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when placed in contact with infested animals. The louse does not 

 as a rule live longer than a week away from its natural host. The 

 remedial measures advocated are dipping as for other species of lice. 



Reakes (C. J.). Control of Animal Disease in New Zealand. — 



iV.Z. Jl. Sci. <& TecJmoL, Wellington, ii, no. 4-5, July 1919, pp. 258- 

 259. [Received 23rd September 1919.] 



Important factors in connection with the unusual freedom from 

 serious ammal diseases in New Zealand are the precautionary measures 

 adopted to prevent the entrance of disease and the enforcement of 

 systematised local control of existent ones. 



The parasites recorded as occurring in the country are : the Hippo- 

 boscid fly, Melophagus ovinus, which is kept in check by dipping ; 

 the ticks, Haemaphysalis 'punctata and Ixodes ricinus ; and the bot- 

 flies, Gastrophilus intestinalis (equi) and Oestrus oris. 



Miller (D.). The Status of Entomology in the Economy of the 

 Dominion. — N.Z. Jl. Sci. <& Technol., Wellington, ii, no. 4-5, July 

 1919, pp. 269-273, 1 fig. 



Recent observations show that a nmnber of mosquitos have been 

 introduced into New Zealand, and there is every possibility of 

 Stegomyia fasciata, which carries yellow fever, or some of the carriers of 

 malaria becoming established in the country. Of the four factors 

 necessary for the spread of malaria, the blood parasite, man, favourable 

 breeding environment and Anopheline mosquitos, the first three are 

 abeady existent in New Zealand, and the return of troops suffering 

 from malaria increases the danger. 



Estaci6n Nacional de Desinfecci6n y Profilaxis general de Cataraarca : 

 Su Inauguraci6n. — Anales Dept. Nac. Higiene, Buenos Aires, 

 XXV, no. 2, March and April 1919, pp. 7-20, 5 figs. [Received 

 20th September 1919.] 



In accordance with an extensive scheme of prophylaxis for the 

 whole of Argentina, planned by the National Department of Hygiene, 

 a national station for disinfection and general prophylaxis has been 

 opened at Catamarca, this being the fijst estabhshment of its kind 

 in Argentina. Among the decrees issued are a number of regulations 

 concerning the destruction of flies. Inspectors will visit private houses 

 and all other establishments to ensure the carrying out of measures 

 for fly destruction. 



Barbieri (A.). El Problema de Saneamiento antimaldrico en la 

 Argentina. — Anales Dept. Nac. Higiene, Buenos Aires, xxv, 

 no. 2, March-April 1919, pp. 21-37. [Received 20th September 

 1919.] 



The chief sanitary methods essential for the reduction of malaria 

 are reviewed, and the allocation of the various measures to the different 

 Boards of Works and Sanitary Services is described. It is estimated 

 that a sum of approximately £30,000 to £40,000 should be included 

 in the annual national budget for anti-malarial sanitation. 



