136 



the adult emerges and is predaceous, feeding on Aphids, small cater- 

 pillars or eggs of grasshoppers. It hibernates in the soil and in spring 

 deposits its eggs. The application of hot water containing salt or 

 strong soap to the affected places removes any ill effects. Where 

 exposure is unavoidable, flowers of sulphur rubbed over the legs and 

 ankles is most satisfactory. Alkaline solutions applied liberally serve 

 to counteract the acid poison. The removal of mites from the field 

 can be partly accomplished by cutting all useless grass, etc., and 

 dusting with flowers of sulphur or spraying with dilute kerosene 

 emulsion. Sheep on severely infested tracts are useful, since they crop 

 the grass close, and probably many mites are killed by the oil in the 

 wool. 



Bezzi(M.). Ditteri raccoiti nella Somalia italiana meridionale. [Diptera 

 collected in Southern Itahan ^omaM\a,nd.]—Redia, Firenze, x, 

 pts. 1-2, 20th May 1915, pp. 219-233, 1 fig. 



This paper deals briefly with the Diptera coflected in Southern Italian 

 Somaliland in 1913 by the Stefanini-Paoli expedition. The species 

 mentioned include :■ — Pangonia tnagrettii, Bezzi, Adersia {Melisso- 

 morpha) oestroides, Karsch, Haematopota (Chrysozona) alhihirta, Karsch, 

 Tabanus africanus, Gray, T. sericeiventris, Lw., Sarcophaga hirtiptes, 

 Wied., S. haemorrhoidaUs, Meig., Cordylobia anthropophaga, Blanch., 

 Pycnosoma marginale, Wied., P. albiceps, Wied., Lucilia sericata, Meig., 

 Glossina pallidipes, Aiist., G. longip)ennis, Corti, Hippobosca maculata. 

 Leach, H. camelina, Leach, H. capensis, von Olfers, and Raymondia 

 huberi, Frauenfeld. 



Apsit (J. G.). YAaneHie Myxii HSii KOHrameHii, KopoBHMKOB-b, m t. n. 



[The driving out of flies from stables, cow-yards etc.] — « XyTO- 

 pflHMH'b.» [Chutorianin], Poltava, xx, no. 13, 11th April 1915, 

 pp. 312-313. 



Smearing the walls and ceilings of stables and yards with a mixture 

 of milk of lime and potash alum is recommended against flies. 



Pliginsky (V.). McTpeOnflMie Myxi. ! [Kill the flies !]— Leaflet 

 no. 2, pubhshed by the Entomological Bureau of the Zemstvo of 

 the govt, of Kursk, Kursk, N.D. [Received 22nd June 1915.] 



The dangers arising from the presence of house-flies are popularly 

 described. Dusting with chloride of lime and iron sulphate (20 per 

 cent.) or watering all heaps of manure, refuse, etc., with a solution of 

 potassium permanganate (1 tablespoonful in 8 gallons of water) are 

 recommended. The destruction of flies m houses by means of fly 

 papers, etc., and the use of gauze nets in windows are also urged. 



OuziLLEAu (F.). Rapport d'ensemble sur la maladie du sommeil dans 

 le Bas-M'Bomou (1912-1913). [Report on Sleeping Sickness on 

 the Lower Mbomu, 1912-1913.]— 5;^//. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, 

 viii, nos. 3 and 4, March and April 1915, pp. 138-154 and 178- 

 198, 1 map. 

 The first part of this paper is occupied by a detailed description 



of the flora and fauna, geology, ethnology, etc., of the area dealt with. 



