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HuTCHiNs (E.). Annual Report of the Veterinary Department. — Ann. 

 Reft. Uganda Dept. Agric. for the year endmg 31st March 1914, 

 Kampala, 1914, pp. 28-35. 



In view of the fact that Glossina morsitans is the natural carrier of 

 Trypanosoma pecorum in Uganda, investigation is required of all the 

 localities in M^hich trypanosomiasis of cattle is known and the areas 

 in which Glossina morsitans occurs, must be accurately mapped and 

 defined. It will then be possible to avoid many of the losses for which 

 these diseases are responsible in Buganda and the Western Provinces 

 of the Protectorate. 



Torres (T.). Prophylaxie de la flevre jaune ^ Manaos. [Yellow fever 

 prophylaxis at Manaos.] — Bull. Office Internal. d'Hyg. Publique, 

 Paris, vi, no. 6, June 1914, pp. 989-995. 



On their arrival at Manaos, the first step taken by the Commission 

 presided over by the author was to determine the parts of the town in 

 which cases of yellow fever had occurred in the preceding six months, 

 that is, since 1st January 1913. In three months 4,624 houses were 

 dealt ^\ith ; all court-yards and floating craft in the harbour were 

 inspected and a list of infection centres made. Stegomyia abounded in 

 the heart of the town, but no Anophehnes were observed, as indeed 

 was to be expected from the absence of malaria. In the high tem- 

 perature of Manaos, 29° to 30° C. (84°-85° F.), only eight days are 

 necessary for a mosquito to pass all stages from larva to imago. 

 Although the town had suffered from yellow fever since 1856 no 

 deaths occurred in September and only one in October. This coincided 

 with the decrease of mosquitos and their final disappearance. No case 

 has now been found for six months. 



Fuller (C). The Skin Maggot of Man. — Agric. Jl. Union S.A., 

 Pretoria, vii, no. 6, June 1914, pp. 866-874, 1 fig. 



This paper is a compilation of the known facts regarding the Skin 

 Maggot Fly {Cordylobia anthropophaga, Griinb.), variously known as 

 the " Cayor Worm," " Tembu " or '' Tumbu Fly," " Maggot Fly " or 

 " Natal Maggot Fly." The maggots are essentially skin parasites, 

 and besides man, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, camels, guinea-pigs, 

 monkeys and baboons and other wild and domesticated animals are 

 attacked [see this Revieiv, Ser. B, i, pp. 91-92 and 171.] Though 

 painful, their attacks are not usually attended with serious con- 

 sequences. The hfe-history is still incompletely known, though there 

 is reason to think that this fly is viviparous, and that the eggs or young 

 larvae are laid in some cases on clothing. Pupation takes place in the soil 

 and occupies about a fortnight ; there are at the most, two or three 

 generations in the summer, and in South Africa attacks seem most 

 frequent in March. The author suggests that an unknown parasite 

 of the pupal stage is responsible for its rapid decadence and suppression 

 for periods of years. 



