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INDEX. 



Sodium Chloride, effect of; on 



mosquito larvae, 103. 

 Sodium Cyanide, preparation of 



hydrocyanic acid gas from, 76. 

 Sodium Fluoride, against house- 

 flies, 93 ; against lice on fowls, 



58. 

 Sodium Resinate, addition of, to 



residuary coal-tar oils against 



house-fly larvae, 15. 

 Sodium Salicylate, experiments 



with, against house-flies, 9. 

 Sodium Sulphate, treatment of 



horses with, agaiiisst Gastrophilus, 



177. 

 Sodium Thiosulphate, use of, to 



remove chlorine from water, 47. 

 Solenopsis geminata, predaceous on 



chicken mites, 174, 175. 

 solida, Pygiopf^ylla. 

 solUcitans, Oclilerotahis. 

 sordida, Phormia. 

 Spain. Phlchotomus and disease in, 



126. 

 Spalangia pMUppinensis, sp. n., 



parasite of house-fly introduced 



into Hawaii from the Philippines, 



137. 

 Sparrows, conveying chicken mites, 



174. 

 SpatMcera (see Oyrostigma). 

 sphaerocephalus, Tridiodectes. 

 Spiders, venemous species of, in 



Brazil, 28 ; not attacking Ano- 

 pheles crucians, 100 ; predaceous 



on chicken mites, 174. 

 spinosa, Akis. 

 spinolae, Bembex. 



Spinose Ear Tick (see Ornithodorus 

 megnini). 

 spinulosus, Haematopinus. 

 Spirochaeta crocidurae, sp. n., infest- 

 ing Crocidura stamp flii in West 



Africa, 98. 

 Spirochaeta exantheniatotyphi, the 



agent of typhus in Japan, 187. 

 Spirochaetosis, in fowls, 33, 48, 190. 

 spissipes, Melanoconion. 

 splendens, Haem agoguft. 

 sple7ididum, A nthtyoiwma. 

 squamipennis, A cdomyia. 

 squamipleuris, Phlebotomus. 

 Squirrel, parasites of, in North 



America, 82 ; poison-bait for, 79. 

 Stable-flies, repellents for, 187 ; 



(see Muscina stahulans and Sto- 



moxys calcitrans). 

 stahulans, Muscina. 

 stampflii, Crocidura. 

 Starch, experiments with as a 



bait for house-flies, 72. 

 Stegomyia, in Australia, 94 ; in 



Morocco, 30 ; sub-genus of Aedes, 



52 ; pupal characters of, 167 ; 



Theobaldia allied to^ 19 ; believed 



to transmit dengue, 37 ; probably 

 not transmitting plague, 66 ; 

 measures against, 17, 21. 



Stegomyia africana, in Nigeria, 39. 



Stegomyia apicoargentata, in the 

 Gold Coast, 45. 



Stegomyia, busclci, breeding-places 

 of, in Grenada, 54. 



Stegomyia calopus (see S. fasciata). 



Stegomyia daliensis, sp. n., in 

 Australia, 67. 



Stegomyia fasciata, 49 ; in Argen- 

 tina, 113 ; distribution of, in 

 Northern Territories, Australia, 

 68 ; breeding-places of, in the 

 Gold Coast, 3, 45 ; breeding- 

 places of, in Grenada, 53 ; said 

 to be a recent introduction into 

 Hawaii, 17; in Nigeria, 39; at 

 Salonica, 87 ; in the Sudan, 179 ; 

 in Trinidad, 60 ; transmitting 

 Filaria bancrofti in Zanzibar, 

 147 ; relation of, to dengue, 68, 

 113, 153; and yellow fever, 49, 

 135, 152, 153 ; not likely to be 

 carried by modern ships, 136 ; 

 experiments with eggs of, 74» 

 155 ; development of larva of, 

 57 ; experiments with chlorine 

 against, 47 ; experiments with 

 kerosene against larvae of, 55- 

 57 ; experimentally transmitting 

 plague, 66. 



Stegomyia guhernatoris, in India, 39. 



Stegomyia hilli, in Australia, 68. 



Stegomyia luteocephala, in Accra, 3 ; 

 in Nigeria, 39. 



Stegomyia metallica, in Accra, 3. 



Stegomyia pseudoscutellaris, trans- 

 mitting filariasis, 153. 



Stegomyia scutellaris, only present 

 at Darwin in Northern Terri- 

 tories of Australia, 68 ; doubt- 

 fully associated with influenza in 

 Hawaii, 17 ; oviposition of, in 

 India, 39. 



Stegomyia sexlineata, in Trinidad, 

 60. 



Stegomyia sugens, in the Gold 

 Coast, 45 ; in India, 39. 



Stegomyia tasmaniensis, description 

 of male of, 67. 



Stegomyia unilineata, in Accra, 3. 



stenoscutus, Ochlerotatus minutus. 



stercorarius, Meroplius. 



Stephanocirctis, American species of, 

 referred to Craneopsylla, 41. 



Stephanocircus concinnus, sp. n., on 

 Epimys in Australia, 41. 



Stephanocircus dasyuri, on Perameles 

 in Australia, 41. 



Stephanocircus pectinipes,on Epimys 

 assimilis, in Australia, 41. 



Stephanocircus simsoni, on Epimys 

 velutinus in AustraUa, 41. 



