516 



GNATS OR MOSQUITOES 



B. 



Balancers, see Haltercs. 



Basally lighter banded, 12, 13. 



Bermuda, Culicidcc of, 251. 



Big wood mosquito, 341. 



Biting and air temperature, 137 ; by 

 Anopliclcs, 285 ; by females, 114, 

 by insects, 4 ; by Megarhina, 260 ; 

 not by males, 115 ; precautions 

 against, 216, 225 ; remedies, 234. 



Black cotton soil, characters of, 176. 



Blood parasites in mosquitoes, 152 ; 

 method of experimenting on, 37. 



Blow-fly's tongue, 81. 



" Borrow pits " beside an Indian rail- 

 way, 199, illust., 198 ; Celli on, 199. 



Brachial vein, 16. 



Brachijcera, 2. 



Brackish water, Culex larvre in, 133. 



Brain of larva, 62 ; of mosquito, 97, 106. 



Breeding grounds for mosquitoes, chap, 

 viii., on, 152 ; of mosquitoes, 22, 30, 

 40, 142. 



Breeding-out insects, apparatus for 

 (illust.), 29. 



Brindled mosquitoes, 145, 395. 



Bristles of larvae, 41, 43, 60, 61, illust., 

 42. 



British iluseum collection, 240, 241. 



Buccal bulb, 85, 96 ; cavity, 96, 100. 



Callus humeralis, 11. 



Campagna, mosquito proof cottage in 

 (illust.), 227. 



Canada, Culicidie in, 244. 



Canals, effects of, 185, 191 ; inundation, 

 194. 



Canine filariasis transmitted, 311. 



Cantus oris, 10. 



Capitulum labii, 10. 



Captivity, mosquitoes in, apparatus 

 for keeping, .30, 32. 



Capture of mosquitoes, 21. 



Castor-oil plant, 179. 



Caudal extremity of An. Eossii, para- 

 sites on (illust.), 150. 



Caudal tufts, 268. 



Ceiling cloth, 228. 



Cells of wing, 16. illust., 14. 



Ccratopsgon, 5. 



Cervix, 9. 

 Chiks, 228. 



China, CulicidfC in, 250. 

 Chlronomidcc, 3, 5, 03. 

 Chitinous appendices, (illust.), 77. 

 Chordotonal function of hairs of an- 

 tennae, 80, 89. 

 Chylific ventricle, 102. 

 Circulatory system in imago, 106; in 



pupa, 70. 

 Clasping membrane, 125. 

 Classification of Culicidie, ch&'p. x., on,. 



254; of mosquitoes, 119, 1.37. 

 Claws, tar.sal, 78. 

 Climate, iulluenco of, 143, 160 ; table 



of various localities in India, 160. 

 Clothing in tropics, 231, 2.32. 

 Clypeus, character of, 262, illust., 42, 



257 ; nude, 258 ; of imago, 10 ; of 



larvte, 44, 58, 61, 129. 

 Coccidia of malaria, 70. 

 Cold, influence of, 143. 

 Collare, 11. 

 Collecting and preparing Culicida;^ 



chap, ii., on, 19 ; larva, 118. 

 Collum, 11. 



Concliyliates, legs of, 78. 

 Corethra, appendages, 2 ; eggs 127 ; 



genus, 500; larva, 58, 60, 63, 116, 



130, 131 ; number, 239 ; organs of 



hearing, 56 ; pupa, 64, 130 ; wing, 6. 

 Ccyrethrina, 255 ; characters of, 256, 



500. 

 Costa, 14. 

 Costal cells, 15. 

 Cotton soil, 176. 

 Coxa, 16, 88. 

 Crab burrows, habitat of Dcinokeridcs, 



242, 261. 

 Crepuscular mosquitoes, 1.37. 

 Cross-veins of Atiophdcs, 287; wing, 15. 

 Crystalline larva\ 63. 

 Cubital vein, 16. 

 Culex, eggs, 124; larva?, 36, 42, 46, 



52, 58, GO, 61, 117, 130, 131, 169; 



motanotum, 259 ; number, 239 ; 



palps, 333 ; position of resting, 139 ; 



respiratory system of larva, 45. 

 Culicidm, 7, 73 ; classification of, chap. 



X., on, 254 ; distribution of, chap, ix., 



on, 237 ; monograph on, by Mr. 



Theobald, 240. 



