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Lamoureux (A.). Presence i'OrnitJiodorus mouhata dans un foyer- 

 de fievre recurrente a la cote ouest de Madagascar. [Occur- 

 rence of Ornithodorus mouhata in a centre of recurrent fever 

 on the West Coast of Madagascar.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot.y 

 vi, no. 3, 12tli March 1913, pp. 146-149, 1 map. 



The author communicated to this Society on the 8th May 1912' 

 the fact that 3 cases of recurrent fever had been observed on indi- 

 viduals travelling- by land on the West Coast of Madagascar, 

 between Morondava and Majunga, and since that time 22 fresh' 

 cases have been noted. An examination of the hospital records 

 of the military station at Majunga revealed the fact that 

 numbers of cases, probably of this disease, had been recorded- 

 The author quotes a statement made by E.. Drury in an account 

 of his journey and captivity in Madagascar from 1702 to 1720, 

 in which he says that very few persons will enter the houses of 

 the Yazimbas from fear of an insect resembling the Cow Tick 

 which the natives call "Poroponjy." Drury further says that 

 this insect is only found among the Yazimbas, who propagate 

 it purposely so that the Sakalaves should not come into their 

 houses; that those who are bitten by this insect are ill from 

 6 weeks to 2 months; that the insects attach themselves to the- 

 skin or even burrow under it, but that once an individual has 

 been bitten and has been ill, he need no longer fear them, nor 

 will he be further annoyed by them no matter how great their 

 numbers may be. 



Lamoureux regards this as a most satisfactory proof of the 

 existence of recurrent fever in Madagascar and of its transmis- 

 sion by ticks 200 years ago. Tlie author exhibited three speci- 

 mens of Ornithodorus mouhata, which were found in the 

 infected area. 



EoDiiAix (J.), Po^-s (C), Vandenbbaxdex (F.), & Bequaert (J.). 

 Note sur les Trypanosomides intestinaux d'Haeinatopota au 

 Congo beige. [Note on the intestinal Trypanosomes of 

 Haematopota in the Belgian Congo.]- — Bull. Soc. Path. 

 Ea'ot., vi, no. 3, 12th March 1913, pp. 182-184, 1 fig. 



The authors have found flagellates in the intestinal tract of 

 21 specimens of Haematopota: — one H. dnttoni, Newstead, and 

 the others H. %-andenhrandeni, sp. n. They propose to name 

 this new parasite Crithidia tenuis. 



Brutant (L.) & Joyeux (C). Tin nouveau rouget des animaux 

 en Guinee frangaise {Microti-omhidiujii guineense, sp. n.). 

 [A new Trombidiid mite from French Guinea.] — Bull. Soc. 

 Path. Ea:ot., vi, no. 3, 12th March 1913, pp. 202-205, 1 fig. 



The authors have observed the larvae of this mite, which they 

 describe and figure, on the skin of fowls and monkeys at 

 Kouroussa on the Niger, in Upper French Guinea. They have 



