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by that of cattle. Ticks were also found where there were no cattle, 

 but in places which were evidently the favourite haunts of wild 

 animals. 



KELLoorG (V. L.) & Ferris (G. F.). Anoplura and Mallophaga from 

 Zululand. — Ann. Durban Mus., Durban, i, no. 2, 15th May 1915, 

 pp. 147-158, 2 plates. [Received 5th June 1916.] 



The Anoplura recorded include : — Polyplax otomydis, Cummings, 

 from Otomys irroratus ; P.jonesi, sp. n., from Saccostomus cmnpestris ; 

 Hoplopleura intermedia, sp. n., from Miis coucha ? and H. enormis, 

 sp. n., from Arvicanthis dorsalis. 



Edwards (F. W.). An Annotated List of Mosquitos occurring at 

 Durban, Natal. — Ann. Durban Mus., Durban, i, no. 2, 15th May 

 1915, pp. 160-1G6. [Recsived5th June 1916.] 



' ' The following species of mosquitos are recorded : — Anopheles 

 maurifianus, Grp., not frequenting houses and not known to be a carrier 

 of malaria ; Toxorhynchites brevipaljns, Theo., a beneficial species, 

 widely distributed in Africa, its larva feeding on the larvae of other 

 mosquitos ; Banhsinella lineatopennis, Ludl., occurring throughout the 

 Ethiopian region and from India to the Malay States and Philippine 

 Islands ; B. luteolateralis, Theo. ; B. luteolateralis, Theo., var. flavi- 

 nervis, Edw. ; Armigeres argenteoventralis, Theo., found in Durban, 

 Ashanti and Lagos ; Stego?nyia fasciaia, F. ; Ochlerotafus durbanensis, 

 Theo., rare at Durban, found also at Delagoa Bay, in Abyssinia and in 

 Uganda ; 0. bevisi, Edw. ; 0. albocephalus, Theo., recorded also from 

 Gambia and the Gold Coast ; 0. dentatus, Theo. ; 0. quasiunivittatus, 

 Theo. ; Taeniorhynchus meiallicus, Theo., widely distributed in Africa, 

 the adults inhabiting marshes ; T. aureus, Edw. ; T. ckubbi, Edw. ; 

 T.fuscopennatus, Theo., found also in Uganda and British East Africa ; 

 Mansoniodes africanus, Theo., a swamp form, widely distributed in 

 tropical Africa ; M. tmiformis, Theo., known to carry filariasis ; 

 Culiciomyia nebulosa, Theo. ; C^dex thalassius, Theo., occurring also 

 in Gambia, South Nigeria, the Gold Coast and Portuguese East Africa ; 

 C. tipidiformis, Theo., found in South and East Africa, Canary Islands, 

 Crete and North India; C. pipiens, L. ; C. fatigans, Wied. ; C. 

 pallidocephalus, Theo. ; C. univittatus, Theo., occurring also in Southern 

 Spain ; C. simjjsoni, Theo., known also in the Transvaal and Rhodesia ; 

 C. tigripes, Grp., the larvae of which prey on other mosquito larvae ; 

 and Eretinapodites quinquevittatus, Theo., also recorded from Sierra 

 Leone, Gold Coast, Belgian Congo and Madagascar. 



Ferris (G. F.). Mallophaga and Anoplura from South Africa, with a 

 list of Mammalian Hosts of African species. — Ann. Durban Mus., 

 Durban, i, no. 3, 20th April 1916, pp. 230-252, 12 figs. [Received 

 5th June 1916.] 



The following Anoplura are recorded :—Scipio aulacodi, Neu., and 

 S. breviceps, sp. n., from Thryonomys sp. ; Haematopinus phachochoeri, 

 Enderl., from Potaynocliaerus cJioeropotanms ; Linognailms angidatus. 



