INDEX, 



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Piroplasmosis, in domestic animals 

 in West Africa, 42, 67, 112 ; and 

 ticks in Brazil, 83 ; in sheep in 

 Egypt, 7, 192; ticks conveying, 

 in the Gold Coast, 42 ; in cattle, 

 carried by Margaropus decolo- 

 ratus, 64 ; in dogs, ticks convey- 

 ing, 34, 64 ; in horses, carried 

 by Bhipicephalus evertsi, 64 ; 

 efficiency of trypanblue against, 

 69. 

 Pistia, mosquito eggs attached to 



leaves of, 160. 

 Pistia stratiotes, larvae of Taenio- 

 rhynchus titillans associated with, 

 177. 



placidum, Simulium. 



Plague, quarantine measures 

 against, in the Gambia, 159 ; 

 relation between fleas, rats and, 

 in Java, 128; New South Wales 

 free from, 181 ; causes of spread 

 of, in the New World, 86 ; and 

 rats in Shanghai, 61 ; and fleas, 

 4, 5 ; experimentally carried by 

 lice, 130 ; loss of life due to, 34 ; 

 prevalence of, determined by 

 rat-proof character of buildings, 

 76 ; use of rat-poison to control, 

 154 ; experiments with vaccine 

 against, 75. 



Plasmodium falciparum, experi- 

 ments with Anophelines and, 

 92, 136, 152 ; not carried by 

 Anopheles pundipennis, 136. 



PlasmMlium 'malariae, among troops 

 in France, 139. 



Plasm,odium vivax, carried by 

 Anopheles maculipennis in 

 France, 139 ; the commonest 

 cause of malaria in Portugese 

 East Africa, 130; experiments 

 with Anophelines and, 53, 92, 

 136, 152, 175 ; (see Malaria). 



Platystoma seminationis, in houses 

 in Britain, 144. 



plebeia, Thereva. 



plumbeus, Anopheles (Coelodiazesis). 



plumosa, Mimomyia. 



pluto, Tabanus. 



pluvialis, Anthomyia. 



Pneumotuher macaci, infesting the 

 lungs of monkeys, 40. 



podopostyla, Stilhom^iopa. 



Poecilochroa convictrix, living in 

 nest of Goenotele gregalis, 9. 



poieilia, Finlaya. 



Poland, measures against lice in, 

 35. 



Polecat, Ixodes hexagonus on, in 

 England, 194. 



Polietes albolineata, bionomics of, 

 in Britain, 145. 



Polietes lardaria, bionomics of, in 

 Britain, 143, 145. 



Polistes Jiebraeus, predaceous on 



house-flies in Fiji, 41. 

 polifa, Ilicrochrysa. 

 Pollenia rudis, bionomics of, in, 



Britain, 87, 102, 121, 145; in 



relation to disease, 46 ; trapped 



with milk-baits in U.S.A., 5. 

 Pollenia stygia, in Queensland, 183 ; 



effect of eucalyptus oil on, 71. 

 Polyplax jonesi, sp. n., on Sacco- 



stomus campestris in Zululand,. 



120. 

 Polyplax otomydis, on Otomys 



irroratus in Ziduland, 120. 

 Polyplax spinulosus, on rats in 



Sierra Leone, 150. 

 Polysulphide, in sheep dips, 188. 

 polystida, Palpomyia. 

 polytrapezius, Lipeurus. 

 poriceps, Metathrombidium. 

 potamida, Stratiomyia, 

 Potamochaerus choeropotamus, Hae- 



matopinus phacoehoeri on, in 



South Africa, 120. 

 Potassium Carbonate, in formula 



against mange on domestic 



animals, 178. 

 Potassium Cyanide (see Hydro- 

 cyanic Acid). 

 Potassium Ferrocyanide, formula 



for making hydrocyanic acid 



with, 135. 

 Potassium Polysulphide, in formula 



for dip against mange, 165; in 



sheep dips, 188. 

 praefediis, Ceratophyllus. 

 pratti, Ixodes, 

 priestleyi, Calomyia. 

 primaris, Amphipsylla. 

 Principe, history of extermination 



of Glossina palpalis in, 48. 

 Probezzia infuscaia, sp, n., in 



Illinois, 55. 

 Probezzia pallida, in Illinois, 55. 

 procus, Megarthroglossus. 

 Procyon lotor (Racoon), Ixodes 



texanus on, in Canada, 80. 

 prolixus, Ehodnius. 

 Prometheomys schlaposchniTcovi, 



Ctenophthalmus inornatus, sp. n., 



on, in Caucasia, 151. 

 Promusca domestica (see Ilusca). 

 propria, Uranotaenia. 

 Protoccdliphora azurea (see Phormia). 

 Protoealliphora (Calliphora) groen- 



landica, bionomics of, in Britain, 



87, 102, 145, 169. 

 protracta, Triatoma. 

 pruina, Culex. 

 pruinosum, Simulium. 

 pseudoardens, Tabanus. 

 Pseudoculicoides griseus, attacking- 



man in Illinois, 55. 

 Pseudoculicoides m,ajor, possibly a 



synonym of P. griseus, 55. 



