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A. (S.) aitkeni var. papuae [R.A.E., B. viii, 136]. The four last-named 

 are new forms of which illustrated descriptions are given. 



A. annulipes var. moluccensis is the most ubiquitous species in the 

 Dutch East Indies ; it occurs in both fresh and salt water to a greater 

 extent than other Anopheline larvae. A. punctulatus var. orient alis 

 breeds in the forests, in fresh-water pools and rivulets. In the eastern 

 portion of the area under consideration it has almost displaced the 

 typical form. A. aitkeni var. insulae-florum breeds in slow-flowing or 

 standing clear water in the woods in Ambon, one of the Moluccas. 

 A. aitkeni var. papuae was found only in New Guinea, in slow-flowing 

 forest rivulets. 



The distribution of these species is shown on a map, and it would 

 appear that the Austrahan Anopheline fauna is not limited by the 

 Wallace line (Straits of Lombok — Straits of Macassar), but by a line 

 eastwards of Celebes. The point at which this line crosses the chain 

 of the lesser Sunda Islands is not known. 



The breeding places in the Archipelago eastwards of Celebes are 

 shown in a table. A second table covers the breeding places in Celebes 

 and Boeton, and a third shows the relation between enlarged spleen 

 and Anopheline occurrence. It appears from the latter that localities 

 where there are breeding places of A. ludloivi and A. suhpictus {rossi) 

 usually have a high spleen index. 



ScHUFFNER (W.) & SwELLENGREBEL (N. H.). Handlciding voor het 

 Epidemiologisch Malaria-Onderzoek. [A Manual for Malaria 

 Investigation.] — Hoofdbureau van der Burgerlijken Geneeskun- 

 digen Dienst, Weltevreden, 1918, x-|-67 pp., 27 plates, 9 charts. 

 [Received 19th June 1920.] 



This fuUy illustrated pocket manual is intended for officials of the 

 Dutch East Indian Civil Medical Service, and gives instructions 

 regarding topographical, clinical and entomological investigations. 

 The last-named section deals with methods of capturing and deter- 

 minmg Anopheline larvae and adults and of ascertaining the presence 

 of malaria parasites in the adult mosquito. 



Keys to both sexes of the adults and to the larvae are given. 



Crimi (P.). Sulla Terapia della Rogna sarcoptica degli Equini e su di 

 un Metodo curativo elTicace, rapido e semplice. [The Therapy 

 of Sarcoptic Mange of Equines and an efficacious, rapid and simple 

 Method of Cure.] — Ann. Star. Sperinient. Malattie Infettive del 

 Bestiame, Portici, v (1918), no. 1, 1919, pp. 19-71. [Received 23rd 

 June 1920.] 



The following method of treating sarcoptic mange on equines is 

 recommended. The animals are clipped, washed with soft-soap 

 containing 4 per cent, of creolin, and then rubbed with an ointment 

 composed of flowers of sulphur 25, tobacco extract (Italian government 

 brand), 5 and vaseline 100, all parts by weight. The application is 

 made on one side of the animal, the other side being treated on the 

 following day. Two days after this second application the animal is 

 washed with ordinary soap and hot water. 



