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KiEFFER (J. J.). Chiromides d'Australie conserves au Musee National 

 Hongrois de Budapest. — Annales Musti Nalionalis Hungarici, xv, 

 1917, pp. 175-228, 18 figs. 



This paper includes keys to the Australian species contained in 

 the genera belonging to the sub-families Ceratopogoninae, Tany- 

 PODINAE and Chironominae. 



The species of Culicoides, Latr., dealt with, are C. decempunctatus, 

 Skuse ; C. lineatus, sp. n., from Ncav Guinea ; C. gutti'pennis, Meij. ; 

 C. xanthoceras, sp. n., from New Guinea ; C. marmomtus, Skuse, 

 C. molestus, Skuse, C. sydneyensis, Skuse, C. suhnitidus, Skuse, 

 C. nigellus, Skuse, C. aeratipennis, Skuse, C. tninusculus, Skuse, 

 C. brevitarsis, sp. n., from Australia ; and C. australiensis, sp. n., from 

 New Guinea. 



Other new species described include Ceralopogon 23unctwn-album, 

 C. australiensis, C. flaviventris, C. lepidopus, Atrichopogon bifasciatiis, 

 A. immaculatus, A. biroi, A. sessilis and A. vestitipennis, all from 

 New Guinea ; A. coracinus, A. atratus and A. atmtus var. rufiventris 

 from New South Wales ; Leptoconops sjnnosipes from New Guinea ; 

 Palpomyia bifasdata from Queensland ; and P. imparimguis from 

 New Guinea. 



KiEFFER (J. J.). Chironomides d'Am6rique conserves au Mus§e 

 National Hongrois de Budapest. — Annales Musei Nationalis 

 Hungarici, xv, 1917, pp. 292-364, 43 figs. 



Keys are given to the genera of Ceratopogoninae and to the 

 American species, with descriptions of the following new ones : 

 Ceratopogon coquilletti from U.S.A. ; C. tropicus from Costa Eica ; 

 Atrichopogon microtomus, A. pallidipes, A. piceiventris, A. fiebrigi 

 and A. sancti-laurentii from Paraguay ; A. auricoma and A. colum- 

 bianus from Colombia ; A. peruviayius from Peru ; C^llicoides colum- 

 bianus and C. sanctaemarthae from Colombia ; C. hirtipes from Peru ; 

 C. villosipes from Paraguay ; C. undecimpunctatus from Argentina ; 

 Palpomyia tenuicrus, P. crassicrus and P. inermicollis from Paraguay ; 

 P. microchela and P. columbiana from Colombia ; P. callangarui, 

 from Peru ; P. boliviensis from Bolivia. 



Baylis (H. a.), a new Species of the Nematode Genus Crossocephalus 

 from the Rhinoceros. — Annch & Mag. Not. Hist., London, iv, no. 

 20, Augu^^t 1919, pp. 94-98, 2 figs. 



The Nematode, Crossocep)halus longicaudatus, sp. n., found parasitic 

 in a rhinoceros (P. sumatrensis) from the Malay Peninsula is described 

 and compared with C. viviparus which occurs in the zebra. 



Little (A.). Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Poultry. — Rhodesia 

 Agric. Jl, Salisbury, xvi, no. 3, June 1919, pp. 231-235. 



The diseases recorded as occurring in Khodesia among fowls include 

 spirochaetosis transmitted by the poultry tick, Argas persicus [see 

 this Review, Ser. B, vii, p. 95]. 



