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Museum.

The Committee offer their best thanks to the following gentlemen who have sent valuable specimens to the School :-

Mr. Armstrong, Gosforth: Conurus from a bullock.

Dr. A. Aiken Clark: Snakes and a scorpion from Manáos, Brazil. Seeds of Guarana. Ipecacuanha, dried roots. Entomological specimens.

Mr. Hughes, Ramsay: Helminths from a foal.

Dr. A. D. Imms: Specimen of brown-tail moth (Kent).

Dr. Sharley Jones: Ackee fruit from Jamaica.

Dr. J. W. S. Macfie, Accra: Pathological specimens. Large collection of

helminths Collection of Glossing, Tabanido, and Pulicide.

Mr. A. W. N. Pillers: Large collection of helminths. Major J. A. Sinton: Phlebotomus (North-Western Anopheles (Ireland), etc.

Mr. T. Southwell: Cercaria from oysters (Ceylon). Professor Stephens: English viper.

Professor T. Zammit: Three skins of Maltese goats.

Library.

Frontier Province).

Daring 1920, the exchange of the Annals of Tropical Medicine and Para- sitology was arranged with twenty-six additional journals, bringing the total of "the current journals in the Library to 136.

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The Committee offer their best thanks to the following donors of books to the Library:

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American Red Cross: "Strong and others' Report of Commission on Trench Fever." "Strong and others' Typhus Fever, with Particular Reference to the Serbian Epidemic."

Dr. H. K. Anderson: Gurney-Dixon's "Transmutation of Bacteria." Dr. John Hanington: Forbes' "Monkeys," Volumes I and II. Lloyd's "Natural History: Handbook to the Primates."

Professor Herdman: Collection of Reprints of Entomological and other papers. Professor James Johnstone: Carpenter's "A Naturalist on Lake Victoria." Miss A. T. Laird Hamilton's "MacGregor Laird." Kidd's Savage Childhood."

Professor Newstead: Large collection of pamphlets and reprints of Entomo- logical papers.

Syndics of Cambridge: Savage's "Food Poisoning."

University Press: Parson's "Isolation Hospitals."

Anonymous: Brunton's "Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and Materia Medica." Hutchison and Rainy's "Clinical Methods." Scoresby-Jackson's “Notebook of Materia Medica."

The following books have also been added to the Library:

K- Guillaume:

Le Sympathique et les systèmes associés.

Burmeister: "Manual of Entomology."..

Extra Pharmacopoeia.

Rivas: "Human Parasitology;"

Elliot "Tropical Ophthalmology."

Grall and Clarac : Traité de Pathologie Exotique," Vol. IV: Diarrhées

Dysenteries. Hépatite Endémique, Abscès du Foie.

Stubbe: "Lord Bacon's Relation of the Sweating Sickness."

James: "Malaria at Home and Abroad."

Fryer: "Insect Pests and Fungus Diseases of. Fruit and Hops."

Publications.

The following papers have been published by members of the staff: Yorke, W.-Research into the trypanosomiasis problem: a critical consideration of suggested measures. Trans. Roy. Soc. Med. and Hyg. Vol. XIV. p. 31.

A criticism of the proposals of the Glossina Sub-Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology for investigating the bionomics of the fly. It was main- tained that in Africa the main reservoir of the pathogenic trypanosomes of man and domestic stock is the big game, and therefore that before everything else it is necessary to decide by scientifically conducted experiment what would be the effect upon- the whole trypanosomiasis problem of the extermination of game in a given

tract.

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Yorke, W., and Southwell, T.-Crossocephalus zebra. n. sp. Ann. Trop. Med, and

Parasit. Vol. XIV, p. 127.

The description of a nematode from the intestine of a zebra, which the characters of the head, and also the position of the vulva, led the authors to regard as a new species.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Historical Record, 1898-1920. At the University Press of Liverpool. viii+ 103 pp., 36 plates. 10s. 6d., post free.

A history of the School from its foundation to the present day

SIR,

We have, &c.,

J. W. W. STEPHENS,

Professor of Tropical Medicine. WARRINGTON YORKE,

Professor of Parasitology.

Enclosure 3 in No. 2.

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL AND GENERAL ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY.

1st November, 1920. I HAVE the honour to submit a report on the work done by the members of the staff of this Department for the half-year 1st May to 31st October, 1920.

Lectures and Demonstrations.

A full course of instruction is being given to the twelve students attending this School during the Autumn term for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine. A special course is also being given to the thirteen veterinary students attending the post- graduate course in Veterinary Parasitology for the Diploma in Veterinary Hygiene. Special courses were also given to the undergraduates in the Zoology Depart- ment, and to Mr. J. Dewhurst, of the Training College, Accra, at the request of the - Colonial Office.

RESEARCH.

Royal Society Grain Pests (War) Committee.

This investigation was brought to a close in September, and a final report submitted to the Royal Society for publication (see below).

Breeding-places of Anopheles Plumbeus.

An investigation into the bionomics of this mosquito was undertaken by Dr. Blacklock and Mr. Carter, with special reference to its breeding-places in the Liverpool district. Details of the results of the work done are given below under Publications.

Ship-borne Mosquitoes.

By request of the Ministry of Health, an inquiry was undertaken into the occurrence of mosquitoes in ships arriving in Liverpool from West African ports. A report of this work is in course of preparation.

Rat-Flea Investigation.

This investigation was undertaken by Professor Newstead and Miss Evans in conjunction with the Port Sanitary Authorities, the object being to determine the distribution of the various species of fleas occurring on rats in the Port and City of Liverpool, with special reference to those species responsible for the transmission of plague from rat to rat and from rat to man. A preliminary report was submitted in July.

Ceratopogonine Midges from the Gold Coast.

In June, Dr. J. W. S. Macfie returned from West Africa with a large collection of midges captured, or bred by himself and Dr. Ingram, during December, 1919, to April, 1920. Systematic work was commenced by Mr. Carter and Dr. Macfie, the latter returning to Accra in October. The work also included a detailed study of the external morphology of the adults and early stages. Results of this research will be published in the Annals. The thanks of the Department are due to Dr. Macfie for his gift of a special cabinet for this collection of midges.

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outhwell, T.-Crossocephalus zebræ. n. sp. Ann. Trop. Med, and L. XIV, p. 127.

ion of a nematode from the intestine of a zebra, which the bead, and also the position of the vulva, led the authors to regard

100l of Tropical Medicine: Historical Record, 1898-1920. At the of Liverpool. viii+ 103 pp., 36 plates. 10s. 6d., post free.

the School from its foundation to the present day

We have, &c.,

J. W. W. STEPHENS,

Professor of Tropical Medicine. WARRINGTON YORKE,

Professor of Parasitology.

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