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discovered n very large uumber of these Hemiptera sucking the 

 lymph of other insects. At Bukama and Sankisia the intestines 

 of 84 Eeduviids (16 larvae and 68 adults) were examined for 

 trypanosomes. The species examined were Rhinocoris albopilosus, 

 R. bicolor, R. rennstus, R. segmentarius, Hediocoris iinitans, 

 Acanthaspis sulcipes and Cosmolestes pictus. Not a single larva 

 was found to be infected, and among- the adults only two species 

 R. albopilosus and C. j^'di's were parasitised. At Sankisia the 

 authors found tliat 5 per cent, of Gerris fossarum, a water-bug, 

 were parasitised by a trypanosome of the identical species de- 

 scribed by Patton from the same insect in India. Among ten 

 different species of phytophagous Hemiptera examined, six were 

 parasitised by Leptomonas : Serinetha frafernn; S. amicta; Cleftts 

 Jjisbipunctatus; ('. Jituripennis ; Mirperiis jactiJvs and OncopeJtiis 

 ftimeJicus. A Pyrrhocorid captured near Sankisia was para- 

 sitised bv flagellates of the genus Ci-ifhidid. 



Bequaebt (Dr. J.). Tabanides recueillis au Congo Beige par la 

 mission pour I'etude de la maladie du sommeil. ii. Tabaninae. 

 [Tabanidae collected in the Belgian Congo by the commission 

 for the study of sleeping* sickness, ii. Tabaninae.] — Rev. 

 7.00J. Africaine, Bru.vcUcs, ii, uo. 3, -SOth May 1913, pp. 

 449-467, 16 fig-s. 



An account of 36 species of the genus Tabanus and eight 

 species of Haematopota from the Belgian Congo. 



LouGHMAX (Capt. ^X. F. M.). Phlebotomus in Aden. — ,//. Royal 

 Annij Med. Corps, xxi, no. 1, Juh- 1913, p. 92. 



An undetermined species of Phlebotomus has been discovered in 

 Aden in small numbers. The first specimen was captured in 

 March last. Between February and 26th May, three cases of 

 sandflv fever came under the author's observation. 



Mould (Lt.-Col. W. T.). A Table Meat-Safe.— •//. Royal Army 

 Med. Corps, xxi, no. 1, -Tuly 1913, pp. 84-85, 2 figs. 



The importance of preventing the access of flies to food is well 

 recognised, and all that is possible by screening cook-houses is 

 being done in India, with partial success. Food in various 

 stages of preparation has necessarily to stand about in a kitchen, 

 and one very frequently sees it covered with flies. To prevent this 

 the author recommends the use of a permanent form of table-cover. 

 It consists of a wooden frame filled in with a fine-meshed wire 

 gauze, the bottom of the frame having a flange all round which 

 overlaps the edge of the table. There are handles at each end for 

 convenience in lifting it on and off, and by its careful use flies are 

 kept awav from food. The cost of a safe in use at the Station 

 Hospital,"^ Fyzabad, was Es. 9/4 {I2s. 4d.). 



