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INDEX. 



lectularius, Cimex (Acanthia). 

 Leeches, conveying mal de caderas 



in Brazil, 130. 

 Legislation, regulating the sale of 

 stock dips in South Africa, 70 ; 

 against cattle ticks in California, 

 69 ; against sleeping sickness in 

 Belgian Congo, 11 ; against ticks 

 in Jamaica, 47. 

 Leishmania, compared with Herpe- 

 tomonas and Crithidia, 1, 49, 

 54r-56 ; life-history of, 55. 

 Leishmania infantum, not identical 



with Leptomonas ctenocephali, 8. 

 Leishmaniasis, transmission of, by 

 fleas to man and dogs, 55 ; 

 relation of insect flagellates to, 

 96. 

 Leishmaniasis, American, possibly 

 transmitted by Phlebotomus, 124. 

 Lemna (see Duckweed). 

 leontiniae, Limatus. 

 Leopoldina piassaba, sheltering 



Rhodnius brethesi in Brazil, 7. 

 Lepidomyia lineata, a synon;ym of 

 A'edes funereus var. ornatus, 133. 

 leptina, Ptilopsylla. 

 Leptoconops, revision of, 132, 194 ; 



key to genera allied to, 171. 

 Leptoconops albiventris (see Stylo- 



conops) . 

 Leptoconops grandis, sp. n., in 



Western Australia, 132. 

 Leptoconops kerteszi, in Palestine, 



194. 

 Leptoconops kerteszi var. americanus, 



n., in Utah, 132. 

 Leptoconops longicornis, sp. n., in 



Western Australia, 132. 

 Leptoconops ( Tersesthes) mesopo- 

 tamiensis, sp. n., bionomics of, in 

 Mesopotamia, 145. 

 Leptoconops rhodesiensis, sp. n., in 



Rhodesia, 132. 

 Leptoconops siamensis, sp. n., in 



Siam, 132. 

 Leptoconops spinosipes (see Stylo- 



conops albiventris) . 

 leptocoridis, Crithidia. 

 Leptocoris trivittatiis, Crithidia lepto- 

 coridis infesting, 48. 

 Leptomonads, trypanosomes prob- 

 ably not evolved from, 49. 

 Leptomonas, in Cimex pipistrelli on 



bats in Algeria, 181. 

 Leptomonas ctenocephali (see Herpeto- 



monas). 

 Leptomonas [Herpetomonas) davidi, 

 insects transmitting, to Euphorbia, 

 106, 107, 154, 170. 

 Leptomonas pyrrhocoris, inoculation 

 of, into various insects, 144. 



LeptopsyUa musciili, hosts of, in 



England, 47, 202 ; in India, 211. 



Leptopsylla spectabilis, on stoats in 



England, 47. 



Leptospira icteroides, infecting a 



cat in Senegal, 21 ; supposed 



relation of, to yellow fever, 21, 



76 ; organism related to, probably 



the causal agent of dengue, 128. 



Leptus akaniushi (see Trombidium) . 



Leptus similis, sp. n., on fowls in 



U.S.A., 51. 

 lesnei, A'edes [Ochlerotatus). 

 Lestes, predacious on Anopheline 



larvae, 142. 

 Leucomyia annulata, C^ilex basi- 



cinctus, n. n., proposed for, 134. 

 Leucomyia annulirostris, Culex 



taylori, n. n., proposed for, 134. 

 Leucomyia gelidtis (see Culex) . 

 leucosphyrus, Anopheles, 

 leucostonia, Ophyra. 

 lewisi, Trypanosoma. 

 Lice, and five-day fever, 18 ; and 

 trench fever, 64, 148 ; trans- 

 mitting Treponema recurrentis, 

 204 ; and typhus, 33, 112, 115, 

 137, 148, 197 ; typhus-like fever 

 probably not transmitted by, in 

 India, 214 ; form of recurrent 

 fever probably not transmitted 

 b5^ in India, 125 ; not trans- 

 mitting Oriental sore in India, 

 208 ; probably transmitting re- 

 current fever in Persia, 163 ; and 

 their control on domestic animals 

 and poultry in U.S.A., 17, 50, 

 63, 109, llO ; Bacillus pediculi 

 infesting, 96 ; Rickettsia spp. 

 infesting, 115, 148 ; reaction of, 

 to drugs in blood of host, 65 ; 

 effect of starvation and temper- 

 ature on, 17 ; effect of laundry 

 processes on, 117 ; tests with hot 

 air chambers against, 197, 198 ; 

 measures against, on man, 16, 

 18, 19, 30, 33, 93, 166, 191, 197. 

 Limatus leontiniae, in Argentina, 



207. 

 Lime, against mites in fowl houses, 

 2 ; against mosquito larvae, 122 ; 

 affectinglarvicidalfish, 24 ; against 

 the eggs and larvae of Muscid 

 flies, 89 ; and caustic soda in 

 dips against sheep mange, 157 ; 

 (see Pediculus). 

 Lime-sulphur, in dips, 81, 109, 157. 

 Limnerium validum, parasite of 

 Hyphantria textor in America, 45. 

 lindesayi. Anopheles, 

 lineata, Lepidomyia (see Aedes 

 funereus var. ornatus). 



