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INDEX. 



Potassium Permanganate, for 

 treating the bites of poisonous 

 spiders, 51. 



Potassium Sulpliate, as a repellent 

 for mosquitos, 69, 



praecox, Plasmodium. 



pratii, Ixodes. 



prodoies, Aedes. 



proteosoma, Plasmodium (see P. re- 

 lictum). 



Protozoa, diseases caused by, 156. 



prowazeki, Rickettsia ; Trypano- 

 soma. 



pruina, Culex. 



pruinosum, 8 imulium. 



pseudohasalis, Tabamis. 



pseudocinereus, Tabanus. 



Pseudoculicoides, 83. 



Pseudogametes hermanni, sp. n., in 

 Brazil, 129. 



Pseudogametes semiatra, in Brazil, 

 129. 



Pseudolfersia, infesting birds in 

 Brazil, 92. 



pseudopictus, Anopheles (see A. sin- 

 ensis). 



pseudopunctipennis. Anopheles. 



Pseudoskusea hasalis, in Queens- 

 land, 73 ; probably not a carrier 

 of Onchocerca gibsoni, 27. 



Pseudoskusea similis, in Queens- 

 land, 227. 



2)seudotitillans, Taeniorhynchus. 



Psocids, methods of fumigation 

 against, 61. 



Psorophora sayi (see J anthinosoma). 



Psorophora signipennis, in Montana, 

 8. 



Psoroptes, 81. 



Psoroptes communis bovis, causing 

 mange in cattle, 14. 



Psoroptes communis equi, infesting 

 horses, 170. 



Psychoda sexpunctata, effect of, 

 on disposal of sewage, 117. 



pubescens, Erephopsis. 



pubis, Phthirius. 



pulchellus, Bhipicephalus. 



pulcherrimus, Anopheles. 



Pulex conepati, on Conepatus suf- 

 focans in Brazil, 92. 



Pulex dugesi, in Ecuador, 192. 



Pulex irritans, in Australia, 62 ; in 

 Brazil, 92 ; in Kentucky, 210 ; 

 found only on man in Malta, 43 ; 

 infesting dogs in U.S.A., 183. 



Pulex irritans var. bdhiensis, in 

 Brazil, 92. 



pulicaris, Culicoides. 



pullatus, Aedes. 



punctifer, Tabanus. 



punctipennis. Anopheles. 



punctulatus. Anopheles. 



Punjab, mosquitos and malaria in, 

 173, 195. 



purpureus, Bhinoestrus (Oestrus) ; 



Sabethoides. 

 pusillum, Microthrombidium. 

 putoria, Chrysomyia (Pycnosoma). 

 Putrefaction, prevented by coal-tar 



creosote, 25-26. 

 Pycnosoma, trypanosomes of,unable 



to live in other flies, 34 ; (see 



Chrysomyia). 

 Pygiopsylla ahalae, on rats in Java, 



54. 

 pygmaeus, Chrysoconops. 

 Pyrethrum, effective against bed 



bugs, 240 ; dusting with, against 



lice on domestic animals, 45, 



153, 170; fumigation with, 



against mosquitos, 69. 



Q. 



quadrvmaculatus, Anopheles, 

 quadripunctatum, Poecilosoma. 

 quadrisignatus, Tabamis. 

 Quartan Malaria, incidence of, in 



Sumatra, 110; (see Plasmodium 



malariae). 

 Quassia Chips, ineffective against 



bed-bugs, 240. 

 quaylei, Aedes. 

 Queensland, measures against ticks 



infesting cattle in, 41, 102; 



mosquitos and malaria in, 73, 



223, 227. 

 Queensland Cattle Tick (see Mar- 



garopus annulatus australis). 

 Quinine, use of, in malaria prophy- 

 laxis, 137, 175, 205, 206, 209; 



for treating sores caused by 



flies, 203. 

 quinquefasciatus, Culex (see C. fati- 



gans). 



R. 



Rabbits, attacked by bed-bugs, 

 159 ; bot-flies infesting, in 

 Canada, 166, 186 ; mites infesting, 

 94, 146, 187 ; not susceptible to 

 bacillus of Loutraz, 79 ; not 

 experimentally infected with re- 

 current fever in Venezuela, 216 ; 

 effect of extract of spiders on, 

 112 ; resistant to infection with 

 Spirochaeta crocidurae, 11 ; ex- 

 perimentally infected with toxo- 

 plasmosis, 28. 



Railways, relation of, to malaria in 

 U.S.A., 228. 



rainbowi, Tabanus. 



Rana temporaria, bed-bugs feeding 

 on, 159. 



raphaelis, Ceratopogon. 



Rat-bite Fever, 23. 



