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Beaix (C. K.). Sloino.rys calc/frdns, Linn. Ft. 2. — Annals 

 Entdui. Snc. Ainei-., Coiuinhus, Ohio, vi, pp. 197-203, 1 pi. 



The first part of this paper, dealing' with the external mouth- 

 parts and the digestive system, appeared in vol. v, pp. 421-430 of 

 the same journal. [This Eeview. B., I, p. 22.] In the second 

 part the circulatory, nervous and reproductive systems are dis- 

 cussed. The paper concludes Avith observations on the habitat of 

 Stoinowys and with a short summary of its life-cy(de. 



Adie (Lt.-Col. iS: Mrs.). Note of an Inquiry into Malaria and 

 Mosquitos in the Kashmir Valley. — Proc 'Ard Meetimj Gen, 

 Malai-id C'onnnittee, Madra.^, 18f/(-20f// iVor. 1012, Sinild, 

 1913, pp. 91-94. 



For a period of six months from 24th April to 26th October 

 only two Anopjjelines (A. haii(inensis) were met with in the lYasim 

 Bag'h (on the Dal Lake) after a diligent search. Larvae of .4. 

 willmori were captured in a ditch by the side of a rice-field iu 

 the Sind valley about four miles up from Ganderbal on 24th and 

 25th August. As to C'ulicines, in late April no larvae were seen; 

 in early May, a few in borrow-pits along the Baramulla road ; 

 none in the Dal. In the middle of May they became more 

 numerous, but still none in the Dal, and yet when on the lake, 

 the authors were persistently attacked by adults which were 

 eventually found to be breeding' in the hamlets on the shores. 

 In the end of May the larvae were found in the Dal Lake, whi( li 

 also contained myriads of Chirononvux larvae. At Ganderbal 

 during July and August, C'ulicines were found e\erywhere, also 

 at Shadipore, but no Ste<jomyia, and no malaria was met with. 

 The 'Kulu and Kangra valley are rich in Anophelines and have 

 an endemic malaria index of about four. In Srinagar and its 

 neighbourhood there is no endemic malaria, and practically no 

 Anophelines. There is a certain amount of imported malaria 

 with sexual parasites in the blood; but the danger of the disease 

 spreading must be extremely small, as local conditions are 

 adverse to Anophelines, and the possibility of an ej)ideniic i'^ 

 remote on account of the robust physique of the inlial)itnnts. 



Eeport on the Work of the Central Malaria Bureau, 1911-1912.— 

 Fnjc. 'Ud Meciing (Jen. Mdlnna Coiiun., Madras, lSt/i-2{)th 

 Nov. 1912, Snnld, 1913, pp. 51-52. 



The Central Malaria Bureau has obtained a complete set of all 

 the known Indian Anojiheles, and is distributing duplicate sets 

 among public institutions. A point was made during the year of 

 collecting and identifying' fish whi(di are known larvae-feeders, 

 the following- species being added to the collection of the Bureau : 



Hdplodtihis pdnc]id.r, H. linpdtus, Bashora daniconins, Anihasis 

 ranr/d, Anahds scandens, Oplnocephdhis punctata, and Danio 

 cyprinides. The duckweeds, Lenina minor and t/ihha, M oolfia 

 and Asolla have been found, when growing in a tliick layer on 

 the surface of pools, to be a hindrance to the growth of larvae. 



