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INDEX. 



Fannia {Homalomyia) canicularis, 

 natural enemies of, in British 

 Isles, 22 ; bionomics of, in Ger- 

 many, 122 ; in Poland, 119 ; 

 baits for, in U.S.A., 30 ; fumiga- 

 tion with hydrocyanic - acid 

 against, 121. 

 Fannia scalaris, in Poland, 119. 

 Far Eastern Ports, distribution of 



mosquitos in, 113. 

 farinae, Tyroglyphus {Aleurobiiis). 

 farinalis, Pyralis {Asopia). 

 fasciata, Stegomyia. 

 fasciatus, Ceratophyllus. 

 fascipennis, Culicoides. 

 fatigans, Culex. 

 faurei, LinognatJioides . 

 febrifer, Anopheles (see A. minimus). 

 Felis caffra, new louse on, in South 



Africa, 9. 

 felis, Ctenocephalus. 

 fergusoni, Musca (Viviparoniusca) 



(see M. australis). 

 ferriiginea, Aphiochaeta (see A . 



scalaris) . 

 festivus, Tabanus. 

 Figites, parasite of flies in Britain, 22. 

 Filaria, Chrysops silacea infected 



with, in Nigeria, 217. 

 Filaria bancrofii, in Gold Coast, 12 ; 

 infesting man in U.S.A., 115 ; 

 evolution of, in mosquitos, 146. 

 Filaria conjunctivae, infesting man 



in Macedonia, 19. 

 Filaria gallinariim, sp. n., infesting 

 fowls and termites in South 

 Africa, 8. 

 Filaria immitis, experimental trans- 

 mission of, by fleas and mos- 

 quitos in Australia, 173. 

 Filaria irritans, infesting horses in 



Belgian Congo, 90. 

 Filaria lachrymalis, infesting cattle 



in Egypt, 131. 

 Filaria niedina, evolution of, in 



Cyclops, 146. 

 Filarial Mange, identity of or- 

 ganism causing, on man, 183, 185. 

 Filariasis, transmission of, bv mos- 

 quitos, 12, 107, 115, 116, 146, 

 173. 

 Finland, Simulium angiistitarse from, 



134. 

 Finlaya echinus (see Ochlerotatus). 

 Firs, Anopheles plumbeus not breed- 

 ing in, m British Isles, 157. 

 Fish, against mosquito larvae, 51, 

 63. 65, 91, 94, 106, 107, 123, 

 128, 129, 165, 193. 

 Fish Oil, resin soap preferred to, in 

 disinfectants, 149. 



Flanders, decrease of malaria in, 



144. 

 flavitaenia, Diachlorus. 

 flavus, Anopheles {Myzomyia) (see 



A. hnniaculatus) . 

 Fleas, 137 ; measures against, in 

 Argentina, 129 ; experimentally 

 transmitting Filaria immitis in 

 Australia, 173 ; on Pitymys savii 

 in Italy, 201 ; notice of list of, in 

 Switzerland, 98 ; on rats, rela- 

 tion of, to plague, 3, 102 ; mea- 

 sures against, on domestic ani- 

 mals, 56 ; fumigation against, 

 76, 77, 168 ; relation of larvae 

 of, to disease, 168 ; experiments 

 with flagellates of, 41 ; possible 

 transmission of rheumatic and 

 scarlet fevers by, 75 ; transmis- 

 sion of tape-worms by, 85, 115 ; 

 list of, known to attack man, 3, 4 ; 

 classification of, 98. 

 Florida, mosquitos of, 58 ; biono- 

 mics of Tabanids in, 19. 

 floridensis, Psorophora. 

 flui, Prosopolepis. 

 foenalis, Iphis. 

 foenarius, Acarus. 

 folliculorum, Demodex. 

 Foot and Mouth Disease, possibly 

 transmitted by biting insects, 168. 

 Forcipomvia ingrami, in Gold Coast, 



12. 

 Formaldehyde, in baits for house- 

 flies, 175. 

 Formalin, in baits for house-flies, 



127. 

 Formic Aldehyde, derived from 



thiometamethylene, 98. 

 Formol, apparatus for vaporis- 

 ing, 3. 

 Formosa, Tsutsugamushi disease in, 



37 ; Tabanidae of, 119. 

 formosa, Corizoneura ; Heierandria, 

 formosana, Haematopota. 

 Fowl Tick (see Argas persicus). 

 Fowls, new Filaria infesting, in 

 South Africa, 8 ; hosts of Trom- 

 bidium akamushi in Formosa and 

 Japan, 37, 79 ; attacked by 

 Dermestes lardarius, in Germany, 

 122 ; measures against parasites 

 of, 13, 14, 19, 56, 75, 84, 127, 128, 

 162, 164, 166 ; Pcdiculus hu- 

 manus not experimentally feeding 

 on, 145 ; little attacked by mos- 

 quitos, 98, 142 ; limberneck in, 

 associated with larvae of Lucilia 

 caesar, 204 ; poisonous eft'ect of 

 Macrodactylus subspinosiis on, 204. 



