heterochaeta, Yillen. [Bull. Soc. Entom. France, no. 14, 28th July, 1915, 

 p. 225). This species is very common in Africa, from the tropics 

 southward, and the larvae have been found to attack many nestling 

 birds, including those of various Ploceidae, Cinnyris cupreus, and 

 species of Hirundo. It belongs to the sub-family, Muscinae, whereas 

 Phormia sordida, the larvae of which has similar habits [see this 

 Review, Ser. B, iii, p. 122] belongs to the Calliphorinae. 



In a note to this article, it is pointed out that confusion has arisen 

 among some authorities between Phormia sordida, Zett. {Lucilia dispar, 

 Dufour) and Phormia {Protocalliphora) azurea, Fall. The authors 

 agree with Rondani and Zetterstedt in treating these as two distinct 

 species. 



Bequaert (J.). Note rectificative concernant les Auchm6romyies du 

 Congo. [A rectification relating to Auchmeromyia from the 

 Congo.] — Bidl. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 8, 13th October 

 1915, pp. 593-594. 



The example of Choeromyia choerophaga, Roub., recorded from the 

 N.E. corner of the Belgian Congo [see this Review, Ser. B, iii, p. 197] 

 is stated to have been erroneously identified and to be in fact a female 

 of Cordylobia anthropophaga, Blanch. 



d'ANFREViLLE (L.). Notc historiquc a propos des moustiques agents 

 de transmission des maladies. [A historical note on mosquitos 

 as carriers of disease.] — Bidl. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 8, 

 13th October 1915, pp. 594-595. 



An official French report, dated 24th August 1818, records the fact 

 that all the Europeans taking part in the first expedition to Upper 

 Senegal were provided with pieces of cloth to protect them against 

 mosquitos, because the sleeplessness due to mosquito bites was one 

 of the chief predisposing causes of mortality among Europeans ou 

 the river. 



Martini (E.). Ueber drei weniger bekannte deutsche Kuliziden : 



Aedes ornalus, Meig. ; Mansonia richardii. Fie., und Anopheles 

 {Coelodiazesis) nigripes, Stager. [On three little-known German 

 mosquitos.] — Arch. f. Schiffs- u. Tropen-Hygiene, Leipzig, xix, 

 no. 22, November 1915, pp. 585-607, 10 figs. 



The three mosquitos, Ochlerotatus {Aedes) ornatus, Taeniorhynchus 

 {Mansonia) richardii and Anopheles nigripes are described in this paper. 

 Larvae of 0. ornatus and A. nigripes were found in water in hollow 

 trees near Hamburg, Liibeck and Rostock ; the females of the former 

 are easily caught near the breeding places. T. richardii was abundant 

 near Hamburg early in July 1914. 



