INDEX, 



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Pine Tar, in dressing against Chryso- 

 myia macellaria, 150 ; in repel- 

 lents for flies, 152, 179 ; in dips 

 against lice, etc., on domestic 

 animals, 89, 143, 153. 



Piophila casei, infesting meat in 

 India, 63. 



pipersalata, Stegomyia 



pipiens, Culex. 



pipistrelli, Cimex. 



Piroplasma higeminum, transmit- 

 ted by Marqaropus annulatvs, 

 10, 74 ; infesting cattle in Turkey, 

 12. 



Piroplasma caballi, cause of piro- 

 plasmosis of horses in Morocco^ 82. 



Piroplasma muians (see Theileria). 



Piroplasmosis, of horses in West 

 Africa, 122 ; of cattle in Argen- 

 tina, 74, 75, 238, 240 ; of horses 

 in the Balkans, 121 ; two forms 

 of, in horses in Morocco, 82 ; of 

 donkeys in Nyasaland, 206; of 

 cattle in Turkey, 12 ; of dogs in 

 Uganda, 31. 



Pistia stratiotes, mosquito larvae 

 associated with, in West Africa, 

 38, 39. 



Plague, not endemic in Australia, 

 62 ; in India, 18, 189 ; in Japan, 

 194 ; in Malta, 43 ; and fleas, 43, 

 114, 194; relation of rats to, 

 23, 43, 219, 220, 221 ; on ships, 

 60 ; measures against, 18, 60, 

 219, 200, 221 ; experiments in the 

 transmission of, by bed-bugs, 1. 



Planorbis exustus. Trematode para- 

 site of, in India, 130. 



Plasmodium, Anopheles bifurcatus 

 more suitable for development of, 

 than A. maculipennis, 24. 



Plasmodium falciparum (see P. prae- 

 cox). 



Plasmodium malariae (Quartan Ma- 

 laria), presence of, in France, 

 34 ; in French Guiana, 13, 104. 



Plasmodiuvi praecox (falciparum) 

 (Malignant Tertian Malaria), 

 transmission of, by Anophelines 

 in Egypt, 176; in France, 70, 

 71, 140, 231, 234; in French 

 Guiana, 13, 104 ; percentage of 

 Anophelines infected with, in 

 Macedonia, 72 ; incidence of, 

 in Sumatra, 110; effect of 

 climate on distribution of, 82, 

 105, 106 ; effect of temperature 

 on, in Anopheles quadrimaculatus, 

 32 ; experiments with Anophe- 

 lines and, 231, 234 ; Cynonycteris 

 straminea not susceptible to, 

 11 ; supposed identity of, with 

 P. vivax, 12, 205. 



Plasmodium proteosoma (see P. re- 

 lictum). 



Plasmodium relictum, infesting birds, 

 139, 229, 233 ; disappearance of 

 virulence of, in mosquitos after 

 hibernation, 139. 



Plasmodium vivax (Benign Tertian 

 Malaria), the only indigenous 

 form of malaria in Albania, 34 ; 

 transmitted by Ano2)heles pha- 

 roensis in Egypt, 176 ; in France, 



II, 34, 70, 71, 82, 231, 234; in 

 French Guiana, 13, 104; effect 

 of temperature on, in Anopheles 

 quadrimaculatus, 32 ; experi- 

 ments with Anophelines and, 

 231, 234 ; geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 104, 106 ; incidence 

 of, in Sumatra, 110; supposed 

 identity oiyWithP. praecox, 12,205. 



platydaetyli, Trypanosoma. 



Platydactylus mauritanicus (see 

 Tarentola). 



Platypsyllus castoris, parasitic on 

 beavers, 157. 



plumbeus. Anopheles. 



plumosa, Mimomyia. 



pluto, Tabanus. 



pluvialis, Haematopota. 



Pneumonia, Septic, conveyed by 

 rats, 23. 



poecUoides, Girardinus. 



Poecilosoma quadripunctatum, bio- 

 nomics of, in Brazil, 90, 91. 



Poinciana regia, mosquito breeding 

 in trunk of, 38. 



poicilia, Finlaya. 



Poliomyelitis, not experimentally 

 transmitted by biting insects, 68, 



III, 112, 171 ; rats a factor in 

 the spread of, 114. 



Pollenia rudis (Cluster Fly), in 

 houses in U.S.A., 103, 158 ; hiber- 

 nation of, 158. 



Polygonum glabrum, Tabanids ovi- 

 positing on, in India, 63. 



Polyplax spinulosus, transmitting 

 Trypanosoma lewisi in rats, 86. 



Porcupine, host of Dermacentor 

 venustus in Montana, 145. 



poriceps, Metathrombidium. 



Porto Rico, ticks infesting cattle in, 

 179. 



pose, Culex (Mochlostyrax). 



Potash Soap, against lice on horses, 

 37. 



Potassium Carbonate, in formula 

 against mites on fovds. 111. 



Potassium Cyanide, resistance of 

 flies to, 25 ; use of, against 

 mosquito larvae, 73 ; efficiency 

 of, as a larvicide increased by 

 sulphuric acid, 207 ; restraining 

 oxidation in arsenical dii)s, 132; 

 (see Hydrocyanic Acid Gas). 



Potassium Pentasulphide, for treat- 

 ing mange in dogs, 37. 



