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INDEX 



how to apply, 90 ; of citronella, 

 102 ; of cedar, 102 ; of penny- 

 royal, 157. 



Ootheca of cockroach, 132. 



Ophion, 437. 



Oriental cockroach, 132, 136. 



Ormerod, Eleanor, 235. 



Ornithodoros turicata, 408. 



Osborn, Herbert, 44. 



Packard, A. S., 219, 339. 



Packardia geminata, 432. 



Paper, tanglefoot, 30, 157. 



Parasites of house-fly, 12. 



Peas, 269. 



Pedicel of ants, 166. 



Pediculoides ventricosus, 347 ; injury 

 of, 349 ; life history of, 349 ; con- 

 trol of, 350 ; literature of, 352. 



Pediculus corporis, 311. 



Pediculus humanus, 309. 



Pennyroyal, oil of, 157. 



Pergande, Theodore, 175, 401. 



Pericoma calif ornica, 50, 51. 



Periplaneta americana, 133, 135. 



Periplaneta australasice, 137. 



Perkins, G. H., 175. 



Persian insect powder, 28, 94. 



Pettit, R. H., 387. 



Phidippus morsitans, 405. 



Phillips, R. O., 341. 



Phlebotomus fever, 51. 



Phlebotomus papatasii, 51. 



Phobetron pithecium, 431. 



Phorbia sp., 36. 



Phthirius pubis, 314. 



Piophila casei, 288. See cheese 

 skipper. 



Plague, 153. 



Plaster of Paris, 141. 



Plodia inter punctella, 252. 



Plumacher, Capt. E. H., 103. 



Pogonomyrmex barbatus molefaciens, 

 173. 



Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, 172. 



Poisonous insects, 398. 



Pollenia rudis, 38 ; habits of, 39 ; 

 life history of, 40 ; control of, 41. 



Popenoe, C. H., 253. 



Porches, 101. 



Potash, bichromate, 29. 



Powder, Persian insect, 28. 



Powder-post beetles, 386. 



Pratt, F. C, 331, 332. 



Privy, open, 23. 



Proboscis of house-fly, 9. 



Psocids, 379 ; food and habits of, 

 381 ; invasions by, 382 ; control 

 of, 384 ; literature of, 385. 



Psychoda minuta, 50. 



P tilinus pectinicornis, 392. 



Ptilinus ruficornis. 393. 



Ptinidce, 392, 393. 



Ptinusfur, 393, 394. 



Pulex irritans, 144, 146. 



Pulvilli of house-fly, 7. 



Punkies, 329 ; life history of, 332 ; 

 breeding places of, 334 ; control 

 of, 334 ; literature of, 334. 



Pyralis farinalis, 256. 



Pyrethrum, 28, 41, 93, 94, 139, 141. 



Quayle, 102. 

 Quemados, 81. 



Railliet, A., 310. 



Raisins, 253. 



Rasahus biguttatus, 421. 



Rasahus thoracicus, 421. 



Raspberries, 266. 



Read, Albert N., 201. 



Redbugs, 317, 319; hosts of, 319; 



injuries of, 320 ; life history of, 



322 ; control of, 323. 

 Reduvius personatus, 419. 

 Reed, Walter C, 80. 

 Repellants for mosquitoes, 102, 



103. 

 Rhagoletis pomonella, 265. 

 Rhynchoprion penetrans, 149, 426. 

 Rice weevil, 261. 

 Ricketts, H. T., 313. 

 Riley, C. V., 40, 133, 191, 196, 210, 



279, 289, 338, 419, 427. 

 Riley, W. A., 3. 

 Roach, 87. 



