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turpentine. This form of mange is very contagious not only in rabbits, 

 but in other animals, particularly horses. Seriously infected animals 

 should therefore be killed. As P. communis is killed by a temperature 

 of 95° F., the hutches can be disinfected by washing them down with 

 boiling water. 



Sarcoptic mange, caused by Sarcoptes scahiei var. cuniculi, and the 

 form caused by S. notoedres, begins in the head, generally about the 

 nose, and gradually covers the face and ears, sometimes the paws, 

 and occasionally the whole body. It appears in the form of a greyish 

 crust, very thick and adherent, covering a thickened, inflamed and 

 bleeding skin, with much discharge. The animals become very thin, 

 and sometimes die. The skin should be shaved and washed with warm 

 soapy water, followed by applications of Helmerich's ointment, 

 cade (juniper) oil, or balsam of Peru at a strength of 1 : 8. 



SoBRERo (L. R.). La Mosca brava. Manera de evitar los Perjuicios 

 que ocasiona entre los Animales. [Stomoxys calcitrans. Preven- 

 tion of Injury to Animals.] — Gaceta Rural, Buenos Aires, xv, 

 no. 172. November 1921, pp. 465-473, 5 figs. 

 Stomoxys calcitrans is one of the most troublesome pests of domestic 

 animals in Argentina. The life-cycle, habits, method of injury and 

 the various stages of this fly are described. The methods suggested for 

 destroying the immature stages and catching the flies as they emerge 

 from the manure or straw heaps in which they have bred have been 

 noticed in previous papers \R. A.E., B, i, 96-98 ; viii, 189]. 



Netolitzky (F.). Kafer als Nahrungs- und Heilmittel. [Beetles 



as Food and Medicine.] — Koleopt. Rundschau, Vienna, vii, 



no. 9-10, 25th February 1919, pp. 121-129 ; viii, no. 1-3, 20th 



September 1919, pp. 21-26, 47-60. 



This paper reviews existing information regarding beetles used as 



food and medicine. The Meloidae are the group chiefly concerned 



as regards medicine, the blister-beetles of the genera Epicauta, Lytta, 



Lydus, Meloe and Mylahris being well known in this connection. 



The use of certain insects as food is based on the flavour imparted by 



the irritant principle in them, while many larvae with a high fat or 



albumen content are a valuable addition to the diet of vegetarian 



races of man. 



Netolitzky (F.). Insekten als Heilmittel. [Insects as Medicine.] — 

 Separate from Pharmazeut. Post, Vienna, September 1916, 

 45 pp. [Received 10th January 1922.] 



This is a review of many records of the use of insects in popular 

 medicine. The basis for this use is the fact that they contain a 

 chemical, mechanical or reflex irritant. Except in the case of can- 

 tharidin, the chemical character of these irritant substances is little 

 known. Insect-eating animals, such as the hedgehog, are comparatively 

 immune to these poisons. 



Ingram (A.) & Macfie (J. W. S.). West AJrican Ceratopogoninae. — 



Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasit., Liverpool, xv, no. 4, 30th December 

 1921, pp. 313-376, 1 plate, 23 figs. 



This paper is a continuation of a series already noticed [R.A.E., 

 A, ix, 25, 76, 201]. Certain gaps occurring in previous descriptions 

 have now been filled in 



