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districts, infected armadillos have been observed. These animals 

 appear therefore to be the reservoir of the virus away from 

 human habitations. A bibliography of 24 works concludes this 

 paper. ^ 



da Costa Lima (A.). chalcidideo Himterellus hookeri, Howard, 



parasita do carrapato RhipicepJialus sanguineus, Latreille, observado , 0* 



no Rio de Janeiro. [The Chalcid, Hunferellus hookeri, Howard,' | j 

 a parasite of the tick Rhipicephahis sanguineus, Latreille, observed''^ 

 in Rio de Janeiro.] — Rev. Vet. Zootechnia, Rio de Janeiro, v, no. 4, 

 August 1915, pp. 201-203, 1 plate. [Received 21st December 

 1915.] 

 In April 1914, the author observed on a dog infested with Rhipi- 

 cep>}iahis sanguineus, Latr., a number of small black Hymenoptera 

 which were running rapidly about the animal's coat, and the Chalcid, 

 Hunterellus hookeri, How., was bred from the ticks taken from it. 

 A bibliography of four works is given. 



Macfarlane (H.). Report on work other than routine work done in 

 (3- the Bacteriological Institute, Hongkong, for the first half of 1915. 



— Hongkong, 12th November 1915. [Received from the Colonial 

 Office 3rd January 1916.] 



The investigation of the mosquitos of Hongkong was continued. 

 Up to date, probably not less than 50,000 specimens of mosquitos 

 have been examined. In July visits were made to Kowloon to 

 determine the breeding places of Stegomyia fasciata. Twenty-nine 

 per cent, of the houses visited had larvae in their water storage ; all 

 the larvae bred out were those of S. fasciata, except one S. scutellaris. 

 Most of the larvae were found in water stored in earthenware jars. 

 The author is of the opinion that S. fasciata is present in Kowloon in 

 sufficient numbers to be a serious problem in the event of yellow fever 

 being introduced. In Victoria, the examination of miscellaneous 

 water-holding receptacles showed that they were not to be regarded as 

 breeding places of S. fasciata, though they were largely infested with 

 S. scutellaris. The supply of drinking water is continuous for about 

 seven months in the year, and search for larvae in storage vessels 

 during the period of intermittent supply yielded 59 larvae from 1,100 

 vessels. These were mainly S. scutellaris, with a few Cuhx fatigans, 

 no examples of S. fasciata being present. Results so far show that 

 Victoria is not, for all practical purposes, infested with S. fasciata. 

 The difference between the system of water supply of this town and 

 that of Kowloon is considered responsible for this state of affairs. 



Roubaud (E.)- Description de deux Simulies nouvelles des hautes 



(^ regions de I'Afrique tropicale (Dipt., Tipul.). [A description of 



two new species of Sinmlium fiom the high regions of tropical 



Africa. (Dipt. Tipul.)] — Bull. Soc. Eniom. France, Paris, no. 18, 



24th November 1915, pp. 293-295, 2 figs. [Received 3rd January 



1916.] 



A description is given of Simulium neavei, sp. n., from altitudes 



of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet in W. Ankole, Uganda, and S. dentidosum, 



sp. n., taken at 6,000 to 7,000 feet on the slopes of Mt. Kenya and at 



3,600 feet at the foot of Mount Elgon, British East Africa. 



