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INDEX. 



laverani, Tahanus. 

 laxifrons, Fyrellia. 

 leachi, Eaemaphysalis. 



laeve, Aponomma,. 

 lectularius, Cimex (Acanthia). 



lefanui, Forcipomyia. 



Legislation, against introduction of 

 Hypoderma bovis into Australia, 

 73 ; against Stegomyia and 

 yellow fever in the Gambia, 159 ; 

 against rats in Louisiana, 137; 

 against mosquitos in U.S.A., 95, 

 191. 



Leiognathus morsitans (see Liponys- 

 sus bursa). 



Leishmania, not found in reptiles in 

 Frencli Equatorial Africa, 84 ; 

 varieties of, and their carriers in 

 Peru, 63 ; in man, probably not 

 carried by Pulex irritans, 49 ; 

 distribution and carriers of, 102 ; 

 life-cycle of, compared with that 

 of Herpetonionas, 43 ; identity of 

 canine and infantile forms of, 

 103; (see Kala-Azar). 



Leishniania donovani, experiments 

 with bed-bugs and, 124, 174; 

 flagellate stage of, in verte- 

 brates, 44. 



JJeishmania infantum, identity of, 

 with Mediterranean kala-azar, 

 103. 



Leishmania tropica, experiments 

 with bed-bugs and, 174; possibly 

 conveyed mechanically by house- 

 flies, 9. 



lenis, Mesopsylla. 



lepidum, Amhlyomma. 



Lepisma saccharina, methods of 

 destroying, 140. 



leporis-palustris, Eaemaphysalis. 



Leprosy, transmission of, by Musea 

 domestica, 85. 



Leptidae, new blood -sucking species 

 of, in Australia, 41. 



Jjeptocera sylvatica, in U.S.A., 107. 



Leptocimex boueti, in French Guinea, 

 21. 



lieptomonas, in Gordylobia rodhaini, 

 139. 



JLeptopsylla adelpha, on Mus sp. in 

 Arizona, 33. 



Leptopsylla musculi, in Britain, 

 166; and jjlague, 4. 



Lepus americanus, Ixodes spp. on, 

 in Canada, 55, 80. 



Lepus nigricollis, Hyalomma aegyp- 

 tium on, in Libya, 15. 



Lepus sylvaticus, Ixodes ricinus on, 

 in Canada, 80. 



Leria serrata, hibernation of, in 

 houses, 121. 



Lesser Chicken Louse (see Gonio- 

 cotes hologaster). 



Leucomyia annulata (see Ctdex). 



leucosphyrus, Anojiheles. 



leucostoma, Ophyra. 



lewisi, Trypanosoma. 



Liberia, Haemogamasus libcriensis 

 on IIiis trivirgatus in, 142. 



liheriensis, Haemogamasus. 



Libya, African coast fever in cattle 

 in, 69 ; Mediterranean coast 

 fever in, 14, 15. 



Lice, infesting sheep in Australasia, 

 111; on man and animals in 

 Britain, 178; in Muscat, 173; 

 anatomy of, 183 ; control of, on 

 domestic animals, 10, 79, 91, 158, 

 178; infesting fowls, 12, 13, 166, 

 191 ; bionomics and control of, 

 on man, 7, 13, 17, 24, 25, 35, 50, 

 51, 53, 57, 83, 87, 104, 133, 135, 

 158, 177, 192 ; on rats, 150 ; and 

 exanthematous tyjjhus, 17, 135, 

 153; conveying recurrent fever, 

 134 ; potential carriers of plague, 

 130; experiments with hydro- 

 cyanic acid against, 135, 155, 

 175; effects of temperature on, 

 57, 83, 87 ; (see Pediculus, etc.). 



Limatus durhami, breeding-places 

 of, in Trinidad, 6. 



limbatum, Simulium. 



Lime, ineffective against mites on 

 fowls, 53 ; in formula for dii> 

 against scabies, 148. 



Lime-Sulphur, against lice on 

 domestic animals, 91. 



Lime-Sulphui" Dip, chemistry of, 

 187, 188. 



Limnophora semiargentata; sp. n., 

 from Ruwenzori, 125. 



Limnophora septemnotata, in houses 

 in Britain, 87, 102, 121. 



lindesayi. Anopheles. 



linealis, Pseudohowardina. 



lineata, Hypoderma. 



lineatopennis, Banksinella. 



lineatus, Tabanus. 



Linognathus angidatus, on Cephalo- 

 phus natalensis in South Africa, 

 120. 



Linognathus fahrenholsi, on Cervi- 

 capra falvorufula in South Africa, 

 121. 



Lipeurus anseris, on geese, 13. 



Lipeurus bacidus, on pigeons, 13. 



Lipeurus heterographus, on G alius 

 domesticiis, 13. 



Lipeurus jejunus, on geese, 13. 



Lipeurus polytrapesius, on turkeys, 

 13. 



Lipeurus squalidus, on geese, 13. 



Lipeurus variabilis, on Gallus 

 domestieus, 13. 



Liponyssus bursa, on fowls in 

 Australia, 159. 



Liquid " C," effective against flies 

 in warfare, 92. 



