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HiNDLE (E.). Flies and Disease: Blood Sucking Flies.— Cambridge: 

 At the Univ. Press, 1914, xvi + 398 pp., 88 figs., 8vo. Price 125. 6d. 



This volume, together with that published by Dr. Graham 

 Smith in the same series [see this Review, Ser. B, ii, pp. 19 

 and 166] covers the whole field of the general title '" Flies and 

 Disease." A short introduction, dealing with the mode of trans- 

 mission, direct and indirect, intermediate hosts, the conditions which 

 affect transmission, the development of the parasite and the general 

 modes of infection, is followed by chapters on the structure and classifi- 

 cation of the Diptera, with a list of biting flies known to transmit 

 various diseases. Each family is dealt with separately and the more 

 important members described in detail. A description of the diseases 

 follows that of the family of flies concerned in their transmission. 

 At the end of each chapter a bibliography of the subject dealt with, 

 is given, but it is stated that this is not to be regarded as by any means 

 complete, but only calls attention to books likely to be of service to 

 students. Nearly 100 species are hsted as being connected with the 

 transmission of disease. Edwards' classification of the Culicidae 

 is given in detail and a table of 241 known species with their present 

 classification, generic synonymy and notes on their habitat and 

 connection with malaria. The book contains a quantity of condensed 

 information and largely fulfils the Editor's intention of presenting the 

 present available knowledge of this subject in a handy form. 



TuLLGREN (A.). Vara anyltgaster inomhus och i ladugarden bland 

 insekter och spindeldjur. [Our household parasites and enemies 

 of our domestic animals amotigst insects and arachnids.] — • 

 Stockholm, 1914, 297 pp., 180 figs. 



No work has hitherto existed in the Swedish language which deals 

 with these pests. The book therefore meets a great demand, and it 

 includes not only all the noxious species, but also harmless ones which 

 are often not recognised as such by the public. 



Two short introductory chapters deal with the relation of insects 

 to man in general. The various orders are dealt with, but especially 

 the Coleoptera and Diptera. The description, biology and remedies 

 are given for each insect, in many cases illustrated by original 

 photographs. 



Eeancaviglia (M. C). Ancora sulla mjiasi auricolare. [Further note 

 on auricular myiasis.] — Boll. Sedute Accad. Gioenia, Catania, 

 no. 31, May 1914, pp. 15-23. 



Among the Muscidae which may be parasitic in the human ear, in 

 the larval stage, the following are mentioned : SarcojiJiaga carnaria, 

 L., Wohlfartia magnifica, Schiner, Chrysomyia (Lucilia) macellaria, F., 

 CallipJwra vomitoria, L., and Anthomyia pluvialis, L. In Russia, 

 particularly in the districts of Mohilew, Orscha and Gorki, the rural 

 population is in the habit of sleeping in the open and has been 

 reported to suffer from a severe myiasis, due to a fly variouslv 

 recorded as Sarcofhaga tvoMfarti, Rond., S. ruralis, Meig., or 



