and cattle, the lower part of the legs being the spot specially selected 

 for feeding. It has been suggested as a possible vector of the organism 

 of infantile paralysis, but since it rarely bites human beings, there is 

 small likelihood of its directly conveying the virus from man to man. 

 It is possible, however, that some domestic animals may provide 

 a reservoir for the virus of infantile paralysis, it being well known 

 that from tune to time epidemics of illness are said to have occurred 

 in horses at the same time as epidemics of infantile paralysis in man. 

 It is further possible that the virus may occur and multiply in a 

 domestic animal without materially affecting it. 



Bull (L, B.). Impetigo of the Pig. — S. Australia Stock & Brands 

 Department, [sine loco], [n. d.], 5 pp. [Received 12th February 

 1919.] 



Impetigo of the pig is essentially a skin disease due to the inoculation 

 of bacteria {Bacillus enteritidis, Gaertner) into the skin, lice {Haernato- 

 'pinus suis) being responsible for this transmission. There is no evidence 

 to show that the skin becomes infected by any other means, although 

 there is no reason to believe that this is not possible. Only the soft- 

 and tender skin of the young animal appears to be susceptible, the 

 thicker and harder skin of adults appearing to afford complete 

 protection. 



Prevention of the disease should be easy if young animals are 

 always kept in clean surroundings with plenty of fresh air and 

 sunlight. A strict watch should be kept for lice and whenever they 

 are found the styes should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 

 The animals themselves should be dipped, sprayed or hand-dressed 

 with a 2-4 per cent, creolin solution. A 10 per cent, kerosene 

 emulsion is also very ejEficient, but should not be used in very hot 

 weather, as it is then liable seriously to injure the skin. All treatments 

 must be repeated at least 3 times at intervals of a week to ten days. 



Taylor (F. H.). Studies in Phlebotomic Diptera, no. 1. New Species 

 of Simuliidae and Chironomidae. — Australian Zoologist, Sydney, i, 

 no. 6, 11th November 1918, pp. 167-170, 3 figs. [Received 12th 

 February 1919.] 



The Simuliids here dealt with are Simulium bancrofti, sp. n., and 

 S. furiosum, Skuse, only one other species, S. victoriae, Roub., having 

 been described as yet from Australia. The two Chironomids described 

 are Culicoides townsvillensis, sp. n., and C. midtimacnlatus, sp. n. 



Hosier (C. A.) & Snyder (T. E.). Further Notes on Tabanidae in the 

 Florida Everglades (Dipt.). — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington, D.C., 

 XX, no. 8, November 1918, pp. 182-184. [Received 14th February 

 1919.] 



Some species of Tahanus have the habit of congregating on the 

 bloom, and feeding on the nectar of the saw palmetto {Serenoa 

 serrulata), especially when it is shaded by the large fan-shaped leaves, 

 males of T. americanus, T. trijunctus and T. lineola being found in 

 such situations from early morning till nearly dusk. A few females 

 also feed on the bloom. Blooms from which the leaves shading them 

 have been cut are immediately deserted by the males of T. americanus 



