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INDEX. 



Piroplasmosis, 6 ; organisms caus- 

 ing, in bovines in Annam, 171 ; 

 of cattle in Argentina, 141 ; of 

 cattle in Britain, 13 ; of bovines 

 in Egypt, 127, 133 ; of cattle in 

 Guadeloupe, 220 ; forms of, in 

 Russia, 102 ; value of immunisa- 

 tion against, in cattle, 235 ; in 

 dogs, 218 ; forms of, in horses, 

 185 ; of reindeer, 4 ; atypical 

 forms of organism causing, 48 ; 

 ticks transmitting, 14, 127, 133, 

 171, 185, 218. 



Pistia stvatiotes (Water Lettuce), 

 Ceratopogonines breeding in, in 

 Gold Coast, 61, 233 ; Taenior- 

 hynchus titillans associated with, 

 in Panama Canal Zone, 24 ; 

 avoided by mosquito larvae, 23. 



pistiae, Palpomyia ; Prohezzia. 



Pitch, in fumigant for mosquitos, 

 23. 



Pitcher Plant (see Sarracenia pur- 

 purea) . 



pityocampa, Cnethocampa. 



Pityriasis, transmitted by lice, 67. 



plagiata, Dichelacera. 



Plague, in West Africa, 52, 96, 226 ; 

 measures against, in Argentina, 

 22 ; in Australia, 144 ; method 

 of spread of, in Europe, 159-160 ; 

 in India, 142, 160, 226 ; measures 

 against, in Dutch East Indies, 

 5, 75 ; in Mauritius, 225 ; 

 measures against, in Naples, 173 ; 

 in U.S.A., 44 ; relation of fleas 

 and rats to, 44, 52, 75, 96, 144, 

 159-160, 173, 225, 226 ; method 

 of estimating, in rats, 75 ; other 

 rodents as reservoirs of, 44 ; 

 in shrews, 96 ; relation of camels 

 to, 220 ; transmitted bv lice, 67. 



Plants, protozoa in, 8, 99," 112, 113, 

 121, 145, 155, 156, 171, 172, 

 186, 191. 



Plasmodium, question of identity of, 

 in man, 112, 236. (See Malaria.) 



Plasmodium falciparum (see P. 

 praecox) . 



Plasmodium immaciilatiDH, P. tenue 

 possibly identical with, 197. 



Plasmodium malariae (Quartan 

 Malaria), in Albania, 88 ; in 

 Algeria, 49 ; in French Guinea, 

 188 ; in Dutch East Indies, 39, 

 120, 151 ; rare in Syria, 92 ; 

 in Transsylvania, 90 ; factors 

 influencing development of, 

 90-91 ; associated with other 

 species, 112. 

 Plasmodium praecox (Malignant 

 Tertian Malaria), in West Africa, 



167, 188 ; prevalence of, in 

 Albania, 88 ; in Brazil, 217 ; in 

 Egypt, 27 ; in Dutch East Indies, 

 5, 38, 39, 120, 150, 151 ; dis- 

 tribution of, in Palestine, 27, 169 ; 

 in Transsylvania, 90 ; infecti- 

 bility of, to mosquitos, 10 ; 

 factors influencing development 

 of, 90-91 ; duration of infectivity 

 of, in mosquitos, 148 ; causes of 

 disappearance of, in the human 

 body, 9 ; seasonal appearance of, 

 236 ; associated with other species, 

 48, 112 ; atypical forms of, 48, 

 188 ; resistance of animals to, 

 130 ; parasite resembling, in 

 chimpanzee in Sierra Leone, 126 ; 

 P. tenue probably distinct from, 

 197. 



Plasmodium relictum , transmitted 

 to birds by Culex pipiens, 98 ; 

 effect of quinine on, 236. 



Plasmodium tenue, cases of malaria 

 due to, in India, 196 ; relation of, 

 to other species of Plasmodium, 

 197. 



Plasmodium vivax (Benign Tertian 

 Malaria), in Albania, 88 ; not 

 found in French Guinea, 188 ; 

 transmission and seasonal occur- 

 rence of, in Holland, 20-22, 113 ; 

 in Dutch East Indies, 5, 38, 39, 

 120 ; distribution of, in Palestine, 

 27, 169 ; in Syria, 92 ; in Trans- 

 sylvania, 90 ; infectibility of, to 

 mosquitos, 10 ; duration of in- 

 fectivity of, in mosquitos, 148, 

 157 ; factors influencing develop- 

 ment of, 21-22, 90-91 ; persisting 

 through the winter in man, 9 ; 

 possibly transmitted by bed- 

 bugs, 178 ; associated with other 

 species, 48, 112. 



platensis, Tabanus. 



Pleuronema, infesting Theobaldia 

 annulata in Britain, 85. 



Ploiaria (Emesodema) domestica, pre- 

 dacious on mosquitos in France, 

 147. 



plumbeiis, Anopheles. 



pluvialis, Haematopota. 



podographicus, Aedes [Finlaya). 



Poecilia januaria, suggested utilisa- 

 tion of, in Brazil, 217. 



poicilia, Aedes {Finlaya). 



poikiloptera, Parabezzia. 



Poland, measures against lice and 

 disease in, 45, 189 ; ticks and 

 rinderpest in, 159. 



Poliomyelitis, possibly relation of 

 insects to, in U.S.A., 54. 



