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Houston (Major "W. M.). Formalin against Flies. — Indian Med. 

 Gazette, Feb. 1913, p. 84. 



The author says that he has found it useless to expose formalin 

 in shallow plates for the purpose of killing- flies, but that if a mix- 

 ture of formalin, milk and water be sprinkled about a room in tiny 

 pools of a J inch to 1 inch in diameter the flies readily drink it. 

 He has used this method in the jail kitchen at Rajkot with great 

 success. 



Franca (Carlos). Fhlehotoinvs papatasii (Scopoli) et fievre a 

 Pappataci au Portugal. [FJilebotomus jKipatasil and Pappa- 

 taci Fever in Portuual.]— Z?»7L Soc. Path. E.rot, vi, 1913, 

 pp. 1234. 



The author says that in 1911 he was asked by Dr. Arthur Neiva, 

 of the Institute Oswaldo Cruz, whether the genus Phlehotomua 

 existed in Portugal or not; he thought this probable since E. Blan- 

 chard had notified its existence in the south of France and in the 

 Alpes-Maritimes. Certain specimens of Pldehotomus taken at 

 Collares were sent by the author to Dr. Neiva, who identified them 

 as P. paimtasii. Franca says that in spite of much investiga- 

 tion it is only at Collares that he has been able to find the flies, and 

 then only the adults, and during- the months of August, September 

 and October. A single case of pappataci fever having come under 

 his notice, he asked his medical colleagues to make further 

 enquiries, and they reported the existence of several cases of fever, 

 the symptoms of which entirely agreed with that transmitted by 

 Phlehotovnis. He has been unable to induce the fever experi- 

 mentally bv reason of the small number of flies obtained. 



Newstead (E,.). Plilehoiomus from West Africa. — Bull. Soc. 

 Path. Exot., vi, 1913, pp. 124-126. 



In this paper the author describes a Phlehotomiis captured in 

 Mauritania by Dr. E. Eoubaud. The specimen was somewhat 

 damaged, and though greatly resembling Phlehotomiis duhoscqi, 

 the author thinks that it may be a new species for which he pro- 

 poses the specific name Phlehotomiis rouhavdi. 



Eoubaud (E.). Quelques mots sur les Phlebotomes de I'Afrique 

 occidentale francaise. [Notes on Pldehotonius in French 

 West Africn.]— /i;/7/. Soc. Path. E.rot., vi, 1913, pp. 12G-8. 



The author says that Phlehotomiis rouhaudi, Xewst., is very 

 common at Boutilimit and Akjoucht in Mauritania, but in neither 

 of these localities has pappataci fever been observed. Phleho- 

 tomus papatasii is very common at Timbuctu, and is known by the 

 name of " banko." The larvae probably develop in the latrines 

 and in earth which has recently been pugged for wall building. 

 The adults are more often found in newly-constructed houses than 



