TABLE OF CONTEXTS V 



The relation of mosquitoes to man — Continued. 

 Yellow fever — Continued. 



The yellow-fever mosquito — Continued. Page. 



Time of activity 262 



Length of life of imago 270 



Influence of temperature 271 



The biting of cadavers 272 



Distance of flight 272 



Mating 275 



Relation of food to oviposition 277 



Oviposition 278 



Breeding habits 281 



The eggs 281 



Breeding places 283 



Behavior of larvae 286 



Food habits of larvae 287 



Duration of larval stage 288 



Resistance of larvae to adverse conditions 289 



The geographic distribution of the yellow-fever mosquito 292 



Original home of Aedes calopus 294 



Distribution by artificial means 298 



The yellow-fever mosquito in Europe 301 



Dengue 303 



Fllariasis 307 



Transmission by mosquitoes 308 



The filaria worms 309 



Periodicity of the filariae 309 



Evolution in the mosquito 310 



Mode of transmission to the vertebrate host 312 



Mosquitoes that transmit fllariasis 315 



Suggested relations of mosquitoes with other disease 316 



Effect of mosquito bites 316 



Relative susceptibility 318 



Economic loss from mosquitoes 320 



Loss from malaria 320 



Loss from yellow fever 325 



Endemic disease as affecting the progress of nations 326 



Losses from mosquitoes aside from the carrying of disease 328 



Reduced value of real estate 328 



Loss to agriculture 330 



Cost of screening 331 



The value of reclaimed lands 331 



Salt marsh lands in New Jersey 336 



Influence of wind on the dispersal of mosquitoes 339 



The carriage of mosquitoes by ships, railroads and other conveyances. . . . 345 



Mosquitoes in the courts-at-law 352 



Protective and remedial work against mosquitoes 354 



Protection from bites 359 



Screens and canopies 359 



Screening breeding-places 365 



Protective liquids 365 



Smudges and fumigants 367 



Pyrethrum or chrysanthemum 367 



Mimms culicide or camphor-phenol 369 



Pyrofume 371 



Sulfur dioxide 372 



Mercuric chloride 374 



Other fumigants 375 



Remedies for mosquito bites 376 



Apparatus for catching adult mosquitoes 377 



Destruction of larvae 379 



Permanganate of potash 380 



Sulphate of copper 380 



Certain proprietary compounds 380 



Cactus paste 381 



Petroleum 381 



Corn oil 383 



