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INDEX. 



obesa, Volucella. 

 ohturbans, Desvoidya. 

 obtusa, Spiroptera. 

 occidentalis, Dermacentor. 

 oceaniae, Calliphora. 

 Ochlerotatus (Ctilex) cumminsii, 140, 

 220. 

 ,, minutus, 220. 



„ (Culex) nemorosus, 40. 



,, {Culicada) ornatus, 40, 



41. 

 Odocoileus hemionus, Dermacentor 

 albipictus on, 161. 

 „ virginianus texanus, 



Dermacentor nigro- 

 lineatus on, 163. 

 Oestrids, pupation of, 234. 

 Oestrus avis, 234 ; in Argentine, 

 148; larvae of, causing "false 

 gid," 135 ; life-history and 

 habits of, 134-137; on human 

 beings, 134, 193; remedies 

 against, 136, 148. 

 Oils, effect of, on ticks, 117, 215; 

 for dressing cattle against flies, 

 98, 208. 

 Oiling, against mosquito larvae, 8, 



39, 41, 94, 167. 

 oldi, Ixodes. 



Oleum lauri, as an insectifuge, 214. 

 4}livata, Bembex. 

 Olive oil and creosote, against hoe 



on cattle, 99. 

 Oncopeltus famelicus, parasitised by 



Leptomonas, 141. 

 OpMocephalus punctata, 142. 

 Oranges, Essential oil of, against 



mosquitos, 107, 108. 

 Oregon, Dermacentor albipictus in, 



161 ; spotted fever in, 101. 

 Oribi infected with trypanosomes, 



100. 

 Oriental Sore, 2, 3, 220. 

 orientalis, Periplaneta. 

 ornatus, Ochlerotatus. 

 Ornithodorus megnini, first record in 

 South Africa, 139. 

 ,, moubata, 72, 116, 215; 



attempt to transmit 

 Trypanosomarhode- 

 siense by, 172 ; and 

 Leishmania, 2; and 

 lapsing fever in 

 Madagascar, 120; 

 in N. Rhodesia, 171; 

 in German East 

 Africa, 76 ; resist- 

 ance of, to various 

 sheep dips, 63 ; 

 spirochaetes in, 33. 

 ,, savignyi, 43, 208 ; 



and Leishmania, 1 ; 

 in Somaliland, 116 ; 

 not transmitting 

 recurrent fever, 72. 



Orthoeladius, 222. 



Orycteropus, Auchmeromyia in the 



burrows of, 69 ; Choeromyia in 



burrows of, 174. 

 Oryx, Fringe-eared, Bhipicephalus 



pulchellus on, 156. 

 Oscillatoria, larvae of Anopheles 



pulcherrimus eating, 195. 

 Ostrich, Argas persicus on, 115; 



Mallophaga on, 164. 

 Otitis, Parasitic, of dog and cat, 



101. 

 Otodectes cynotis, causing otitis, 101. 

 ovillus, Linognathus. 

 ovinus, Melophagus. 

 ovipara, Musca. 

 Ovis canadensis gaillardi. Derma- 



centor hunteri on 161. 

 ovis. Oestrus. 



ovis, Psoroptes cominunis. 

 Ox Warbles (see Warbles). 

 Oxybelus attacking Stomoxys, 147. 



pabulorum, Muscina. 



padi, Priophorus. 



Pacific Coast of America, yellow 

 fever endemic on, 231. 



Palaeopsylla gracilis, infected by 

 Trypanosoma tal- 

 pae, 134. 

 ,, minor, on rats, 103. 



,, soricis, on rats, 103. 



pallida, Glossina morsitans var. 



pallinervis, Sarcophaga. 



Palm oil and petroleum, against 

 mange, 93. 



palpalis, Culex. 

 ,, Glossina. 



Palpomyia, 65. 



Panama, anti -malarial measures in, 

 8, 121, 125; changes in mos- 

 quito fauna of, 223; flight ex- 

 periments with mosquitos in, 

 105; fumigating station at, 232. 



Panama Canal, yellow fever danger 

 for Asia and Australia on opening 

 of, 231. 



Pangonia bukamensis, sp. n., in 

 Belgian Congo, 100. 



Pangonia transmitting trypano- 

 somiasis, 181. 



Pappataci Fever (see Sand -fly 

 Fever). 



papatasii, Phlebotomus. 



par, Tabanus. 



paradoxa, Glossina morsitans var. 



Paraffin oil, as insecticide for Cimex 

 lectularius, 62. 



Paralysis, caused by Dermacentor 

 venustus, 204 ; Ixodes ricinus or 

 I. holocyclus causing, 189. 



Paralysis, Infantile, an insect- 

 borne disease, 149 ; transmission 

 of, by Stomoxys, 217 ; (see Polio- 

 myelitis). 



