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Every person obliged to touch the camels in the course of the 

 treatment became infected with mange within three weeks, the disease 

 being cured in the case of young, healthy and careful individuals in 

 two or three weeks, but proving very obstinate in the case of old 

 or unhealthy persons in frequent contact with the animals, and the 

 latter were only cured after treatment for several months. 



Velij (H.). Existence au Maroc d'une nouvelle Espece d'Ornithodorus. 

 [The Occurrence in Morocco of a riew Species of Ornithodorus.] — 

 Bull Soc. Path. ExoL, Paris, xii, no. 2, 12th February 1919, pp. 

 99-104, 9 figs. 



Ornithodorus marocanus, sp. n., is described from individuals found 

 in the crevices of walls, whence they issued at night to bite pigs, causing 

 severe ecchymosis. This species is* quite distinct from 0. erraticvs, 

 found in various localities of northern Africa, and is more nearly 

 allied to 0. turicata, from which, however, it is distinguished by the 

 character of the tarsi and by the absence of any smooth parts on the 

 body, which is entirely granulated. It attacks both man and pigs, 

 the bite being painful and causing an ecchymosis that lasts 4 or 5 

 days and is sometimes accompanied by a slight fever. 



RoDHAiN (J.). Larves de Sareophagides probablement Parasites 

 accidentels de Glossina palpalis en Captivity. [Larvae of Sarco- 

 phagids probably accidental Parasites of Glossina palpalis in 

 Captivity.] — Bull. Soc. Path. ExoL, Paris, xii, no. 2, 12th 

 February 1919, pp. 104-106. 



The author records finding in the Upper Congo region an individual 

 of Glossina palpalis, which had been enclosed in a bottle for five days 

 with many others, full of Sarcophagid larvae, 50 being extracted 

 from the abdomen of the one fly. In the opinion of Dr. Keilin to 

 whom the larvae were sent for examination it is considered possible 

 that the Sarcophagid may have parasitised the Glossina in flight, 

 as Sarcophagd kellyi has been known to attack a flying grasshopper. 

 In view, however, of the number of larvae found within the one fly 

 this hypothesis is not considered probable and it is thought far more 

 likely that the larvae issued from a female Sarcophagid enclosed in 

 the bottle and were attracted to the decomposing body of the tsetse- 

 fly which had been gorged with blood. 



RoDHAiN (J.). Note sur deux Choeromyies de I'ATrique orientale. [A 



Note on two Species of Choeromyia in Eastern Africa,] — Bull. Soc. 

 PatJi. Exot., Paris, xii, no. 2, 12th February 1919, pp. 106-107. 



As the only species of Auchmeromyia known to occur in ex-German 

 East Africa was A. luteola, w^hich is uniformly distributed there, the 

 author determined to investigate the existence of Choeromyia, the 

 larvae of which parasitise Orycteropus and Phacochoerus. The haunts 

 of these mammals were searched, with the result that two of the four 

 known species were captured, namely, G. bequaerti and C. praegrandis. 

 The localities in which these flies were captured are described and 

 indicate that both species are widely distributed throughout inter- 

 tropical East Africa. 



