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rapid spread of the disease, and one of the serious aspects of the 

 question is that epidemics of yellow fever frequently begin with a 

 series of mild cases, the nature of which may be overlooked. The 

 fact that trade between Queensland and America has already increased, 

 combined with the great prevalence of Stegomyia in that State, points 

 to the necessity of taking immediate measures to prevent any possible 

 outbreak. The proposal put forward that there should be an 

 Intelligence Officer, trained in sanitary administration, stationed at 

 Panama to act as an outpost for Australia and Asia, is considered 

 worthy of the warmest support. It would also be advisable for the 

 Australian and New Zealand authorities to combine and station an 

 officer in Samoa or Tahiti. The most important aspect of the yellow 

 fever question, so far as Australia is concerned, is to reduce the mosquito 

 population. 



A mosquito survey, with special reference to Stegomyia fa sciata, has 

 been made in the principal coastal towns of North Queensland. 

 S.fasciata and Culexfatigans were found in all the towns visited, while 

 Anopheles (NyssorhyncJms) annidipes occurred in all except Thursday 

 Island and Innisfail. Other mosquitos recorded in Townsville were : — 

 Anopheles barbirostris var. bancrofti, Giles ; Mucidus alternans, 

 Westw. ; Calomyia priestleyi, Taylor ; Ochlerotatus {Scutomyia) 

 notosoriptus, Skuse ; 0. vigilax, Skuse ; Aedimorphus australis, Taylor 

 Pseudohowarditia linealis, Taylor ; Ochlerotatus {Culicada) annulatus 

 Taylor ; Culex squamosus, Taylor ; C. {Leucomyia) annulatus, Taylor 

 C. annulirostris, Taylor ; Culex {CuUcelsa) abdominaUs, Taylor 

 C.fuscus, Taylor ; C. pahdis, Taylor ; C. simj^lex, Taylor ; C. sitiens 

 Wied. ; C. concolor, R-D. {tign])es, Grp.) ; Taeniorhynclius {Chryso 

 conops) acer, Walk. ; Mansonioides {Taeniorhynchus) imiformis, Theo. 

 Finlaya poicilia, Theo. ; Aedeomyia veviustipes, Skuse ; Ficalbia 

 {Dixomyia) elegans, Taylor ; Uronofaenia albescens, Taylor ; U. propria, 

 Theo., and U. {Anisocheleomyia) yiivipes, Theo. 



A second survey of North Queensland showed that larvae of 

 ;S. fasciata were present in water-holding receptacles throughout the 

 towns visited. [See this Revietv, Ser. B, iv, p. 10.1 



In addition to the records from Queensland, S. fa sciata has been 

 found at Grafton and Newcastle in New South Wales, and at Port 

 Darwin in the Northern Territory. S. sciitellaris, Walk., is uncommon 

 in Australia. It has been recorded at Port Darwin, and occurs also in 

 one locality in New Guinea. An allied species, S. pseudoscutellaris, 

 Theo., appears to be more widely distributed. The resolutions of the 

 International Sanitarj^ Convention of 1912 and the regulations in 

 force for the quarantine control of vessels arriving at and passing 

 through the Panama Canal are given. 



Randone (F.). La comparsa di un focolaio di " febbre di tre giorni" 



in Siracusa. [The appearance of a focus of Three Day Fever 

 in Syracuse.] — Malaria e Malaitie dei Paesi Caldi, Rome, vi, 

 nos. 5-6. September-December 1915. pp. 247-249. 



A small epidemic of three-day fever, which occurred in a household 

 at Syracuse in the summer of 1915, is described. The symptoms were 

 typical and Phlebotomus was very abundant. The family attacked 

 had lately occupied a house of recent construction which was surrounded 

 by old ruined walls. 



