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Patton (W. vS). Note on the Value of a tame Cow for collecting the 

 Blood-sucking Diptera of a Locahty. — Indian Jl. Med. Res., 

 Calcutta, X, no. 1, July 1922, pp. 66-68. 



The value of a tame cow for collecting the blood-sucking Diptera of 

 any locality is pointed out. It is essential, however, that the animal 

 be really tame, otherwise it will not allow a test tube to be placed 

 on its skin, and it resents a net being brushed against its bod}/. A list 

 is given of the Diptera collected at Coonoor on a tame bull : these include 

 Culicoides spp., a Simuliid, mosquitos, Tabanids and blood-sucking 

 Muscids. 



Patton (W. S.). New Indian Species of the Genus Mmca.— Indian 

 Jl. Med. Res., Calcutta, x, no. 1, July 1922, pp. 69-77. 



This paper forms the first of a series on the comparative study of 

 the species of Musca, in which all the Indian species will be described 

 and illustrated. 



Those here dealt with are : Musca prashadi, sp.n., taken on cattle 

 and horses in Kashmir ; M. incerta, sp.n., bred from larvae collected 

 from heaps of undigested vegetable matter in slaughter-houses in 

 Madras ; M. senior-whitei, sp.n., taken on cattle in the Madras Presi- 

 dency, which is a blood-sucker belonging to the group of species 

 formerly placed in the genus Philaematomyia ; M. villeneuvei, sp.n., 

 bred from elephant dung in South India ; and M. cmggi taken on 

 cattle and buffalos in South India. 



Cragg (F. W.). Relapsing Fever in the United Provinces of Agra and 



Oudh. — Indian Jl. Med. Res., Calcutta, x, no. 1, July 1922, 

 pp. 78-189, 13 tables, 17 charts, 5 maps. 



The first part of this paper deals with the history of relapsing fever 

 in the United Provinces, the distribution and severity of the 1917-20 

 epidemic, some of the factors in the epidemiology of the disease, and 

 their application in the further study of the recent epidemic and in 

 the examination of the statistics of previous years. 



In the second part, the etiology and epidemiology are dealt with 

 in detail, including transmission by Pedictdus [cj. R.A.E., B, x, 138, 

 142]. A chapter is also devoted to the subject of delousing clothing 

 and bedding by exposure to the sun. As a result of experiments, 

 however, this method is not recommended unless none of the proved 

 methods are practicable. 



The louse can resist the powerful sun in the middle of May at Agra 

 if protected with a single layer of coarse cotton cloth. Should this 

 method be used, all articles must be spread out on the hottest surface 

 available, and turned over at frequent intervals during the da}-. The 

 process should be repeated at intervals of a few days to kill the larvae 

 that hatch from the uninjured eggs. 



SiNTON (J. A.). A Case of Malaria due to Plasmodium tcmie (Stephens). 



— Indian Jl. Med. Res., Calcutta, x. no. 1, July 1922, pp. 215-235, 

 2 plates, 1 fig. 



Five cases of malaria in which Plasmodium tenue was observed are 

 recorded, and a description is given of the various forms of the parasite 

 found in one of them with the developmental cycle, differential diag- 

 nosis and the arguments raised against the specific character of this 



