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execution of liyg-ienic measures is irregular, and it lias been 

 suggested that 'in consequence of this, all ships sailing from a 

 yellow fever port to an Asiatic one, should be obliged io touch 

 first at the fumigating station at Panama. 



Chalmers (A. J.) & King (H. H.). The Distribution of Glossina 

 longipeimis (Corti, 1895).—//. Troi). Med. ^- Hyy., London, 

 xvi, no. 20, 15th Oct. 1913, pp. 320-322, 1 map. 



To-day all species of Glossina must be regarded with suspicion, 

 as the number associated with the spread of sleeping sickness 

 in man appears to be slowly increasing. It is therefore valuable 

 to know the distribution of the various species as accurately as 

 possible. The known area of distribution of G. longiq^ennis 

 extends from about 6° N. Lat. to about 4° S. Lat. and from 

 about 33° to about 47*^ E. Long. This area includes the follow- 

 ing political divisions : — ^British East Africa , the south and 

 west of Italian Somalilaud, the southern part of Abyssinia, and 

 the south-eastern portion of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The 

 localities where the fly is found are either desert or semi-desert. 

 When seen in elevated regions it occurs between rivers, not on 

 their banks. The fact that it is usually a night-feeder may 

 explain why it is seldom reported by travellers, and perhaps why 

 males have been more commonly met with than females. 



Stanley (A.). Shanghai Municipal Council Health Department 

 Annual Report, 1912. (Abstract.)—//. Trop. Med. c^ Hyg., 

 London, xvi, no. 22, 15th Nov. 1913, pp. 353-360. 



Periodic examination has been made of mosquitos collected 

 from each of the sanitary districts into which the Settlement is 

 divided, and the following have been found: — Myzorhynchus 

 sinensis (malaria-bearing), Stegomyia scutellaris (yellow fever 

 bearing), Culex fatigans (the host of iilaria) utiA Armigeres 

 ventralis. The prophylaxis of malaria resolves itself into, 

 (1) suppression of mosquitos; (2) prevention of infection of man 

 by mosquitos; (3) prevention of infection of mosquitos by man. 



Heniu (M ). The Tick Problem in New South Wsiles.—Agnc. Gaz., 

 N.SA¥., Sydney, xxiv, pt. 10, Oct. 1913, pp. 829-837. 



The object of the work against the cattle tick is to eradicate it 

 from New South Wales, or, failing that, to confine it to its 

 present areas, and to prevent the introduction of tick fever into 

 tlio State. Tbe ikk concerned is Boophilvs (Margaropus) aus- 

 iralis. Its ]iatural hosts are cattle, on wliich it thrives best, but 

 it also attaches itself to horses, sheep and other animals. The 

 life-history of the tick is given in a pamphlet published by the 



