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is hoped that the cattle sent out may prove immune to the attacks 

 of Boophilus annulatus microplus, the tick that transmits the disease. 

 Auricular mange in rabbits, caused by Psoroptes cuniculi, frequently 

 destroys the drmn of the ear and causes fatal lesions in the middle 

 and inner ear. Treatment with oil or disinfectant solutions and the 

 removal of the various crusts that have formed in the ear have been 

 found to give excellent results. 



The Cattle Tick sweeps onward in Australia and inflicts heavy Losses. — 



Science <fe Industry, Melbourne, i, no. 3, July 1919, pp. 139-140, 

 2 maps. 



A comparison is made between the tick infested areas of Australia 

 and the United States, of which maps are given. Whereas in the latter 

 country the tick [Boophilus annulatus] is being steadily pushed 

 back, in Australia it has been gradually spreading. In Queensland 

 the losses from tick fever alone have been estimated at £7,000,000. 



Cleland (J. B.) & SoMERViLLE (B. M.). The Distribution in New 

 South Wales of Worm Nodules in Cattle due to OncJiocerca gihsoni. 

 — Science d; Industry, Melbourne, i, no. 3, July 1919, pp. 179-182. 



Further investigations have been made with regard to worm nodules 

 in cattle due to Onchocerca gibsoni [see this Review, Ser. B, vii, p. 14]. 

 In New South Wales the dry western type of country and the moist 

 coastal climate, whether on the slopes or the inland plains, seems to 

 be more favourable for worm-nest infestation in the north of the 

 State than in the south. 



Williams (T. H.). Lice and Mange Infection of Pigs. — Jl. Dept. 

 Agric. South Australia, Adelaide, xxii, no. 12, July 1919, pp. 

 969-971, 4 figs. 



The remedial measures advocated for the treatment of mange in 

 pigs due to Sarcoptes scabiei suis are thorough scrubbing with soft soap 

 and water and the subsequent application of lard and sulphur. Several 

 applications will be needed for badly infested animals. The same 

 application with the addition of kerosene may be used against the 

 eggs of the pig louse, Haematopinus suis. 



Taylor (T. H.). Report of Entomologist, 1st July to 15th September 



1918. — Australian Inst. Trop. Med., Townsville, Queensland, 

 Hcdf-Yrly. Rept., 1st July-Slst December 1918, 9th July 1919, 

 pp. 14-15. [Received 12th September 1919.] 



The mosquitos collected during the malaria survey of the Innisfail 

 District include : Anopheles {Nyssorhynchus) annulipes, Culex 

 concolor, which has previously been recorded as C. tigripes, a species 

 that does not exist in Australia, Stegomyia quasioi'nata, Finlaya 



