INDEX. 



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NoK, Dr. Giovanni, investigations in 

 Italy on Stoinoxys f-alcitians and 

 Filaria labiato-papillosa, of the 

 ox, 148 (and notes). 



noxialis (Hiuniatopota), 125. 



nyasre (Tabanus), 109. 



Nyasaland Protkctorate, list of 

 species, 18'J. 



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obscurefumatus (Tabanus), 94. 



obscurissimus (Tabanus), (li), 73. 



ochracea (Clirysozona (Ha'uiatopota)), 

 125. 



Ohomono, native name of Siniuliuni 

 wellnianni, in Biho, Angola, 30. 



Old, Dr. J. E. S., observations on 

 Pangonia in Nyasaland, 58. 



oldii (Pangonia), 57, 58. 



Olfersia, 1(54. 



Orange River Colony, list of species, 

 192. 



Oriental sore in Egypt, assertion by Dr. 

 A. Pressat as to ap])arent agency 

 of Phlebotonius in its dissemina- 

 tion, 18. 



Ornithoica, 164. 



Ornithomyia, 164. 



ovinus (Melophagus), 164. 



])allidipennis (Ha>matopota), 127. 



Pangonia, table of divisions of genus, 

 54 (note) ; bloodthirstinoss of 

 females, 56 ; number of described 

 Ethiopian species, 54 ; distribu- 

 tion of African species ; proboscis, 

 55. 



and disease, Pangonia and an- 

 thrax (in New Caledonia), 58. 



life-history not yet observed, 58. 



adjuncta, 60. 



angulata, 60 ; differences from 



P. conjuncta, 61. 



barbata, 55. 



beckeri, 63. 



(Diatomineura) brunni[)ennis, 65. 



comj^acta, 61. 



centralis (Nyasaland). obser- 

 vations by Dr. J. E. S. Old, 62. 



conjuncta, 64. 



(Corizoneura) distincta, a plague 



of domestic animals in Gamoji, 

 Galla Land, North-East Africa, in 

 October (observations by Dr. R. E. 

 Drake-Brockraan), 57. 



elongata, 59. 



fulvifascia, 55. 



gulosa, 62. 



Pangonia (Corizoneura) lateralis, 61. 



magrettii, 64 ; P. magrcttii and 



disease in ilcjuicstic animals, 58. 



oldii (Nyasaland), following 



nswala antolojie (.'Kpycoros me- 

 lampus) ; attacking man (obser- 

 vations by Dr. J. E. S. Old), 58. 



• rostrata, 61 ; in Capo Colony 



(Westermann's observations), 56, 

 62. 



riippellii, 64. 



sucking bloixl 



on 

 H. 



tiie wing 

 \. Fov in 



(observations by I)i 

 N. Nigeria), 56. 



and disease in domestic 



animals, 58. 



sexfasciata, 59. 



(Diatomineura) suavis, 65. 



zonata, 59. 



Pangoniinte (subfamily of Tabanida*), 

 names of African genera of, 41. 



" Pappataci " (Phlebotomus [)apatasii), 

 13, 15, 18. 



Pa{)pataci fever, disseminated by Phle- 

 botonius papatasii, 18, 19 ; re- 

 semblance of, to dengue and 

 Mediterranean " Simple Continued 

 Fever ", 19 ; percentage of Austro- 

 Hungarian troops attacked by the 

 disease each summer in South 

 Herzegovina and Dalmatia, 19. 



par (Tabanus), 76. 



Parhiematopota, 66, 122 (note). 



cognata, 66, 122 (note). 



Pearson, Dr. Arthur, on Tabanidae, 



other biting flies and sleeping 

 sickness, 40 (note). 



pertinens (Hasmatopota), 123, 126. 



I'hihematomyia, 137 ; structure of 

 proboscis, 138; other characters of 

 the genus, 139 ; a connecting link 

 between Stomoxys group and non- 

 biting Muscid;i3, 139. 



insignis, 137, 138, 140. 



Phlebotomus (" Sand-flies "), appear- 

 ance and distinctive characters, 

 10 ; common in latrines in Herze- 

 govina, Egypt, .\shanti, and 

 Uganda, 15 ; distribution, 10 ; num - 

 ber of African species at present 

 uncertain, 19 ; habits, resting 

 attitude, silent flight ; essentially 

 nncturnal, attracted by artificial 

 light, 1 1 ; sometimes bite bj' day ; 

 usually bite indoors, rarely in the 

 open ; severity of and irritation 

 caused by bite ; penetrate or- 

 dinary mosquito-curtains, and 

 crawl imder bed-cl(}thes ; How- 

 lett's observations in India ; cattle, 

 dogs, frogs, and caterpillars 

 attacked £is well as human beings, 

 12. 



