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of the female. The bacilli could live in the digestive tract for at least 

 four days, and it is therefore considered probable that infection can 

 take place by the deposition of fresh excrement on wounds. This 

 deposition occurs less commonly than is usually believed, since flies 

 removed from septic material for 24 hours do not cause infection. 



Lane (Lieut.-Col. D. T.). Report on Malaria in the Punjab during the 

 Year 1914, together with an Account of the Work of the Punjab 

 Malaria Bureau. — Lahore, 1915 : Printed by the Superintendent 

 Govt. Printing, Punjab, 3 pp., 3 maps, 3 charts. Price 

 Rs. 1-5-0 or 2s. 



Three maps, three charts and a mortality table illustrate this report. 

 From a summary of the malaria survey of Lahore, it is concluded that 

 protection from malaria would not be difficult or expensive there. 

 There is a chain of pools along the sides of practically all the roads 

 approaching the city and in some of these Anopheles larvae were found 

 all the year round. 



Hirst (S.). On a New Variety of European Tich: {Dermacentor reticu- 

 latus, var. aulicus, var. nov.) — Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 

 xvii, no. 100, April 1916, p. 308. 



A preliminary account is given of Derfnacenfor reticulatus, var. 

 aulicus, n., found on a wild boar killed in France. 



Storey (G.). The Fumigation of Barracks against Bed-Bugs {Cimex 

 lectularius, h.). — Agric. Jl. Egy2')t, Cairo, v, (1915), nos. 1-2,. 

 1916, pp. 81-83. 



During the summer of 1915, the troops stationed in Egypt suffered 

 serious discomfort from bed-bugs, which are numerous in nearly all 

 the barracks. After the miUtary authorities had unsuccessfully tried 

 washing with paraffin and creosote, the Entomological Section of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture tried fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas. 

 The method employed is described in detail, 1 oz. of cyanide and 1 oz. 

 of sulphuric acid in 2 oz. of water being allowed for every 100 cubic 

 feet of space. The gas was given four hours to act and then the rooms 

 were fully ventilated for about two hours before they were entered. 

 After the operation was finished, vast quantities of bugs were 

 found to have been killed. The military authorities were so satisfied 

 with the results that further requests for similar treatment were 

 received and were carried out until the stock of cyanide was practically 

 exhausted. This paper closes with notes on the proper construction 

 and fitting of buildings with a view to the prevention of the necessity 

 for fumigation. 



Creel (R. H.). The Extension of Plague Infection of the Bubonic 

 Type. — Amer. Jl. Public Health, Concord, N.H., vi, no. 3, March 

 1916, pp. 191-221, 4 sketch-maps. 



The spread of bubonic plague in the New World is described. It is 

 concluded that the transmission of plague by flea-infested clothing 

 from a human case is a remote contingency and that the possibility of 

 transmission by stray fleas in merchandise is evident, but improbable, 



