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1 Palazzolo (G.). VHipoderma bovis e la Mosca Dermatobius noxialis 

 cyaniventris del Brasile. [Hypoderma bovis and the fly Derma- 

 tobia noxialis or cyaniventris of Brazil.]- — Nuovo Ercolani, Turin, 

 xxi, no. 26-27, 20tli-30th September 1916, pp. 433-437. 



In Brazil Hypoderma bovis either does not occur at all, or only very 

 rarely. Dermatobia liominis, Say {noxialis, Goud.) is very common 

 and its larva causes great losses. It not only infests cattle, but 

 also the horse, donlvey, mule, monkey and even man. D. hominis 

 less frequently met with on hot, sunny days ; it is usually found 

 uear stock. Enormous numbers of calves perish through its attack, 

 especially when another fly, which resembles SarcojjJiaga carnaria and 

 is very numerous, deposits its eggs in the tumours due to D. hominis. 

 The natives treat infested animals by remo\^ng the larva and 

 pouring pure creolin into the wound, closing the orifice "ndth dried 

 horse-dung. 



BiMBi (P.). La Piroplasmosi Equina in Sardegna. [Equine Piroplas- 

 roosis in Sardinia.]' — Moderno Zooiatro, Bologna, Parte Scient., v, 

 no. 9, 30th September 1916, pp. 225-233. 



In Sardinia equine piroplasmosis was first observed in 1908. It 

 ■occurs more especially in the province of Caghari, of which a large 

 portion is flat, marshy ground, where ticks abomid. Margaropus 

 <innulatus is supposed to be the transmitter. All the observed cases 

 occurred in imported animals, viz. : the Hungarian horses of the 

 moimted police. A bibliography of eight works is given. 



Ihering (R. von). Aranhas e outros Arachnoides do Brazil que 

 determinam Envenemento. [Spiders and other Arachnoidea of 

 Brazil with venemous Bites.] — Annates Paulistas Med. e Cirurgia, 

 S. Paulo, vii, no. 1, July 1916, pp. 5-9, 1 plate. [Received llth 

 December 1916.] 



The venomous spiders occurring in Brazil include : — Homoeomma 

 nigrum, Heterojjoda venatoria, Lycosa raptoria, Latrodectus mactans, 

 and Menenierus bivittatus. 



Schilling (V.). Zur Biologie der Kleiderlaus. Uebertragung auf dem 

 Luftwege. [The Transportation of Lice by Wind.] — Milnchener 

 Med. Wochenschr., Munich, Ixiii, no. 32, 8th August 1916, p. 1176. 



The possibility of lice being transported by wind has been proved. 

 While a labour battalion was being medically inspected in the Taurus 

 region, engineers and officers standing behind the doctor to the leeward 

 observed the presence of hce, gorged with blood, on their clothes. 

 The men were passing one by one before the doctor and were stripped 

 to the waist. There was no contact between them and the other 

 members of the inspection committee. Wind transportation may 

 therefore be a source of danger in the case of typhus and recurrent 

 fever. 



