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Africa and were found together in their burrows. They were also 

 found, together with Conhjlohia anthropophaga and Auclimeromyia 

 luteola, in huts and in holes in trees. The great predominance of 

 males in the burrows was noticeable, whereas females predominated 

 in huts and in tree-holes. The females seem therefore to seek the 

 open at certain periods of the year, at least. Of special importance 

 is the presence of the female Clioeromyia in human dwellings in 

 company with A. luteola and C. anthropophaga. Probably further 

 investigations will show the occasional parasitism on man of larvae 

 from the burrows of hairless animals. It is suggested that the same 

 association may exist between man, these flies and warthogs as lately 

 shown by Lloyd in the case of Ormthodorus moubata in Khodesia 

 [see this Review, Ser. B, iv, 3, p. 44]. 



Laveran (A.) & RouBAUD (E.). Sur un Myriapode ayant sejourn6 

 dans les fosses nasales d'un homme. [A Myriapod living in the 

 nasal cavity of a man.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, ix, no. 4, 

 12th April 1916, pp. 244-246, 1 fig. 



A female specimen of the Myriapod, Geophilus carpopJiagus, Leach, 

 was received at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, in March 1916 from 

 Dr. Gapin, one of whose patients had expelled it when blowing his nose. 

 The parasite measured nearly 2^ inches in length and had apparently 

 been living in the nasal cavity for several months, causing headache 

 and vertigo, which ceased immediately the cause was expelled. 

 G. carpopJiagus is a very common species in France and this individual 

 is believed to have entered by the nostrils when quite small. 



CtRIMshaw (P. H.). Flies in a Perthshire House. — Scottish Naturalist, 

 Edinburgh, no. 53, May 1916, p. 114. 



A collection of hibernating flies obtained in a house in Perthshire 

 included :• — 47 Limnophora septemnotata, Ztt., all females ; 35 males 

 and 44 females of Pollenia rudis, F. ; 48 males and 20 females of 

 Pyrellia eriophthalma, Mcq. ; 1 male and 2 females of CalUphora 

 erythrocephcda, Mg. ; 1 male and 2 females of C. groenlandica, Ztt. ; 

 1 female of Musca domestica, L. ; 4 specimens of Oecothea fenestralis, 

 Fin. ; 2 females of Aphiochoeta rufipes, Mg. Two Mycetophilids, 

 some Chalcids and one CoccinelUd, Adalia oblitemta, L., were also 

 present. From the number of insects in each room, there appeared 

 to be no evidence of a marked preference for any particular aspect. 



Basile (C). Leishmaniosi interna. [Internal Leishmaniasis.] — 



Annali d'Igiene, Rome, xxvi, no. 4, 30th April 1916, pp. 248-268, 



6 figs. 



The discovery of the existence of leishmaniasis of the internal organs 



has somewhat upset the theories held as to the causation of the various 



other forms of this disease by a specific parasite. A resume of the 



history and distribution of the disease is given, with a summary of 



information as to the parasites, methods of artificial cultivation, and 



the general results obtained by the inoculation of animals. Patton's 



statement that Cimex hemiptera (rotundatus) was a transmitting agent 



was followed by that of Donovan with regard to Triatoma {Conorrhimis) 



rifbrofasciata. Patton also studied the behaviour of the organisms 



