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Christophers (Major S. K.). A Revision of the Nomenclature of 

 Indian Anophelini. — Ind. Jl. Med. Research, Calcutta, iii, no. 3, 

 January 1916, pp. 454-488. [Received 20th March 1916.] 



A list of vahd species and varieties of Indian Anophelines is given 

 with their synonyms and a key to the Indian species. The relation 

 to malaria of 24 out of the 38 species mentioned is discussed. 

 The following are recorded as carriers either experimentally or in 

 nature :- — A. barbirostris, A. culicifacies, A.fuliginosus, A.funestus var. 

 listoni, A. ludlowi, A. maculatus, A. ^naculi'pal'pis, A. minimus, A. rossi 

 (though the position of the varieties of this species is doubtful), 

 A. stepJiensi, A. theobaldi, A. turkhidi and A. willmori. A lengthy 

 bibliography is appended. 



Christophers (Major S, R.). An Indian Tree-Hole breeding Anopheles, 

 A. barianensis, James, = A. {Cododiazesis) ^^wmfteMs, Haliday. — 

 Ind. Jl. Med. Research, Calcutta, iii, no. 3, January 1916, 

 pp. 489-496, 1 plate. [Received 20th March 1916.] 



Anopheles plumbeus (barianensis) has been recorded from several 

 localities in the Western Himalayas at heights varying from 6,000 to 

 8,000 feet. Larvae were collected at Simla from water contained in 

 the hollows of trees, generally oaks. The water was usually dark 

 brown in colour. Larvae in the laboratory fed readily on fragments of 

 crushed insects. Adults were found during the day resting inside 

 hollow trees. Most of the females captured contained blood in the 

 gut ; as they were found to enter houses in the morning and evening, 

 it is probable that most of the blood was of human origin. Adults 

 kept in captivity fed and oviposited freely, while larvae reared from 

 the eggs gave rise to adults about four weeks later. A. plumbeus 

 was numerous in the area investigated, but so far as was known, no 

 cases of indigenous malaria were contracted at Simla. A description 

 of the developmental stages is given. 



Prashad (B.). Male Generative organs of some Indian Mosquitos.— 

 Ind. Jl. Med. Research, Calcutta, iii, no. 3, January 1916, 

 pp. 497-502, 2 plates. [Received 20th March 1916.] 



This paper gives an account of the male genitaha of Anopheles 

 willmori, James, Culex fatigans, Wied., Stegomyia scutellaris. Walk., 

 Ochlerotatus pseudotaeniatus, Giles, and Theobaldia spathipalpis, Rond. 



AwATi (P. R.). studies in Flies. — ii. Contributions to the Study of 

 Specific Differences in the Genus Mu.sca.^hid. Jl. Med. Research, 

 Calcutta, iii, no. 3, Januarv 1916, pp. 510-529, 20 plates, 1 table. 

 [Received 20th March 1916.] 



This paper gives an account of the morphology of the genitalia in 

 Calyptrate flies, and discusses the homologies of the segments and their 

 appendages in the male. The genitalia in the genus Musca are dealt 

 with in detail. 



