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Bonne-Wepster (J.) & Bonne (C). Surinaamsche Anopheles- 

 soorten. [ Anopheles oiSuvma.m.] — Geneesk. Tijdschr. Ned:- Indie, 

 Batavia, Ixi, no. 6, 1921, pp. 673-679, 1 plate. 



The authors record the following species of Anophelines from 

 Surinam : — Anopheles [Cellia) argyritarsis, R.-D. ; A. {C.) tarsi- 

 maculatus, Goeldi ; A. (Manguinhosia) peryassui, D. & K. ; A. 

 {Chagasia) fajardi, Lutz ; A. [Arribalzagia) apicimaciila, D. & K. ; 

 A. {A.) mediopunctatus, Theo. ; A. {Stethomyia) nimbus, Theo. ; 

 A. {Dendropaedium) hylephilus, D. & K. ; and A. eiseni, Coq. 



Flu described a species under the name Anopheles lutzi. This name 

 was also used by Cruz for one species, while Theobald used it for another, 

 and, furthermore, gave the same specific name to a third Anopheles 

 in another sub-genus. These three species are now shown to be 

 respectively Anopheles {Myzorhynchella) lutzi, Cruz, A. (Dendro- 

 paedium) cruzi, D. & K., and A. {Manguinhosia) peryassui, D. & K. 

 Flu's species does not resemble any of these ; it most resembles 

 A. {Arribalzagia) apicimacula, D. & K. 



Keys to the larvae and adults of the above nine species are given. 



A. argyritarsis, R.-D., is wdely distributed inland; it breeds in 

 forest pools abounding in algae, and seems very particular in the choice 

 of breeding-places. Hitherto the authors have never found it in 

 artificial collections of water, though there are reliable records of such 

 occurrence in the literature. The adults abound in dark places inside 

 houses inland. No other species in Surinam has such a preference for 

 sheltering indoors. A. tarsiniaculatus, Goeldi, is the commonest 

 species. It breeds in pools in forests and meadows, in rice-fields, etc. 

 In the evening, and sometimes by day, it enters houses, but does not 

 shelter there so readily as A. argyritarsis. A. peryassui, D. & K., 

 was captured once only ; it attacks man. A. fajardi, Lutz, is a true 

 forest species. A. apicimacula, D. & K., is widespread on the coast 

 and inland, but much rarer than A. tarsimaculatus. It breeds in 

 small forest pools, and sometimes enters houses, but usually leaves 

 them again. This is also true of A. mediopunctatus, Theo., and 

 A. nimbus, Theo. The larvae of A. hylephilus, D. & K., were found 

 in water collected in Bromeliaceae. A. eiseni, Coq., is widespread 

 inland. It breeds in pools in dry creek beds and attacks man in the 

 evening, but was never seen indoors. 



A. argyritarsis and A. tarsimaculatus play the chief role in the 

 transmission of malaria. 



Martini (E.). Ueber ein gutes Unterscheidungsmerkmal von A. 



piumbeus und A . bifurcatus. [On a good differentiating Character 

 between A. piumbeus and A. bifurcatus.] — Arch. Schiffs- u. 

 Trop.-Hyg., Leipsic, xxv, no. 12, December 1921, pp. 364-365. 



In the female of Anopheles piumbeus the fourth and fifth palpal 

 joints are smaller than the second, whereas in A. bifurcatus they are 

 larger. The two terminal palpal joints are also somewhat thicker 

 in A . piumbeus than in A . bifurcatus. 



Veitch (R.) & Greenwood (W.). The Food Plants or Hosts of some 

 Fijian Insects. — Proc Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney, xlvi, part 4, 

 no. 184, 23rd December 1921, pp. 505-517. 



The insects dealt with include several lice, fleas and blood-sucking 

 Diptera, as well as the mosquitos Culex fatigans, Wied., C. jepsoni, 



