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FiOEiTO (G.)- Su di alcune Particolarita del Reperto emoparassito- 

 logico deir Infezione malarica. [Some Peculiarities in the Haemo- 

 parasitology of Malav'm.]—Ann. Med. Nav. e Colon., Rome (year 

 28) II, no. 7-8. July- August 1917, pp. 583-596. 



The studies recorded in this paper were made at Valona, Albania. 

 The mosquitos collected were Anopheles macnli'pennis, A. bifurcatus 

 and A. 'pseudopictus. Of these the first-named w^as the most common. 

 A. superpictus was not observed. 



Salm (A. J.). N6matoceres h6matophages de Java. [Blood-sucking 

 Nematocera from Java.] — Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Paris, xlii, 

 no. 8-10, 15th March 1918, pp. 135-139, 9 figs. 



The species dealt with in this paper are : — Ceratopogon raphaelis, 

 n. n. {blanchardi, Salm, nee Iches) ; Culicoides esmoneti, sp. n., a 

 small species found near rumiing water in bright sunshine ; and 

 C. javanicus, sp. n., of which only the female is known. 



Lang (W. D.). A Map showing the known Distribution in England 

 and Wales of the Anopheline Mosquitoes, with Explanatory Text 

 and Notes. — British Museum (Natural History), London, 1918, 

 63 pp. and map. Price 2s. 6<?. 



This pamphlet gives a key to the Anophehnes, Anopheles maculi- 

 pennis, Mg., A. bifurcatus, L., and A. plumbeus, Stephen [nigripes, 

 Staeger), found in the British Isles, together with a list of the localities, 

 671 in number, where their presence has been recorded in England 

 and Wales, in addition to various records from Scotland and Ireland. 



Teeadgold (Capt. C. H.). Malaria in Macedonia with especial 

 Reference to the Use of Prophylactic Quinine.— J^. R.A.M.C., 

 London, xxx, no. 6, June 1918, pp. 571-586. 



Both chnical and theoretical considerations lead to the conclusion 

 that the general course of malaria may be noticeably affected by the 

 previous taking of quinine, and that the sum of such influences is 

 frequently unfavourable. So far as the Alhed Armies in Macedonia 

 are concerned, there is every reason to suppose that quinine taken 

 daily over periods of many months has increased the severity and 

 chronicity of the disease in a certain proportion of cases, and that 

 in Macedonia at any rate, the disadvantages of quinine prophylaxis 

 outweigh the advantages. 



Small doses of prophylactic quinine, not too long continued, are 

 however of proved utihty to the natives of malarial countries, both 

 in the absence of anti-mosquito measures, and when such measures 

 are incomplete. Quinine may also l^e given to immigrants under 

 the following conditions : — during short journeys when conditions 

 with regard to mosquito prophylaxis are less favourable than usual ; 

 as an occasional dose after an unusually tiriag day ; as an occasional 

 course to nervous people for an additional precaution. 



Owing to this failure of quinine prophylaxis to protect non-immune 

 armies operating in high y malarial countries, efforts must be directed 

 to the destruction of mosquito larvae by -.— Subsoil drainage, which 

 is the ideal method, but often impracticable owing to finance and 



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