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KiRiLLOv (L.). YHMMTOweHie napa3MT0B-b Ha poraioM-b CKOit. [The 



destruction of parasites on cattle.] — « X03fltlCTB0 Ha AOHy.» 



[Husbandry on the Don], Novotcherckassk, x, no. 4, 7th March 1915, 



pp. 169-170. 



Some advice on the destruction of parasites on cattle is given. 



Besides keeping the animals in good condition, they should be washed, 



when attacked by parasites, with a mixture prepared as follows : — 



1 lb. of tobacco leaves are boiled for one hour in six pints of water, 



after which the leaves are removed and two pints of weak spirits 



added to the decoction. It is not advisable to apply this solution 



or to rub in kerosene into the skin over the whole body at one time, 



but it ought to be done gradually over a period of several days. 



(A Edwards (F. W.). New and Little Known East African Culicidae.— 



Bull. Eniom. Research, London, v, pt. 4, March 1915, pp. 273-281, 



3 figs. 



Collections recently received by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, 



chiefly from Natal, have brought to light several interesting new forms 



of mosquitos. The opportunity has been taken of publishing revised 



keys to the African species of Banknnella and Taeniorhynchus. The 



following new species are described : — Ochlerotatus chelli, from British 



East Africa ; 0. bevisi, from Durban ; Taeniorhynchus auripennis, 



from Entebbe ; T. chubbi and T. aureus, from Durban ; and T. chryso- 



soma, from Karonga, Nyasaland. 



(^ Edwards (F. W.). Diagnoses of New Bornean Culicidae. — Bull. Entom. 

 Research, London, v, pt. 4, March 1915, pp. 283-285. 



The following are preliminary diagnoses of new species of Culicidae 

 from Kuching, Sarawak, received from Mr. J. C. Moulton, and either 

 collected by the donor or forming part of the old collection of mosquitos 

 in the Sarawak Museum, which was for the most part obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Kuching by Messrs. J. Hewitt and J. E. A. Lewis. 

 Armigeres confusus, A. kuchingensis, Aedes{1) curtipes, Culex 

 mimulus, Culiciomyia spathifurca, JJranotaenia brevirostris, U. obscura, 

 Rachionotomyia nepenthis and R. proxima, are described. 



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Neave (S. a.). The Tabanidae of Southern Nyasaland with Notes on 

 their Life-histories.^^wM. Entotn. Research, Lomlon, v, pt. 4, 

 March 1915, pp. 287-320, 5 plates, 30 figs. 



The Tabanidae dealt with in this paper were chiefly obtained 

 from both British and Portuguese territory in the neighbourhood of 

 Mt. Mlanje. This mountain is nearly 10,000 feet high and rises from a 

 number of rolling plateaus, averaging about 6,500 feet above sea-level 

 and consisting mostly of open country covered with short grass, with 

 dense forest in the hollows and along the banks of streams. Below 

 this, is a large area from 2,400 to 2,000 feet with much forest on its 

 south and south-east side. Few Tabanids were found on the high 

 plateau, but in the lower forested areas they were much more numerous, 

 especially in the drier districts beyond the range of the climatic influence 

 of Mt. Mlanje. The predaceous enemies of Tabanids were investigated, 



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