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CoRBETT (H. H.). Undesirable Insect Aliens at HoncsLstev.— Naturalist, 

 London, no. 701, June 1915, p. 209. 

 The following species of insects were found on hides imported from 

 India :—Dermaptera : Apterygida arachides ; Orthoptera : Phyllo- 

 dromia germanica ; Coleoptera : Carpophihis mutilatus, LaemopJdoeu.f 

 ferriigineus, Necrobia mfipes, AlpUtohius diaperinus, A. piceus, and 

 Triholium ferrugineum . 



Sergent (Edmond) & Sergent (Etienne). Etudes Epid6miologiques 

 et Prophylactiques du Paludisme ; Onzieme et Douzieme Campagnes 

 en Alg6rie en 1912 et 1913. [Studies in the Epidemiology and 

 Prophylaxis of Paludism ; 11th and 12th campaigns in Algeria in 

 1912-1913.]— ^ww. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, xxix, no. 5, May 1915, 

 pp. 249-257. 

 Malarial fevers were not very prevalent in Algeria in the period oealt 

 with. The local character of"the disease and its dependence upon a 

 supply of chronic untreated cases on the one hand, and the range of 

 flight of Anophelines on the other, is pointed out and isolated epidemics 

 are recorded. The preceding winters were drier than usual and the 

 water supply was very limited, which contributed largely to the 

 reduction of mosquito infested areas. New ones however arose, 

 owing to the lowering of the level of lakes hitherto healthy, and their 

 conversion into marshes and pools. At Palikao, a lake became a 

 breeding ground for mosquitos from another cause. As it was used a& 

 a source of drinking water for the inhabitants, it was cleaned and 

 weeded every year, but in 1913 the work was not done, and the reeds 

 and water-weeds grew so vigorously that more than half the surface 

 was covered by them, houses near the lake were invaded by Anophe- 

 lines and cases of fever quickly followed. Anopheles turkhidi, List., 

 {Pyretophorus myzomyifacies, Theo.) has been found almost at sea- 

 level at a few yards from the waves, in the fresh water trickling from 

 the chalk-marl cUffs. It was observed in 1912 that the trains on the 

 line which skirts the Macta marsh or on that which runs along the 

 shore of Lake Fetzara collected clouds of Anophehnes, which were 

 thus carried long distances. A. iurhhudi has also been found in 

 Morocco and in one place a variety of A. chaudoyei [which is another 

 synonym of A. turkhudi]. A. macidipennis is found all over Morocco. 

 It is stated that at Montebello, once one of the most malarious places 

 in N. Africa, not a single fresh case has occurred since 1904, when the 

 destruction of larvae and the use of quinine was first undertaken 

 systematically. Similarly good results have been obtained at Mondovi 

 near Lake Fetzara, but gauze screening had to be largely employed 

 to prevent the swarms of mosquitos from the lake from entering the 

 offices and official residences. The railways and the railway staffs 

 are the subject of special anti-malarial measures which have been very 

 successful. 



Laveran (A.). Des Lacertiens peuvent-ils etre infect6s par des Leish- 



mania? [Can hzards be infected with leishmaniasis?] — Bidl. 



Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, viii, no. 3, 10th March 1915, pp. 104-109. 



According to Sergent, Lemaire and Senevet, Tarentola mauritanica 



(the Algerian gecko) may play a role in the transmission of oriental 



