IXDEX 



513 



Postnotal plates of metathorax of mosquito, 



59 

 Postnotum of mesotergum of mosquito, 57-58 

 Postnotum of mosquito, 60 

 Postnotum of mosquito, vestiture, 74 

 Postscutellum. (See Postnotum.) 

 Potassium permanganate. (-See Permangan- 

 ate of potasli.) 

 Potatoes, boiled, food of mosquitoes, 108 

 PoTHiER, Beyer and Parker. (See Parker, 



Beyer and Pothier.) 

 Poultry, hosts of Culex pipiens and C. guin- 



quefasciatus, 106 

 Prairie mosquitoes, habits of larvae, 146 

 Predaceous mosquito larvae, 151-152 

 Predaceous mosquito larvae inhabiting bro- 



meliads, 148 

 Predaceous mosquito larvae inhabiting water 



in broken ends of bamboo, 149 

 Predaceous mosquito larvae, mode of captur- 

 ing prey, 153-154 

 Prescutum of mesotergum of mosquito, 57 

 Proboscis, scale covering in mosquito, 74 

 Proboscis of mosquito, early accounts of 



structure and mechanism, 20 

 Proboscis of mosquito, structure, 37-50 

 Procpimerum. (See Epimerum of pro- 

 thorax.) 

 Progne subis, enemy of mosquitoes, 178 

 Progress of nations as affected by endemic 



disease, 326-328 

 Prosopolepis, prothoracic lobes, 59 

 Protergal lobe or plate of mosquito, 55 

 Prosternum of mosquito, 57 

 Protective and remedial work against mos- 

 quitoes, 354-449 

 Proteosoma, flagellate bodies, 106 

 Proteosoma, parasites of birds, 189 

 Proteosoma, parasite of birds and mosqui- 

 toes, studies by Koch, 196-197 

 Prothoracic lobes of mosquito, 59-60 

 Prothoracic lobes, in mosquito, vestiture, 73 

 Prothorax of mosquito, 55-57 

 Protococcus ?, food of Anopheles larvae, 150 

 Protozoa, flagellate, food of Culex nigritulus 



larva, 151 

 Protozoa, food of mosquito larvae, 150 

 Protozoan parasites of mosquitoes, 159-161 

 Protozoan, ultra-microscopic, probable cause 



of yellow fever, 257-258 

 Pr.ouT, Dr. W. T., on mosquitoes and Ocimum 



viride, 416 

 Proventriculus, its homologue in mosquito, 



75,76 

 Psendomyzomyia ludlowii. (See Anopheles 



ludlowii.) 

 Psorophora, beneficial habits of larvae, 152 

 Psorophora, claws, 64-65 

 Psorophora eggs, disposal and hatching, 144 

 Psorophora. eighth segment and its tergal 



and sternal plates in female, 68 

 Psorophora, enemies of other mosquitoes, 167, 



402 

 Psorophora, food of larvfe, 151 

 Psorophora, habits of larvas, 147 

 Psorophora larvae, when to find them, 185 

 Psorophora larvae, where to find them, 184 

 Psorophora, length of pupal period, 155 



Psorophora, male genitalia, 70 



Psorophora, mouth-parts of larva, adaptation 

 to predaceous habit, 96-97 



Psorophora, scales of legs, 74 



Psorophora, tip of abdomen, cerci, 68 



Psorophora, wing vestiture, 73 



Psorophora ciliata, cannibalistic habits of 

 larvae, 168-169 



Psorophora ciliata, enemies of Anopheles and 

 Culex larvae, 167-169 



Psorophora ciliata, femora, 62 



Psorophora ciliata, mouth-parts of larva, 

 adaptation to predaceous habit, 97 



Psorophora ciliata, structure of thorax, 55-59 



Psorophora discolor, larva, mode of feeding, 

 breathing by means of gills, 153 



Psorophora discolor, wing vestiture, 73 



Psorphora (Janthinosoma) sayi, mouth-parts 

 of larva, 97 



Psorophora signipennis. wing vestiture, 73 



Pulvilli absent in Culicidae, 67 



Pumping organ of pharynx of mosquito, 75, 76 



Pupal period of mosquito, 155 



Purifying effect of mosquito larvae upon wa- 

 ter, 152 



Pyloric dilation of mosquito, 75, 76 



Pylorus of mosquito, 75, 76 



Pyrethrum carneum, synonym of Chrysan- 

 themum marshallii, 368 



Pyrethrum powder as smudge against mos- 

 quitoes, 367-369 



Pyrofume as fumigant against mosquitoes, 

 371-372 



Quartan fever caused by Plasmodium ma- 

 laria; 189, 191 



QtTAYLE, H. J., on drainage of California salt- 

 marshes, 394-396 



Quinine as remedy for malaria, 194 



Quinine, a substance similar to it supposedly 

 injected into human blood by mosquito, 

 188 



Quinine, experiments in its use as remedy for 

 malaria, 199-200 



Quininization. (See Cinchonization.) 



Quotidian fever, name for disease caused by 

 Plasmodium falciparum, 191 



Rachionotomyia ceylonensis, scutellar spine, 



60 

 Railroads and other conveyances as dis- 

 tributors of yellow-fever mosquito, 299- 

 301 

 Railroads as carriers of mosquitoes, 345-352 

 Rain puddles, muddy, larvae of mosquitoes 



found therein, 148 

 Rana pipiens tadpoles not enemies of mos- 

 quito larvae, 177 

 Ranatra, enemy of Anopheles larvae, 170 

 Ranatra, enemy of mosquito larvae, 165 

 Ranatra fusca, enemy of mosquito larvae, 165 

 Raschke on respiratory system of mosquito 



larvae, 89-91 

 Real estate, reduced value in mosquito-in- 

 fested regions, 328-330 

 Rearing methods in studying mosquitoes, 1S3- 



185 

 Rearing mosquitoes, 181-182 



