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poultry houses, etc., and finally the fowls were thoroughly dusted with 

 sulphur and exposed to rain. No bad results were noted. This 

 treatment combined with a continuous war against sparrows will it is 

 hoped eradicate the present infestation. 



Parker (T.). The Rat Problem.— Fef. Jl, London, Ixxvi, no. 2, 

 February 1920, pp. 50-62. 



The damage caused by rats, as well as measures for dealing with them ^ 

 including the use of baits, poisons, traps and gases, are discussed. 



Diseases carried by rats include spirochaetal jaundice, rat-bite fever, 

 plague and tuberculosis. The transmitting agents of some of these 

 diseases to man are the fleas, Ceratophyllus fasciatus and Pulex irritant. 



The dog and cat fleas, Ctenocephalus canis and C. felis, are also 

 frequently foimd on rats. 



Bertrand (Gr.) & Brocq-Kousseu. Sur la D6ratisation par la 

 Chloropierine.— 6'. R. Hebdom. Acad. Sci., Paris, clxx, no. 6, 

 9th February 1920, pp. 345-347. 



The results of experiments made to test the action of chloropicrin 

 on Mus decumanus and on the flea infesting it, Cemtophyllus fasciatus, 

 Bosc, are given in tabular form. The vapour of this substance may 

 be considered a very effective agent for destroying both rat and fleas 

 and as it has no effect on material or colours, it may be usefully 

 employed for deaUng with rat-infested ships. 



The rats examined were found to carry the largest number of fleas in 

 August and very few during autumn and winter. 



Gerard (P.). Note sur la Distribution g^ographique du Genre 

 Glossina dans la Region miniere de la Lukuga sup^rieure.— 

 Rev. Zool. Africaine, Brussels, vii, no. 3, 15th November 1919- 

 15th January 1920, pp. 229-235, 1 map. 



This article deals with the distribution in Upper Lukuga, Belgian 

 Congo, of Glossina palpalis, G. morsitans, G. pallidipes, G. brevijxdpis and 

 G.fuscipleuris, and includes a map of the district illustrating the author's 

 j oumeys and the places at which the various species were found. 



Brolemann (H. W.). Sur quelques Oulex des Pyr6n6es, ii : Campagne 



1918. — Ann. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, Ixxxviii, no. 1-2, 1919, 



pp. 65-103, 40 figs. 

 Notes with details of the structure of the genitalia are given on twelve 

 species of mosquitos collected in the Pyrenees, with descriptions and 

 figures of Ochlerotatus geniculatus {Culicada albo punctata), 0. rusticus 

 {C. quadratimacuUta), which however does not occur in the Pyrenees, 

 C. cantans,* 0. (C.) nemorosus salinus,* 0. caspius {C. penicillaris), 

 Theohaldia annulata, T. morsitans,* T. longiareolata {spathipalpis) 

 [see also R.A.E., B, vii, . 140]. A new sub-genus, Allotheobaldia, is 

 erected for the last-named. 



[* We are informed by Mr. F. W. Edwards that these species have been 

 iacorrectly iieutifiei. The correct names should be Ochlerotatus annulipes, 

 Mg., O. dorsovittatus, Villea., and Theohaldia fmnipennis, Steph., respec- 

 tively.— Ed.] 



