Cu accumulation and depuration in various tissues of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus was investigated. Adult specimens were exposed to 0.5, 2.5 and 5.0 mg Cu/L under static conditions for three weeks. At the end of the 3rd week the specimens were divided into three groups and left in dechlorinated water for either 1, 2 or 3 weeks for depuration. After 7, 14 and 21 days, four crayfish from ea...

Drugs that inhibit the epidermal growth factor receptor, such as ZD1839 or C225, are being used increasingly in the treatment of solid tumours. This has led to the appearance of new secondary effects. We describe the case of a patient who presented with an acneiform eruption secondary to the administration of ZD1839. These lesions healed in a few days after stopping the drug.

A new species of the genus Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae: Amphinemurinae), A. baumanni sp. n. is described on the basis of five males collected in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India. A new species of the genus Sphaeronemoura (Amphinemurinae), S. siveci sp. n. is described on the basis of a single male collected in the West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, India. A checklist of...

The paper summarises the records of Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) species collected during author’s four trips to Russian Altai in 2014–2019. A total belonging this genus were recorded here, which one was found be undescribed and two other species, namely dolosellus (Zeller, 1839) podolicus (Toll, 1942), new for area at time. bidzilyai sp. nov. is described here as a sci...