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INDEX. 



Phlebotomm rouhaudi, sp. n., 73; 

 not associated with 

 sandfly fever, 73. 

 ,, squamipleuris, sp. 



nov., 34. 

 ,, squamiventris, sp. 



nov., 66. 

 ,, verrucarum, sp. n., 



transmitting ver- 

 ruga, 203. 

 Phormia regina, 151. 

 Phototropism of certain mosqnitos, 



22. 

 Phthirius inguinalis (see P. pubis). 



pubis, 165, 188, 224. 

 Phthisis, flies carrying germs of, 



191. 

 pictus, Cosmolestes. 

 Pieris brassicae, chemotropism of 

 larva of, 224. 

 rapae, chemotropism of larva 

 of, 224. 

 Pierna negra (blackleg), in Costa 



Rica, 159. 

 Pigs, Haematopinus suis on, 165; 

 infected with Trypanosoma con- 

 golense, 37 ; chigger fleas and, 

 30 ; Stomoxys calcitrans causing 

 ulcerous sores in, 153 ; Ixodes 

 holocyclus on, 26; tsetse-flies 

 and, 166. 

 Pigeons, 149; and poultry ticks, 

 25, 115; Mallophaga on, 85; 

 Lynchia maura on, 200. 

 piliferus, Linognathus. 

 PiopMla causing intestinal myiasis, 



111. 

 pipiens, Culeoc. 



Piroplasma bigeniinum, causing 

 tick fever, 233. 

 ,, bovis, 205. 



,, caballi, 38. 



„ divergens, transmitted 



by Ixodes ricinus, 

 112, 205. 

 ,, parvum, 59. 



Piroplasmosis, general account of, 

 205; of the ass in West Africa, 

 38 ; remedy for canine, 206 ; 

 transmitted by Ehipicephalus 

 evertsi, 38. 

 Pistia weed, mosquitos associated 



with, 223. 

 Pitangus sulfuratus bolivianus, 

 Mydaea anomala parasitic on, 

 133. 

 Plague, cockroaches inoculated 

 with, 113; epidemiology of, in 

 Eastern Java, 87-91 ; in the 

 Philippines, 158 ; in West Indies, 

 186 ; marmot infected with, 

 190; Ordinance as to, in Hong 

 Kong, 235; possibly carried by 

 Gamasid mites, 228. 

 Plaxemyia {Musca) vitripennis, 151. 



pluvialis, Haematopota. 



Poecilus (Girardinus) poeciloides 

 (" Millions " fish), 18, 214. 



Poliomyelitis, bed-bugs and, 17, 18, 

 216; fleas and, 17, 216; house- 

 flies and, 18, 216 ; lice and, 18 

 216 ; mosquitos and, 18 ; 

 Stomoxys and, 16, 17, 216; 

 popular account of, 149. 



Polyedrium, larvae of Anopheles 

 pulcherrimus eating, 195. 



Polyetes albolineata, 151 ; larvae 

 killing those of Muscina, 109; 

 larvae destroy those of Hydrotaea 

 dentipes, 150 ; cannibalism among 

 larvae of, 150. 



Polyplax aculeatus, 43. 

 ,, bidentatus, 165. 

 ,, spinulosus, 165, 186. 



Port Said, dengue fever at, 207. 



Portugal, pappataci fever in, 73. 



Portuguese Nyasaland (see Nyaaa- 

 land). 



Potamogeton, 195 ; Culex abomin- 

 ator ovipositing on, 198. 



Potassium sulphate and oil of 

 cassia, against mosquitos, 108. 



Potash soap, against lice on cattle, 

 98; glycerin and pyrethrum tinc- 

 ture, as spray for mosquitos, 75. 



Potassic sulphide, remedy for 

 otitis, 101. 



Potassium tellurate, taken inter- 

 nally, a supposed repellent of 

 blood-sucking insects, 214. 



Poultry (see under Fowl). 



praegrandis, Auchmeromyia. 



pretans, Aedes. 



PriopTiorus padi, chemotropism of, 

 224. 



PrisUrhynchomyia lineata, 210. 



prolixus, Bhodnius. 



Prophylactic measures, against 

 Phlebotomus, 28 ; against sleep- 

 ing sickness in the Belgian Congo, 

 47 ; against trypanosomiasis in 

 Nigeria, 138. 



Prophylactic Quinine, 9. 



Prophylaxis of malaria, 10, 63, 75, 

 113, 121, 122, 219; of yellow 

 fever, 52, 163,219,236. 



Proteus vulgaris, carried on the legs 

 of cockroaches, 51. 



Protoanopheles, 128, 129. 



Pseudohowardina lineata, sp. n., in 

 the Transvaal, 140. 



pseudopictus. Anopheles. 



Pseudotaeniorhynchus, 140. 



Psorophora ciliata, 119. 



Psoroptes communis ovis, on goats, 

 86 ; oviposition of, 81. 



Psoroptes equi var. caprae, causing 

 mange in goats, 93. 



Psoroptic mange, affecting equines, 

 180. 



