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A Mosquito Manual for Use in New Jersey Schools. — Ne-ic Jersey Agn'c. 

 E.vpt. Sta., New Brunswick , N.J., Circ. 130 [n.d.], 16 pp., 23 figs. 

 [Received 10th October 1922.] 



This general a.ccount of mosquitos, their hfe-history, their con- 

 nection with human disease, and practical methods for their exter- 

 mination has been compiled by the associated executive of mosquito 

 control in the State of New Jersey for use in schools. 



Headlee (T. J.) & Walden (W. M.). Report of Mosquito Work.— 



Repi. New Jersey Agric. Expt. Sta., 1920-21, New Bninsicick, 

 N.J., 1922, pp. 409-419, 1 table. 2 figs. 



Particulars of the mosquito control work carried out during the year 

 are given, including various drainage and outlet operations. Experi- 

 ments were made with two larvicides, but they proved useless. The 

 mosquitos observed were Aedes cantator, A. sollicitans, A. taenio- 

 rhynchus, A. sylvestris, Culex pipiens and Anopheles quadrimaculatus. 

 Malaria was more widespread than for many previous years, owing 

 to the more extended distribution of the last-named species. 



Brimley (C. S.). Additional Data on North Carolina Tabanidae, 

 Bombyliidae and Tachinidae (Diptera). — Ent. News, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., xxxiii, no. 8, October 1922, pp. 230-232. 



The species recorded include eleven Tabanids, of which all except 

 one are new to North Carohna. 



Metalnikov (S.). L'Anaphylaxie et l'Immunit6. — Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 

 Paris, xxxvi, no. 9, September 1922, pp. 632-€45. 



Experiments with the larvae of Cnethocampa pityocampa confirm 

 the observations with regard to Galleria mellonella described in a 

 previous paper [R.A.E., B. ix, 177]. 



Martini (E.) . Kritische Bemerkungen zur Theorie der „ misanthropen " 

 Oder „ zoophilen " Anophelen. [A Criticism of the Theory of 

 " misanthropic " or " zoophilous " Anophelines.] — Arch. Schiffs.- 

 u. Trop.-Hyg., Leipsic, xxvi, no. 9, October 1922, pp. 257-26vS. 



It has been stated that in northern Europe there exists a race of 

 Anopheles maculipennis that does not readily bite man, and that 

 malaria has decreased in consequence [R.A.E., B, viii, 141, etc.]. 



The fact that it is unusual for A. maculipennis to attack man has 

 been taken to imply a change in its habits, but this presupposes that 

 it was in the habit of biting more frequently in former times. Such 

 a supposition is based on the former prevalence of malaria. As, 

 however, Meigen, Macquart and Schiner doubted whether A. maculi- 

 pennis bites, this mosquito seems to have behaved formerly iust as 

 it does now. Furthermore, the fact that biting is not observed proves 

 nothing, as the attack occurs at night and is painless. One of the 

 chief difficulties of those engaged in combating malaria in the Balkans 

 was that the troops were not inconvenienced by the mosquitos. The 

 sucking of blood on cattle is quite as rarely observed as on man. In 

 experiments under a mosquito net the author found that A. maculi- 

 pennis bites quite as readily as A . bifurcahis (which is not considered 

 to be a species that avoids man) and more so than Theobaldia anniilata 



