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Spiroptera are killed, as well as the larvae of the flies that might be 

 parasitised by them. The protection of these summer sores from 

 flies is recommended during hot weather. The wound should be 

 first carefully disinfected and then treated with a powder consisting 

 of 100 parts plaster, 20 parts alum, 10 parts naphthaline, and 10 parts 

 quinine, or any other bitter powder in sufficient Cjuantity. Sores so 

 treated should heal rapidly, provided that care be taken to renew 

 the powder as long as any lesion remains. 



M. Roubaud, commenting upon the author's communication, 

 remarked that the method described for the destruction of the larvae 

 of M. domestica is equally successful in the destruction of the eggs 

 and larvae of the intestinal Nematodes of the horse. 



Blanch ARD (R.). Larves de Nevropteres eventuellement hemato- 

 phages. [Larvae of Neuroptera as occasional Blood-suckers.]- - 

 Bill. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 7, July 1918, pp. 586-592, 

 5 figs. 



The case is recorded in the province of Buenos Aires of an insect 

 that fell from a tree on to the neck of a man who was severely 

 bitten by it. It was identified as the larva of a Hemerobiid, and is 

 fully described. The larvae of this family are carnivorous; certain 

 species wander about the branches and leaves of trees searching 

 for Aphids and evidently the larva in question belonged to one of 

 these. Similar cases of men being attacked by Neuropterous larvae 

 have been recorded, although they are rare. No ill-effects have ever 

 followed from such attacks, but they are considered worth recording 

 in view of the fact that they may not always prove inoffensive. 



Chatton (E.) & Blanc (G.). La Zs/^tomonas de la Tarente dans une 

 Region indemne de Bouton d'Orient. Observations et Experiences. 



[The Leptomonas of Tarentola maurit<inica in a Region free 

 from Oriental Sore. Observations and Experiments.] — Bull. Soc. 

 Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 7, July 1918, pp. 595-607. 



In view of the fact that species of Phlebotomns have been considered 

 the inoculators of Oriental sore, and that Phlebotomns africanus has 

 shown a decided predilection for the gecko, an attempt was made to 

 find in this lizard {Tarentola mauritanica) the virus of cutaneous 

 leishmaniasis, which is apparently unable to maintain itself upon 

 man from one period of endemicity to another. At the height of a 

 season of endemicity 229 individuals of T. mauritanica were examined, 

 but no parasite corresponding to Leptomonas was discovered, though 

 10 per cent, showed the Trypanosoma platydactyli of Catouillard. 



The investigations recorded in this paper have been of necessity 

 very fragmentary, but they are published in their present form owing 

 to the impossibility of continuing experiments at the present time. 



Oriental sore is found to be non-existent in south Tunisia. The 

 examination of 1,093 individuals of T. mauritanica showed no leish- 

 maniform bodies in the blood, but the cultures obtained included 

 Leptomonas, Crithidia or Trypanosoma and Trichomastix. A table 

 shows the essential characteristics of Leptomonas and Leishnania, 

 and the difficulty of differentiating the two forms is pointed out. 



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