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INDEX 



" Patagia " of protliorax of mosquito, 55 



Paunch of mosquito, 77-78 



Pawpaw plant, alleged deterrent to mosqui- 

 toes, 415 



Peat, alleged deterrent to mosquitoes, 417 



Pecten of respiratory tube of mosquito larva, 

 88,93 



Pennyroyal oil, oil of citronella, black tar and 

 mutton tallow as protection against mos- 

 quitoes and black flies, 366 



Pericardial cells of mosquito, 77, S3 



Perch, pirate. {See Aphredoderus.) 



" Perch," practical use as enemy of mosqui- 

 toes, 403 



Permanganate of potash as mosquito larvi- 

 cide, 380 



Pernicious fever, name for disease caused by 

 Plasmodium falciparum, 191 



Pernicious malaria caused by Plasmodium 

 falciparum, 189 



Perspiration, attractiveness to yellow-fever 

 mosquito, 113 



Petrochelidon lunifrons, enemy of mosqui- 

 toes, 178 



Petroleum (see also Oil and Kerosene). 



Petroleum as mosquito larvicide, 381-383 



Petroleum as mosquito larvicide, disadvan- 

 tages to its use in tropical regions, 383 



Petroleum, saponated, and iodine as remedy 

 for mosquito bites or wasp stings, 377 



Pettit, R. H., on destruction of mosquitoes 

 by Entomophthora, 157 



Pewee, wood. (See Myiochanes virens.) 



Phalarope, northern. (See Lobipes lobatus.) 



Phalarope, Wilson. (See Steganopus tri- 

 color.) 



Pharyngeal opening of mosquito larva, 87 



Pharynx of mosquito adult, 39, 42, 43, 75-76 



Pharynx of mosquito larva, 85 



Phinotas oil as mosquito larvicide, 380-381, 

 384 



Phoebe, Sayornis phce'be, enemy of mosquitoes, 

 178 



" Phu-lo " plant, alleged deterrent to mos- 

 quitoes, 417 



Phul plant, properties and uses, 417 



Pike, Lucius americanus, enemy of Ano- 

 pheles, 408 



Pipistrella europcei, host of Lecithodendrium 

 ascidia, 162 



PisoMa bairdi, enemy of mosquitoes, 179 



Pisobia maculata, enemy of mosquitoes, 179 



Pisobia minutilla, enemy of mosquitoes, 179 



Pistia, mosquito larvse that extract air from 

 its submerged roots, 149 



Pitcher-plant mosquito (see also Wyeomyia 

 smithii). 



Pitcher-plant mosquito, food of larvae, 151 



Pitcher-plant, Sarracenia purpurea, larvae of 

 mosquitoes found therein, 184 



Plants and trees alleged to be deterrent to 

 mosquitoes, 413-421 



Plants, enemies of mosquitoes, 156 



Plants, poisonous, as mosquito larvicides, 387- 

 388 



Plasmodiidae, parasites of insects, mammals, 

 and birds. 159, 189 



Plasmodium, 189 



Plasmodium, haematozoan near it found in 

 cases of dengue fever, 306 



Plasmodium, how to diagnose the species, 190- 

 191 



Plasmodium of monkey and other animals — 

 can it be transmitted to man?, 193 



Plasmodium, parasites of man, monkeys, and 

 squirrels, 189 



Plasmodium, probability of a fourth species, 

 192 



Plasmodium, races resistant to quinine, 194 



Plasmodium falciparum, causative organism 

 in pernicious, tropical, or sestivo-autuin- 

 nal malaria, 189 



Plasmodium falciparum, characteristics as 

 seen under microscope, 191-192 



Plasmodium falciparum, parthenogenesis of 

 macrogamete, 190 



Plasmodium falciparum, various names for 

 disease caused by it, 191 



Plasmodium 7nalaria\ causative organism in 

 regular quartan fever, 189 



Plasmodium malariw, characteristics as seen 

 under microscope, 191 



Plasmodium, malarice, parthenogenesis in 

 macrogamete probable, 190 



Plasmodiuvi pnvcox = Plasmodium falci- 

 parum, 189 



Plasmodium prcecox, transmission to canary 

 birds, 261 



Plasmodium, vivax, causative organism in be- 

 nign tertian fever, simple or double, 189 



Plasmodium vivax, characteristics as seen 

 under microscope, 192 



Plasmodium vivax, parthenogenesis of mac- 

 rogamete, 190 



Plate of ninth segment of abdomen of mos- 

 quito larva, 89 



Plathemis trimaculata, enemy of mosquitoes, 

 166 



Pleura of thorax of mosquito, 55 



Pleurae, vestiture, in mosquito, 74 



Pleural membrane of abdomen of mosquito, 

 67 



Pleural suture of mesothorax of mosquito, 58 



Pleural suture of metathorax of mosquito, 59 



Pleural suture of prothorax of mosquito, 57 



Pliny, reference to mosquitoes' " voice " and 

 to " stings " of Hymenoptera versus Dip- 

 tera, 8 



Plover, /Egialitis semipalmata, enemy of mos- 

 quitoes, 179 



Plover, ring-necked. (See JEgialitis semi- 

 palmata.) 



Plover, semipalmated. (See JEgialitis semi- 

 palmata.) 



" Pneumatic sacs " of Giles in mosquito, 78 



Poeciliidae. (/See Minnows, top.) 



Poison glands and ducts of mosquito, 49-50 



Poison ivy. (See Rhus toxicodendron.) 



Poison of mosquito bite, 316-318 



Poison of mosquitoes, discussion by Hum- 

 boldt, 18 



Pollywogs and mosquitoes, 177 



Polychromophilus, parasites of bats, 189 



Posterior cross-vein of mosquito wing, 61 



Postcoxal sclerite of mesothorax of mosquito, 

 58.59 



