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Tineola biselliella was reared from dog-biscuit and casein and appeared 

 to thrive better on these foods than on fur and woollen materials. 

 The Ptinid, Niptus hololeucus, was also obtained from casein. Tricho- 

 phaga tapetiella emerged in considerable numbers during the summer 

 from stored deer hides. 



Froggatt (W. W.). a New Parasite on Sheep Maggot Flies. Notes 

 and Description of a Chalcid Parasite {Chalcis calliphorae). — 

 Agric. Gaz. N.S.W., Sydney, xxvii, no. 7, July 1916, pp. 505-507, 

 1 plate. 



Mr. T. McCarthy, Entomological Assistant at the Government 

 Sheep-fly Experiment Station at Wooloondool, reported the discovery 

 early in April of a new Chalcid parasite attacking maggots of the blow- 

 fly Anastellorhina augur {Calliphora oceaniae). This is described and 

 figured under the name, Chalcis calliphorae, sp. n. This parasite is 

 much larger than the common Nasonia brevicornis ; maggots parasitised 

 by it are able to pupate, the adult Chalcids emerging from the puparia. 

 Though only a single individual infests each puparium and the increase 

 of this species is not so rapid as the more prohfic Nasonia, it may be of 

 considerable economic importance. It is hardy, easy to handle and 

 breed in captivity, and will stand a long journey by post. 



CuRLEWis (A. W.). Sheep Dips. — Jl. Dept. Agric. Victoria, Melbourne, 

 xiv, no. 7, July 1916, pp. 423-432, 8 figs. [Received 15th 

 September 1916.] 



This paper contains particulars and plans of tanks suitable for 

 dipping small or large flocks of sheep. 



Balfour (A.). The Medical Entomology of Salonica. — Published by 

 Wellcome Bur. Sci. Research, London, 1916, 25 pp., 31 figs. 

 [Received 13th September 1916.] 



In an address delivered to the Salonica Medical Society, the author 

 deals briefly with the life-history, habits, and methods of control of the 

 following insects and Arachnids occurring in this region : — Musca 

 domestica, Fannia canvularis, Lucilia caesar, Calliphora erythrocephala, 

 Stonioxys calcitrans, Sarcophaga sp., Hippobosca, Stegomyia fasciata, 

 Anopheles, Culex, Phlebotomus papatasii, Simulium, Pediculus spp., 

 Cimex spp., Pulex irritans and Sarcoptes scabiei. 



Ligue Sanitaire Francaise. [French sanitary league.] — Circulars 

 nos. 3, 4, 5 ; Ist & 15th May, 1st June 1916. Offices, 72, Rue de 

 Rome, Paris. 



Under the general heading " Advice on practical hygiene," the French 

 sanitary league [see this Review, Ser. B, iv, p. 17] has issued three 

 circulars on fly control. The first, by H. G. Richter, deals with the 

 measures necessary to destroy or drive away flies in rooms tenanted by 

 tuberculous patients, flies being the principal agents in the transmission 

 of tuberculosis. All refuse must be burnt, the windows of the patient's 

 room must be fitted with screens, the walls and ceiling must be papered, 

 painted or whitewashed a pale blue colour, the sputum must be received 



