Leptotrombidium subqunadratum larvae were collected for the first time in 1994 from dogs in Bloemfontein. The larvae have been collected annually, during the summer months, over a period of 6-7 years. Previously the only known hosts were scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (locality unknown) and short-snouted elephant shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) (Kruger National Park). These mites cause severe...

ECTOPIA of the macula is a striking clinical condition but has been infrequently described, only fourteen cases having been reported: Kruger (1913), Triebenstein (1919), Beselin (1924, 1925), Bielschowsky (1930), Stein (1931), Friedman (1942), Cohen and Weisberg (1950), and Trevor-Roper (1952). Fuchs (1921) described a further eight specimens in which the diagnosis was made histologically after...