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INDEX. 



Phlebotomus life-history, 13 ; metamor- 

 phoses first discovered by Grassi ; 

 latter's results confirmed by 

 Howlett.inlndia, 14; chief breeding- 

 places probably jJermanent latrines 

 and privies, 15 ; breeding-places of 

 African species not yet known, 

 14 ; meal of blood necessary to 

 female after fertilisation, for de- 

 velopment of eggs ; eggs of Ph. 

 papatasii and Indian species, 15 ; 

 food of larvie (Indian species), 15 ; 

 (Ph. papatasii), 16. 



larva, 16 ; duration of life-cycle 



of Indian species, 17. 



• in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Kas- 



sala and Khartoum), 20. 



as a disease-carrier, 17. 



a possible disseminator of Surra in 



India, 18 (and note). 



duboscqi, 20 ; habitat as at pre- 

 sent known, 20 ; differences from 

 Ph. papatasii, 21. 



pajiatasii in S. Europe, 1 1 ; pain- 

 ful bite ; reaction shown by in- 

 dividuals bitten ; jDreference for 

 particular regions of the body 

 exhibited by the insects when 

 biting (in Herzegovina), 13 ; life- 

 history, 14-17. 



apparently a true host of 



the virus of Pappataci fever, 19. 



(? papatasii), common throughout 



Egypt except at Port Said (Dr. 

 E. H. Ross), 20. 



pluto (Tabanus), 91. 



Portuguese East Africa, list of 



species, 204. 

 Pressat, Dr. Andre, on Phlebotomus 



and Oriental sore in Egypt, 18. 

 Prince's Island, list of species, 203. 

 Proboscis, exceptional length of, in 



certain species of Pangonia, 55, 56. 



in Tabanidae, 37. 



in Philsematomyia, 138. 



and palpi in Hipjjoboscidse, 164. 



Pronopes, 41, 42. 



Pro-Simulium, characters of sub- 

 genus, 23. 



Pseudolfersia, 164. 



Psychodidse (" Moth-flies "), characters 

 of ; blood-sucking species belong 

 to subfamily Phlebotominae, 9. 



pulchrithorax (Hsematopota), 122 

 (note). 



pusilla (Rliinomyza), 51. 



Q 



quadriguttatus (Tabanus), 94. 

 quadrisignatus (Tabanus), 111. 

 quinquemaculata (Cadicera), 54. 



R 



Rhinomyza, 50. 



costata, 51. 



denticornis, 51. 



edentula, 51. 



pusilla, 51. 



Rhodesia, North-Eastern, list of 

 species, 190. 



North-Western, list of species, 



190. 



Southern, list of species, 191. 



rostrata (Pangonia), 61, 62. 

 rothschildi (Tabanus), 116. 

 rubramarginata (Cadicera), 52. 

 ruficrus (Tabanus), 92. 

 rufipes (Hippobosca), 176. 

 riippellii (Pangonia), 64. 

 ruwenzorii (Tabanus), 117, 118. 



S 



" Sand-flies " (Phlebotomus), appear- 

 ance, distinctive characters, dis- 

 tribution, 19. 



a name sometimes applied to 



species of Simulium, 22. 



sanguinaria (Stygeromyia), 137. 



secedens (Tabanus), 96. 



Senegal, list of species, 197. 



septempunctatus (Tabanus), 73. 



Sergent, Drs. Edmond and Etienne, 

 researches on Tabanida^ and try- 

 panosomiases, 41, 70, 71, 105 (and 

 note). 



Seroots (Seruts) or Seroot-flies (Ta- 

 banidae), 36. 



sexfasciata (Pangonia), 59. 



sharpei (Tabanus), 72. 



Sierra Leone and Sierra Leone 

 Protectorate, list of species, 182. 



silacea (Chrysops), 48. 



SiLVius, 42. 



similis (Hsematopota), 126. 



Simuliidae, 22. 



Simulium, appearance and external 

 characters, 22 ; distribution and 

 number of recognised species, 22 ; 

 habits, swarms, 23, 24 ; life- 

 history, 24. 



and disease, 25. 



losses among stock caused by, in 



jjarts of United States of America, 

 25. 



damnosum ; probably occurs 



throughout Equatorial Africa, 26 ; 

 plague of, on right bank of Victoria 

 Nile, in Busoga, Uganda, 27 ; 

 severity of bite of, 27 ; near Ripon 

 Falls, Uganda, a far worse plague 



