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Chun (J. W. H.). Horse Flies and Anthrax. — China Med. Jl., 

 (3 Shanghai, xxx, pt. 2, March 1916, pp. 89-91. 



Three cases of fatal cutaneous anthrax are reported from Harbin 

 following on the bite of Tabanids, and it is inferred from the 

 circumstances that the flies became infected from horses suffering 

 from anthrax, which appears to be fairly common in this region. 



RouBAUD (E.). Presentation d'un Atiophehs maculi'pennis capture d 



M Paris. [A Record of an Anopheles maculipennis captured in 



^ Vai'is.]— Bull. Soc. Path. ExoL, Paris, ix, no. 4, 12th April 1916, 



p. 203. 



A female example of Anopheles maculipennis, Meig., captured in the 



Pasteur Institute, lived for 24 hours on sugary substances, but refused 



to bite. Anopheline larvae are well-known in the suburbs of Paris, 



but their occurrence in Paris itself is rather improbable, although it 



was from a specimen taken in the Faubourg St. Jacques that Joblot, 



in 1754, drew the first figure known of these larvae. The presence of 



adults has not been previously reported in Paris itself though there is 



nothing to prevent specimens being carried from time to time into the 



city. 



Yakimoff (W. L.), Schokhor (N. J.) & Koselkine (P. M.). Spiro- 

 ch6tose des poules au Turkestan russe. [Spirochaetosis of fowls 

 in Russian Turkestan.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, ix, no. 4, 

 12th April 1916, pp. 227-228. 



With regard to the transmission of spirochaetosis of fowls in 



Turkestan, it is stated that in one case where an epizootic existed 



. in a fowl-yard, although it was not possible to examine the blood of 



the birds, a number of Argas jjersicus from them were obtained and 



these transmitted infection to other fowls. 



RoDHAiN (J.) & Van den Branden (F.). Sur la receptivite de la 

 roussette, Cynonycteris straminea, aux diflerents virus de 

 trypanosomes africains. [The susceptibility of the flying-fox, 

 Cynonycteris straminea, to different strains of African trypano- 

 somes.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, ix, no. 4, April 1916^ 

 pp. 234-236. 



Attempts to infect flying-foxes {Cynonycteris straminea) with 

 T. lewisi, T. cazalboui {vivax-angolense) and T. co7igoIense, failed. 

 Two were mfected with T. gambiense and death occurred in 52 and 

 68 days respectively. It was found that T. gambiense does not 

 develop in Cyclopodia greeffi, with which Nycteribiid the animals were 

 infested. 



BouET (G.) & Roubaud (E.). Nouvelle contribution a I'Etude des. 

 Ch6romyies de I'Afrique Oecidentale francaise. [A new contribu- 

 tion to the study of the Choeromyia of French West Africa.]— 

 Bull. Sos. Path. Exot., Paris, ix, no. 4, 12th April 1916, 

 pp. 242-243. 



Both Choeromyia choerophaga and C. boueti were found in large 

 numbers during a recent journey in Lower Senegal. These fhes are 

 specially parasitic on Orycteropiis (antbears) and warthogs in Westt/T-. 



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