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de Campos (M.). Sobre algumas afEeccoes cutaneas do interior do 

 Brasil. [Some Skin Affections in the Interior of Brazil.]— ^rc/i. 

 Brasileiros de Med., Rio de Janeiro, v, no. 10, October 1915, 

 pp. 358-363. 



When travelling in the interior of Brazil in 1910-1911, the author 

 noticed pustular affections due to the bites of two species of Simulvmn 

 and of a species of Ceratopogon. 



BiuM Ha poraiOMTj CKOT"b. [Lice on cattle.] — «Xo3flMCTBO Ha AoHy.» 



[Husbandry on the Dan], Novotcherkassk, xi, no. 15. 25th August, 

 1916, pp. 711-712. 



To destroy lice on cattle, smearing the affected spots with a mixture 

 of equal parts of benzine and some vegetable oil, or with turpentine 

 and oil in equal parts, or with tobacco extract is recommended. 

 A stout thread smeared with grey mercury ointment may be placed 

 round the horns. 



CuGURRA (A.). La PuUx serraticeps causa di moria nei giovani gatti. 



[Pulex serraticeps causing the Death of Kittens.] — Moderno 

 Zooiatro, Bologna, (5) v, no. 9, 30th September 1916, pp. 234-236. 



A case is recorded of kittens being killed by anaemia due to the bites 

 of fleas, Ctenocephalus canis {Pidex serraticeps). 



Iturbe (J.) & Gonzalez (E.). A New Trypanosoma of the Vampirops 

 lineatus. — Laboratory of Dr. Juan Iturbe, Caracas, Venezuela, 

 1916, 8 pp., 9 figs. 



This paper contains a description of Trypanosoma lineatum, sp. n., 

 discovered while examining 65 bats ( Vampiroj)S lineatus) for possible 

 infection by the plasmodia described by Dionisi, Kisskalt, Gonder 

 and Yakimoff. 



A bibliography of 11 references is given. 



Otten (L.). De Rol van de Veldrat in de Epidemiologie der Pest. [The 

 Role of the Field-iat in the Epidemiology of Plague.] — Geneesk. 

 Tijdschr. v. Nederlandsch- Indie, Batavia, Ivi, no. 6, 1916, 

 pp. 789-862, 35 tables. 



The fumigation of native dwellings undertaken in 1914 in the Malang 

 district, as an anti-plague measure, killed numbers of rats, thus per- 

 mitting a systematic investigation of the degree of infection in these 

 rodents. It is concluded that they play only a minor part in the spread 

 of plague in Java. The field-rat is at all times in contact with the 

 house-rat in native dwellings, especially when the fields are flooded 

 in the west monsoon and when they lie fallow during the east monsoon. 

 Owing to this contact with the house-rat in native dwellings during 

 the last months of the east monsoon, the field-rat carries Xenopsylla 

 cheopis back to the fields. This house-flea, however, disappears 

 when the rains set in, though this is not the case with Pygiopsylla 

 ahalae, an out-door flea which is present in the fields throughout the 

 year. While the occurrence of plague in the field- rat is proved, this 

 rat is unimportant as regards the spread of plague from one 



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