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INDEX. 



Pappataci Fever, conveyed by Phle- 

 hotomxhs, 126 ; in Macedonia, 188 ; 

 in Morocco, 35 ; (see also Sandfly 

 Fever). 



Papyrus, Eaematopota perturbans 

 associated with, 13. 



par, Tabanus. 



Paraffin, against Haematopinus pili- 

 ferus on dogs, 104 ; (see also 

 Kerosene and Petroleum). 



Paraguay, tick -borne diseases in 

 cattle in, 168 ; local name for 

 leishmaniasis in, 182. 



parasitivorax, Cheletiella. 



Paratypbus, effect of heat on bacil- 

 lus of, 178. 



Paris, Phlebotomus papatasii foimd 

 near, 13. 



parva, Theileria (Piroplasma). 



Passeromyia heterochaeta, in nests of 

 Ploceus collaris in the Belgian 

 Congo, 35. 



Patagiamyia (see Anopheles). 



pavida, Pygiopsylla. 



Peat-litter, house-flies not breeding 

 in, 185. 



pecorum, Gastrophilus ; SimuUum ; 

 Trypanosoma. 



pectinipes, Stephanocircus. 



Pediculoides veniricosus, causing 

 acariasis in Algeria, 36. 



Pediculus, killed with Kleczany 

 oil, 182. 



Pedicuh's capitis (Head Louse), in 

 British Guiana, 5 ; compared 

 with P. humanus, 32, 44 ; pos- 

 sible transmission of typhus by, 

 33, 112; not an important 

 carrier of typhus, 162 ; bionomics 

 and control of, 22, 42, 69, 70, 

 170. 



Pediculus cervicalis (see P. capitis). 



Pediculus corporis (see P. humanus). 



Pediculus humanus (Body Louse), 

 bionomics of, 22, 69, 70, 111, 112 ; 

 measures against, 33, 153, 170; 

 and typhus, 162, 188 ; compared 

 with P. capitis, 32, 44 ; only 

 attacking East Indians in British 

 Guiana, 5 ; able to live on pigs, 

 36 ; possibly transmitting plague 

 in Ceylon, 150 ; cfi'ect of tempera- 

 ture on, 153 ; (see also Lice). 



Pediculus vestimenti (see P. humanus). 



Pelicorhynchus, in Tasmania, 66. 



penetrans, Dermatophilus. 



penicillata, Ptilotis. 



Penicillidia antrozoi, on Antrozotis 

 pallidus, 29. 



Penicillidia corynorhini, sp. n., on 

 Corynorhinus townsendi, 29. 



'peniculata, Pavinia. 



Pennyroyal, Oil of, as a repellent 

 for mosquitos, 89. 



penrosei, Cytoleichus. 



Pentachlorethane, unsatisfactory in 



baits for blow-flies, 165. 

 Perameles macrura, fleas on, in 



Australia, 41. 

 perfuscus, Culex. 

 perniciosus, Phlebotomus. 

 Persea gratissima (Avocado Pear), 



mosquito larvae breeding in holes 



in, 53. 



perstcus, 



Persians, Microfilaria (Acanthochei- 

 lonema). 



pertinens, Eaematopota ; Wyeomyia. 



perturbans, Eaematopota ; Taenio- 

 rhynchus (Mansonia). 



Peru, new Anopheline from, 82 ; 

 Phlebotomus transmitting verruga 

 in, 126 ; local name for leish- 

 maniasis in, 182. 



pestis. Bacillus. 



Petaurus breviceps, Pygiopsylla 

 pavida on, in Australia, 41. 



petiolatus, Tabanus. 



Petroleum, against Dermatophilus 

 penetrans, 63 ; against house-fly 

 larvae, 92 ; in formulae against 

 mange in horses, 16, 108, 128 ; 

 against mites on fowls, 58 ; 

 against mosquito larvae, 59, 118 ; 

 against scabies, 181. 



Phacochaerus, relation of, to Auch- 

 meromyia, 35. 



Phanaexis sulcatus, in Jamaica, 131. 



pharaonis, Monomorium. 



pharoensis. Anopheles. 



Pharyngomyia, placed in the Calli- 

 phorinae, 49. 



Phascologale swainsoni, Stephano- 

 circus jarvisi on, in Australia, 41. 



Phenol, variation in amount of, in 

 dips, 165 ; (see Carbolic acid). 



Pheidole pallida, destroying domes- 

 tic pests, 175. 



Pheidole valisti, destroying domes- 

 tic pests, 175. 



Philaematomyia, transmitting surra 

 in India, 104. 



Philaematomyia insignis, experi- 

 mentally capable of transmitting 

 surra, 39. 



philippinensis, Spalangia. 



Philippines, dengue transmitted by 

 Culex fatigans in, 37 ; trans- 

 mission of surra in, 60 ; Spalangia 

 philippinensis introduced into 

 Hawaii from, 137 ; eft'ect of rice 

 culture on malaria in, 142. 



Phlebotomus, 49 ; at Salonica, 87 ; 

 and disease in Spain, 126. 



Phlebotomus major var. chinensis,. 

 n., in Pekin, 5. 



Phlebotomus minutus var. africanus,. 

 in the Gold Coast, 47. 



Phlebotomus papatasii, in Algeria 

 and Morocco, 35, 156 ; found 



