INDEX. 



283 



Vermijelli, as a repellent for Phlebo- 



toiiius, 146. 

 Verruga, possibly transmitted b\- 



Phlcbotomus in'Peru, 22, 124. 

 Vespa orientalis, carriage of colifomi 



bacilli by, in Mesopotamia, 127. 

 vcspertilionis, Argas ; Ixodes. 

 Vesperugo pipistrellus, Schizotvypa- 



nuni in, in France, 120. 

 vestinienti, Pediculus (see P. hiinia- 



nus) . 

 vetiistissima, Musca (see M. humilis). 

 vexans, Aedes {Ochlevotatus) ; Micro- 



conops. 

 viaticus, Achorutes. 

 V icavius, Ctenophthalmus . 

 V ictoriensis, Ectenopsis . 

 vigil, Wohlfahvtia. 

 vigilax, Aedes {Ochlevotatus). 

 villosa, Neopollinosa- (see Pollenia 



stygia) . 

 Vinegar, against Pediciiloides ventri- 



cosus, 37. 

 Vinegar, Wood, as a substitute for 



sabadilla vinegar against lice, 166. 

 Virgin Islands, ticks and mosquitos 



in, 150. 

 virgo, Tabanus. 

 viridis, Orasema. 

 vishnui, Culex. 

 vitreipennis , Ctilicoides. 

 vitripennis, Musca. 

 vittatus, Aedes [Stegomyia). 

 vituli, Linognathus. 

 vivax, Plasmodium ; Trypanosoma. 

 Voles, fleas infesting, in England, 47, 



196. 

 volvulus, Onchocerca, 

 voriiitoria, Calliphora . 

 Vondran's Disinfecting Chambers, 



against lice, 197-198. 

 vulgaris, Acanthodactylus . 

 vulpes, Chaetopsylla. 

 vulpis, Sarcoptes scabiei ; Tricho- 



dectes. 

 Vultures, of little importance in the 

 control of screw-wonn flies, 182. 



w. 



walkeri, Ceratophyllus ; Phleboto- 



mus. 

 Warble Flies (see Hypoderma) . 

 Wasps, destroying Stomoxys calci- 



trans in France, 166. 

 Water Beetles, predacious on larvae 



of Stegomyia fasciata in Brazil, 202. 

 Water Fowl, relation of, to tsutsu- 



gamushi disease in Japan, 161. 



Water Lettuce (see Pistia sivatiotes). 



Water Rats, new mite on, 196. 



Wax :Moth (see Galleria mellonella). 



Weasel, Rhadinopsylla pentacanthus 

 on, in England, 47. 



Wilhelmia (see Simnlium). 



wilhelmian um, Simuli u m . 



Wohlfahrtia, causing myiasis in 

 India, 180. 



Wohlfahrtia magnifica, causing myia- 

 sis in man in Europe and Central 

 Asia, 7. 



Wohlfahrtia nieigeni, in Mesopo- 

 tamia, 15. 



Wohlfahrtia vigil, infesting man in 

 Canada, 1 ; larva of, li7. 



Wood Oil, as a repellent for Armi- 

 geres obturbans, 80. 



woodi, Tarsonemus. 



Wyeomyia [Dodecamyia) miis, sp. n., 

 bred from Nepenthes in Philip- 

 pines, 51. 



Wyoming, parasites of domestic 

 animals in, 17. 



X. 



xanthina, Aphiochaeta. 



xanthoaspidium, A trichopogon. 



xanthogaster, Culicoides. 



xanthophora, Sarcophaga. 



xanthopilis, Erephopsis. 



Xenopsylla astia, distribution of, in 

 India, 125, 210-212 ; possibly 

 not a carrier of plague, 212. 



Xenopsylla brasiliensts, disliibution 

 of, in India, 125, 210-212. 



Xenopsylla cheopis, fumigation ex- 

 periments against, in Dutch East 

 Indies, 174 ; distribution of, in 

 India, 210-212 ; transmitting 

 plague, 125, 212 ; on rats at 

 Liverpool, 202 ; in Turkey, 7. 



Y. 



Yellow Dung Fly (see Scatophaga 

 stercoraria) . 



Yellow Fever, measures against, in 

 Central and South America, 52, 

 71, 108, 128, 203, 204 ; trans- 

 mission of, bv Stegomyia fasciata, 

 71, 108, 128, 201, 206 ; identity 

 of organisms causing, 21, 76 ; 

 distribution of, 77. 



yerburyi, Simnlium . 



