INDEX 



519 



Leg, iiomeuclature, 16, 17 ; of Cidicidcc, 



90 ; of mosquito (illust.) 17 ; of pupa, 



68. 

 Lcptocornis genus, 316. 

 Life history, 1; chap, vii., ou, 112. 

 Ligameatum nuchse, 100. 

 Linmtus, 510, 513. 

 Limit of malaria, 161 ; southern, of 



hybernation, 143. 

 Lingua, 11. 



Lists, faunistic, 248-251. 

 Lobulus, 11. 



Longevity of Culicida:, 134. 

 "Long-lived" mosquito, Bancroft's, 



241, 408. 

 Lunula frontalis, 9. 



M. 



Madiera, Culicidcc of, 251. 



Malaria, 4, 20, 29 ; and Anopheles, 

 149, 281 ; and Anopheles generally 

 found together, 284 ; and atmospheric 

 pressure, 165 ; and blood parasites, 

 116 ; and cultivation, 183 ; and drain- 

 age, 170 ; and hill districts, 106 ; and 

 inundation canals, 191 ; and irriga- 

 tion, 183, 193 ; and personal hy- 

 giene, 225 ; and purified water, 167 ; 

 and quinine, 177 ; and rainfall, 164 ; 

 and salivary glands of mosquito, 99 ; 

 and silt, 192 ; and spleen ratio, 166 ; 

 and water supply, 166; anti-malarial 

 influence of town life, 204 ; at Ber- 

 hampur, 148 ; bovine, 116 ; coccidia 

 of, 70 ; commissions, 219 ; diminished 

 byfilling puddles, 207, 236; diminished 

 by hydraulic sanitation, 171 ; dimin- 

 islied by paving and draining, 206 ; 

 diminished by pastoral cultivation, 

 196 ; diminished in Kgypt, 195 ; ex- 

 penditure for prevention of, 156 ; 

 how to diminish, 213, 225 ; in Indian 

 jails, 212 ; in the European army 

 in India, 210 ; in the native army 

 in India, 211 ; influence of air on, 

 172 ; influence of human occupation, 

 196 ; influence of soil ou, 172 ; in- 

 fluence of vegetation on, 178 ; in- 

 oculated by the bite of infected 

 mosquitoes, 153 ; inoculating appa- 

 ratus of mosquito, 93 ; intensified by 

 canal irrigation, 189 ; isolation of 



patients, 213, 214 ; limit of, 161 ; 

 may be stamped out, 152 ; microscopic 

 apparatus for, 33 ; no exact Indian 

 statistics, 210 ; not dependant on 

 population 157, 153 ; prophylaxis of, 

 chap. viii. , on, 152 ; responsible for 

 very great mortality, 156 ; seasonal 

 prevalence of, 209 ; so-called, on 

 " Argo," 170 ; stamp out, 215 ; tem- 

 perature and development, 158 ; 

 thickets and undergrowth favour- 

 able, 182. 



Malaria-proof houses, '227. 



Malarial parasite, evolution of, 148 ; 

 parasite requires two hosts, 154, 213, 

 281 ; parasites found in An. costalis. 

 309, An. funestus, 318, An. Lutzit, 

 304, An. paludis, 296, An. sivger- 

 pictus, 311. 



Malay Peninsula, GiUicidce of, 249. 



Male gsnerative organs, 109, illust., 110. 



Malphigian tubes of imago, 102 ; of 

 larva, 46, 47. 



Mandibles of imago, 84, 86, 93 ; of 

 larva, 46, 58, 61, 129. 



Mandibulse of imago, 11 ; of larva, 47. 



Mangrove swamps and mosquitoes, 133. 



Marginal vein, 16. 



Margo verticalis, 9. 



Marsh miasmata, 170. 



Marshes and malaria, 170. 



Mauritius, CuUcidLe of, 251. 



Maxillae, 11, 58, 01, 64, 93 ; of imago, 

 11, 84, 86 ; of larva, 47. 



Maxillary palpi of imago, 81, 87 ; of 

 larva, 62. 



Mediastinal vein, 14. 



Megarhina, larva, 42, 58 ; metallic 

 colouration, 268 ; number of, 239 ; 

 plate illustrating, 269 ; wing (illust.), 

 266. 



Megarhinina, 255, 333 ; characters of, 

 256, 265. 



Mesothorax, 11, 88. 



Metamorphosis of Diptcra, 1. 



Metanotum, 12 ; characters of, 262 ; 

 nude, 259. 



Metatarsus, 17. 



Mctathorax, 11, 88. 



Microscope, 33 ; and determination of 

 genera, 255 ; mounting for, 24, 28, 

 33, 254. 



