By W. P. Dickson, M.D., Superintendent, Central Jail, Bupar. History of the epidemic?Relapsing fever was epidemic in the Rupar Jail from the month of October 1878 to the month of July 1879. As far as I can ascertain, there were 805 seizures and 247 deaths from this disease in that period. The jail was under the superintendence of Dr. Ferguson up to the middle of April 1879, when I took overchar...

The genus Euthycaelus Simon 1889 is diagnosed based on the examination of type-material and additional material from Venezuela and Colombia. The genus now includes: Euthycaelus colonicus Simon 1889, E. norae sp. nov., E. amandae sp. nov.; Euthycaelus steini Simon 1889 is transferred to Psalistops comb. nov. The genus Schismatothele Karsch 1879 is considered a senior synonym of Hemiercus Simon 1...

The genus Buenoa contains 69 described species, 15 occurring in the North Region of Brazil. Here we present new records for the States of Pará, Amazonas, Roraima, and Rond6nia. We examined 16 species: B. amnigenoidea Nieser, 1970, B. amnigenopsis Nieser, 1975, B. amnigenus White, 1879, B. exilidens Barbosa, Nessimian & Ferreira-Keppler, 2010, B. dilaticrus Barbosa, Nessimian & Ferreira-Keppler,...