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PoRTCHiNSKY (I. A.). 04epK"b pacnpocTpaHeHJfl BT> Pocciii BawHtPi- 



lliMXlj epeAHblXTj WMBOTHblXlj BT, 1913 rofly. [A review of the 



spread of the chief injurious animal pe.sts in Russia in 1913.] — 



Reprint from « EweroAHMKij flenapTaMBHTa Sewjiefltnifl 3a 



1 9 1 3 r. [ Year-hook of the Dept. of Agric. for 1913], Petrograd, 1914, 



14 pp., 4 figs. 



Regarding insects injurious to animals and man, reference is made to 



the researches of the Bureau of Entomology on Phormia regina. The 



life-history of this fly has been studied and compared with that of 



related species, and this investigation will supplement the American 



work on this pest, published in 1913 [see this Review, Ser. B, ii, p. 16]. 



The possible spread of foot and mouth disease by flies is considered, 



and it is pointed out that, although there are no observations which 



would implicate the house-fly, Wohlfahrtia magnifica causes serious 



injury in connection with this disease. As soon as wounds occur 



between the hoofs of stock, maggots of this fly immediately appear 



in them and cause great suffering and serious lameness in the animals 



attacked. Attention is called to a report on this disease by N. L. 



Skaloznkov from the government of Tobolsk, where maggots collected 



from wounds all proved to be the larvae of W. magnifica. Another 



report by Dr. L. Kuznebnov from Petropavlovsk is referred to in 



which several instances of attacks by these flies on man are given, 



the sight of an eye being totally destroyed in one case. 



Sergent (Edm.). Premiere note sur les Phl6botomes alg^riens. [A 



first note on Algerian species of Phlebotomus.] — Bull. Soc. Path. 

 Exot., Paris, vii, nos 8-9, 11th November 1914, pp. 660-662. 



The geographical distribution of the genus Phlebotomus in Algeria 

 is given. At the coast, Phlebotonms papatasii, Scop., is the only species 

 taken ; it is found in all coast towns, is more numerous in some years 

 than others and is very common in July, August and September. 

 On the high plateaux, from 2,400 to 3,000 feet, P. papatasii, P. minutus 

 var. africanus, Newst., and P. perniciosus, Newst., occur. In 1914, 

 these three species were taken in the department of Constantine in the 

 following proportions : P. papatasii, 45 per cent., P. perniciosus, 

 30 per cent., P. tniniitus africanus, 25 per cent. They only appear in 

 September, chiefly during the first three weeks of that month. In 

 the desert of Oran, P. papatasii predominates, only one P. minutus 

 africanus having been taken against 202 of the former species, whilst P. 

 perniciosus has not yet been seen. In this locality, P. papatasii is 

 in evidence from mid-May to the end of October. At Biskra, P. 

 papatasii, P. minutus africanus and P. perniciosus all occur. The 

 two former are represented in about equal numbers, whilst P. per- 

 niciosus is more rare. They are found in the hot season, especially in 

 autumn. 



BouiLLiEZ (M.). Expose des travaux en cours au laboratoire de Fort 

 Archambault. [Brief report on the work in hand at the laboratory 

 of Fort Archambault.] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, vii, nos. 8-9. 

 11th November 1914, pp. 685-694. 



This report records some investigations, not yet complete, under- 

 taken at Fort Archambault, which is about 9° N. Lat., on the Shari 



