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in small collections of water in tins,, etc., and it is also found awa\^ 

 from houses. S. fasciata was taken in large numbers from stored 

 clean water used for drinking, etc., but it is unusual to find this species 

 breeding in receptacles in the same way as S. scutellaris. The larvae 

 have a habit of going to the bottom when the water is disturbed, 

 which renders them liable to be overlooked in large tubs. The 

 results so far obtained in Kowloon indicate that if the storage of 

 clean water could be completely done away with by laying on a 

 continuous tap supply in the houses, the chief breeding places of 

 S. fasciata would be destroyed. In Victoria, where tap water is laid 

 on in the houses, only three cases have been reported in which 

 S. fasciata larvae have been found. No larvae were found on the 

 junks and Chinese cargo hghters in this district. 



Waterston (J.). Chalcidoidea bred from Glossina morsitans in 

 Northern Rhodesia. — Bull. Entom. Research, London, vi, 1st June 

 1915, pp. 69-82, 5 figs. 



In connection with investigations into the hfe-history, etc., of 

 G. morsitans in Northern Rhodesia, special efforts have been made to 

 secure parasites of the fly. As a result, a number of Chalcidoids have 

 been bred from puparia, of which the following species are described 

 or recorded ■.—Stomafoceras micans, sp. n., Anastatus viridiceps, sp. n., 

 and Syntosmo'pliyrum glossinae. 



The other recorded parasites of Glossina are : The Mutilhd, Mutilla 

 glossinae, the Proctotrupid, Conostigtmis rodhaini, and the Bombyhid 

 flies, Thyridanthrax abrujptus and Villa lloydi 



NuTTALL (G. H. F.). Experimental Drug Treatment of East Coast 

 Fever of Cattle. — Parasitology, Cambridge, viii, no. 1, June 1915^ 

 pp. 56-87, 1 fig. 



The animals used in these experiments were infected by means of 

 ticks {RJiipicephalus appendiculaius), which had fed on infected cattle 

 as larvae and nymphs and were placed on the experimental animals 

 as nymphs and adults respectively. Various drugs were tried, but none 

 was found which would influence the fatal course of East Coast fever 

 or retard the multiplication of Theileria farva in the blood of the 

 affected cattle. 



Williams (T. H.). Report of Live Stoclt and Brands Department. — 



Rept. of the Minister of Agriculture of South Australia for the year 

 ended 30th June 1914, Adelaide, 1915, pp. 72-76. 



Large numbers of sheep were infected with hce and ticks, and tbe 

 loss of wool and condition was heavy. The Uce were found as far 

 north as Melrose, and there is evidence that they have gained a strong 

 hold in flocks along the Murray Valley. Rams, chiefly of the long 

 wool variety, have been instrumental in spreading hce throughout 

 the State. 



