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Illingworth (J. F.). Clerada apicicornis sucking Blood (Hemip.) — 

 — Proc. Hawaiian Entom. Soc. Honolulu, iii, no. 4, May 1917, 

 p. 274. 



Tliis predaceous bug, which is commonly found about buildings, 

 has previously been suspected of feeding on Lepisma, and small Blattids. 

 The author records having taken two specimens in beds and on one 

 occasion took an adult, full of blood, on a sleeping child, who bore 

 marks of the bite of the insect. 



The Vizor Anti-Mosquito and Fly-proof Headgear.— rmns. Soc. Trop. 

 Med. Hyg., London, x, no. 7, June 1917, p. 140, 1 plate. 



The helmet here described, which has been introduced by Professor 

 W. J. Simpson, differs from others in that it is designed to be worn 

 either over or beneath the hat and is suitable for day or night wear. 

 It is provided with a vizor-like framework which holds the net away 

 from the face and back of the neck. When not required, it can be 

 folded up very small and is very light and perfectly ventilated. 



Legroux (R.). Presentation du Materiel de Prophylaxie anti-paludique 

 destin§ k I'Arm^e d'Orient. [Presentation of Equipment for Anti- 

 malarial Prophylaxis for the Balkan Army.] — Bull. Soc. Path. 

 Exot., Paris, x,no. 6, 13th June 1917, pp. 421^27, 1 plate, 3 figs. 



As a result of the investigations that were made by delegates from 

 the Institut Pasteur d'Algerie into conditions in Macedonia in 1916, 

 the French Government has sent out to the Balkan Army for the 

 campaign of 1917, a permanent mission for anti-malarial prophylaxis. 

 That part of the country occupied by French troops has been divided 

 into districts, at the head of which the members of the mission have 

 been placed, their work being to establish the local endemic spleen 

 index, to direct the anti-malarial measures in the immediate 

 vicinity of the troops, and to superintend and control the preventive 

 quinine measures for natives and soldiers. Anti-Anopheline prophy- 

 laxis is established by a campaign against mosquito larvae, not by 

 any drainage system on a large scale, but by treating with paraffin or 

 filling up the small pools in the vicinity of camps and by the alteration 

 of slow-running streams. Adult mosquitos are prevented from biting 

 by the use of mosquito nets. The nets used during the day-time as a 

 head-covering are provided with a framework to keep them from 

 touching the face. The model introduced by Professor Simpson is 

 recommended for this purpose [see preceding paperj. For protection 

 during sleep a light folding waterproof tent has been devised by the 

 Institut Pasteur, the openings at both ends being protected by mosquito 

 netting. A temporary protection from bites is afforded by the appli- 

 cation of ointments containing essential oils. In barracks, hospitals, 

 etc., windows and doors are screened. In Panama hand-collection 

 was found a useful auxiliary method. The mission, enlarging on this 

 idea, advise several methods for the capture and destruction of mos- 

 quitos in buildings. A simple apparatus to evaporate cresyl con- 

 sists of an ordinary mess- tin fitted with two small measures attached 

 to the handle by a chain. The mess-tin is placed on a cylinder 

 of sheet-iron finely perforated in order to prevent inflammation 



