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organism. From the data given it would appear that P. tenue is 

 distinct from P. praecox {falciparum), though a further examination 

 of the latter is suggested in view of the possibility of a " tenue " stage 

 hitherto undescribed existing in that parasite. Whether P. tenue, 

 Stephens, is s3-nonymous with P. immaculatum, Grassi & Feletti, 

 also requires further investigation. 



Adie (H. a.), a Note on Bodies observed in Cimex rottmdatus, Linn6, 

 coUected in a Kala-azar infected area in Assam.— Indian Jl. 

 Med. Res., Calcutta, x, no. 1, July 1922, pp. 236-238, 1 plate. 



The bodies observed in Cimex hemiptera {rotundatus) [R.A.E., B, 

 X, 72] are described. They are small and oval, varying in size, shape and 

 nuclear structure. Flagellated forms were not observed. In order to 

 discover the exact stage in the vertebrate host capable of completing 

 development in the bug, it will be necessary to obtain material from 

 a case not under treatment and showing a good infection in the peri- 

 pheral blood. Batches of bugs must be fed on this material until 

 infection is produced. 



Edwards (F. W.). A Synopsis of Adult Oriental Culicine (including 

 Megarhinine and Sabethine) Mosquitoes. Part I.— Indian Jl. Med. 

 Res., Calcutta, x, no. 1, July 1922, pp. 249-293, 3 plates. 



The present paper includes keys to the Culicine genera and to the 

 Oriental species of Aedes, Lutzia and Cidex, while the second part will 

 contain synoptic tables and notes on the remaining genera and the 

 sXTionj-miic list of Oriental Culicines, with a summary of their distri- 

 bution. 



The species here dealt with are : Aedes {Finlaya) khazam, sp.n., 

 from S.W. India; A. (F.) unicinctus, sp.n., A. {F.) inquinatus, sp.n., 

 A. {F.) Christopher si, sp.n., and A. (F.) auronitens, sp.n., reared from 

 larvae in tree-holes at Simla ; A. (F.) siihniveus, sp.n., from Sarawak ; 

 A. {F.) mikiranus, sp.n., from Mikir Hills; A. (F.) simlensis, sp.n., 

 and A. {F.) suffusiis, sp.n., reared from larvae in tree-holes at Simla ; 

 .4. (F.) pallirostris, sp.n., from Golaghat ; A. {F.) banksi, sp.n., from 

 the Philippine Islands and doubtless the Philippine representative of 

 A. pseudotaeniatus, Giles, which is confined to Northern India ; A. (F.) 

 niacdougalli, sp.n., from Ceylon; A. {Ecculex) culicinus, sp.n., from 

 Delhi ; A. [Skusea) reginae, sp.n., reared from larvae in tree-holes in 

 Ceylon, previously determined by the author as A . micropterus, Giles, 

 of which it may indeed only represent a variety ; A. (5.) cancricomes, 

 sp.n., breeding in crab-holes in the Andaman Islands; A. {Aedes) 

 andamanensis, sp.n., from the Andamans ; A. pulvendentus, sp.n., from 

 N.W. India ; Lutzia raptor, sp.n., from N. India ; L. fuscana, Wied., 

 which is the common Oriental species treated by Theobald as Culex 

 unicolor, R.-D. ; Culex bitaeniorhynchiis, Giles, of which there are many 

 variations ; C. cornutus, sp.n., from Bombay district ; C. niimcticus, 

 Noe, of which numerous specimens from Formosa, Malaya and India 

 are provisionally regarded as varieties ; C. hanaudi, sp.n., from 

 N.W. India ; C. {Acalleomyia) obscurus, Leic. ; C. castrensis, sp.n., 

 the description of which is based on specimens labelled by Theobald 

 as the types of Aedes nigrescens (this name is not only preoccupied 

 by Culex {Danielsia) nigrescens, Theo., "but the male figured under it is 

 an example of C. malayi, Leic.) ; C. khazani, sp.n., reared from tree- 

 holes in S.W. India ; C. {Lophoceratomyia) infantulus, sp.n., from 



