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d'Anfreville (L.). La Fievre jaune et le Maroc. [Yellow fever and 

 Morocco.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 10, 8th 

 December 1915, pp. 732-733. 



The introduction of yellow fever into Morocco is Ukely to be greatly 

 facilitated by the completion of the harbour works at present in course 

 of construction. Stegomyia fasciata, the transmitter of yellow fever, 

 i,s distributed northward as far as the frontiers of France, occurring 

 throughout Spain, and in the coastal districts of Morocco has been 

 taken in Mazagan in the south and at Kabat and Sale towards the 

 north. This mosquito begins to appear in May, and disappears at the 

 end of November. It is especially abundant from July to September, 

 and the houses of the Arabs form favourable places for breeding. An 

 epidemic of yellow fever lias been prevented by the absence of good 

 sea -ports. Steamers anchor at a considerable distance from the shore, 

 and infected mosquitos, even in a favourable wind, would scarcely be 

 able to reach the land. The only possible means of contamination 

 would be the landing of a yellow fever patient during the first three 

 days of infection. The dangerous season is the same for Morocco as 

 for West Africa, the ports of Senegal, w^here the disease is well known, 

 being only three or four days distant. It is therefore of the utmost 

 importance for the future protection of Morocco that strict sanitary 

 measures should be enforced at the ports. 



RoDHAiN (J.) Bequaert (J.). Suf QuclquGs Oestrides du Congo 

 (3"^ ' communication pr61iminaire). [On some Oestrids from the 

 Congo.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 10, 8th December 

 1915, pp. 765-778. 



This paper deals with the Oestrid parasites of Elephas africamis, 

 Blum., in the Belgian Congo. Four out of the five known species 

 parasitic on elephants occur in this region. These are : Neocuterehra 

 squamosa, Griinberg, Pharyngobohis africanus, Brauer, Cobboldia 

 loxodontis, Brauer, and C. chrysidiformis, sp. n. ; the fifth species is 

 C. elephantis, Cobb, occurring in the Indian elephant. 



The larvae of N. squamosa are found in the adipose tissue of the sole 

 of the foot. The numbers obtained were few, and attempts to rear 

 the adult failed. The larvae of P. africanus occur commonly, attached' 

 to the wall of the oesophagus, in elephants found in the Welle region. 

 The pupae have been obtained from fresh dung. C loxodontis and 

 C chrysidiformis are very frequently met with side by side in the 

 .stomach of the same animal. A description of the two species is given. 

 The duration of the nymphal stage in both is 19 or 20 days. 



Weidman (F. D.). An Arachnoid {Pneumotiiher yymcaci, Landois and 

 Hoepke?) parasitic in the lungs of a Monkey {Macacus rhesus).— 

 Jl. Contj). Path. Thcrajyeut., London, xxviii, no. 4, December 1915, 

 pp. 326-330, 1 fig. 



An Arachnoid parasite, Pneumoiuber macaci, Landois and Hoepke, 

 was found in nodules in the lungs of a monkey from the Philadelphia 

 Zoological Gardens. Other records of similar parasites have been 

 made in the cases of an a]ie. Cynocejihahis sp., from Java, eleven 



