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Fever and Other Diseases. In this and the preceding chapter good ac- 
counts are given of the interrelations between man, some of the lowest 
forms of animal life and mosquitos ; also the status of yellow fever in 
regard to these insects. VIII. Mosquito Remedies and Enemies. Em- 
bodying the details of the most practical means toward the mitigation of 
the scourge and pest. IX. Notes on the Commoner Species. Wherein 
are set forth the cardinal features of the carriers of disease, the pestifer- 
ous forms and a few of the seemingly harmless, yet interesting species. 
X. Collecting and Laboratory Methods. XI. Identification Keys and 
Systematic List. These, the last and the next to the last, chapters have 
in them information of great importance in the first stage of any cam- 
paign against mosquitos. Especially worthy of note are the keys 
whereby the larvae may be positively determined. - The key to larvae 
makes the book exceptionally valuable to the inspector who, in the course 
of his survey, cannot take time to breed out the species which he meets 
in the pursuit of his object—z. e., the blazing the way for the practical 
exterminator or the health officer and the contractor. Finally, there is a 
bibliography which, to those sufficiently interested, opens all channels 
leading to the vast library on mosquitoes ; an appendix entitled Mos- 
quitoes and Leprosy, in which is reviewed the speculation on the sup- 
posed relation between these two, and a full and convenient index to the 
entire book. 
The latest generic combinations of the species is given, also most of 
the synonyms—we regret in this connection to have to note the abscence 
of one of the synonyms of Anopheles maculipennis, namely claviger, 
which is current even at this late date among American doctors of medi- 
cine, in witness whereof we cite; ‘‘ Plain Labels on Germ Enemies,” 
by W. H. Thompson, M.D., LL.D. Everybody’s Magazine, page 692 ; 
1907. 
All in all, this volume is a most useful one—one that will supply a very 
evident want. It should be widely heralded so that it may reach every 
intelligent person. Entomologists, doctors, health officers and, in fact, 
all who are interested in public welfare, can’t afford to be without this 
latest guide, which indeed deserves to be inscribed as it is—‘ In Memory 
of James William Dupree, M.D. The true citizen, the beloved physician, 
the constant investigator.’,—H. L. ViERECcK. 
ON THE W. HoRN-ROESCHKE SCHOOL. 
In the Annals of the Hungarian National Museum, there has lately ap- 
peared a monograph of the Cychrini, by Dr. Hans Roeschke, purporting 
to include all the described species. The subject is treated on the lines 
of the W. Horn-Roeschke school of entomological philosophers, with 
its ponderous system of species, subspecies, varieties, aberrations and 
monstrosities, although the divine inspiration by which they are enabled 
to determine the status of these various subordinate forms belongs only 
to themselves. It appears to me that ordinary common sense would 
