INDEX. 



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Dermacentor andermni (Wood Tick), 

 and Rocky Mountain 

 spotted fever in 

 Montana, 62, 180; 

 remedies against, 62. 

 „ eledus, a possible car- 



rier of leishmaniasis 

 in Brazil, 147. 

 ,, modestus, and spotted 



feverinMontana,180. 

 „ niiens, life-history of, 



in Panama, 133. 

 „ reUculatus, attacking 



dogs in North 

 America, 4 ; trans- 

 mitting piroplas- 

 mosis in dogs in 

 France, 5. 

 ,, rhinoceroiis, on rhino- 



ceros in S.E. Africa, 

 222. 

 ,, variabilis, attacking 



dogs in No r t h 

 America, 4 ; in New 

 Jersey, 4, 155. 

 „ fe')wsiMs( Spot ted Fever 



Tick), 138; and 

 Rocky Mountain 

 spotted fever in Mon- 

 tana, 60, 61, 95; dis- 

 tribution and habits 

 of, in America, 95 ; 

 experimentally caus- 

 ing paralysis in lambs 

 and dogs, 6; not pro- 

 ducing tick-paralysis 

 experimentally, 103. 

 Dermanyssus aegyptius, on rodents 

 in Egypt, 47. 

 „ gallinae, attacking 



fowls and horses, 

 158 ; on dogs and 

 cats, 5 ; in the 

 U.S.A., 38, 155. 

 ,, viwis, distribution of, 



47; in Formosa, 228. 

 ,, sanguineus, sp. n., on 



Mus rattus in Egypt, 

 47. 

 Dermatobia cyanirentris (see D. ho- 

 minis). 

 „ hominis, attacking dogs, 



in Brazil, 4 ; eggs of, 

 carried by mosquitos, 

 4, 130, 194, 195; 

 causing myiasis in 

 Tropical America, 

 159, 195; bionomics 

 of, 130-132. 

 Dermatophilus penetrans (Chigger), 

 attacking stock, 4 ; believed to 

 carry leprosy, 103 ; in Kamerun, 

 145; in the Seychelles, 190; 

 remedy for, in German East 

 Africa, 227. 



Dermatophylus congolense, causing 

 contagious dermatosis, in the 

 Belgian Congo, 187. 

 Dermatosis, causes of, in Belgian 



Congo, 187. 

 desertus, Tabanus. 

 diana, Hypoderma. 

 diaperimts, Alphitobius. 

 Diarrhoea, relation of flies to, 43, 



127. 

 Diatomineura aethopica, from the 



Transvaal, 121. 

 Dichlorethylene, against lice, 156. 

 Didadocera eonspicua, sp. n., in 



Rio de Janeiro, 82. 

 Didelphys aurita, Stenopsylla cnizi 

 on, in Brazil, 82. 

 ,, opossura, 8tenopsylla cruzi 



on, in Brazil, 82. 

 dimidiata, Chrysops ; Triatoma. 

 diminuia, Hymenolepis. 

 dimorphon, Trypanosoma. 

 Dinopsyllus ellobius, on Mus rattus 



in South Africa, 134. 

 Dips and dipping, for cattle, pre- 

 paration of, 35-37, 219-220; 

 good results of, in Mauritius, 

 221 ; bone-oil an efficient sxib- 

 stitute tor tar in, 191 ; against 

 ticks, 19-22, 60, 61, 62, 91, 132, 

 133, 165, 210, 211, 218, 219; 

 effect of, upon cattle in the U.S.A. 

 58 ; experiments with, against 

 Melophagus ovinus, 175 ; with 

 lime -sulphur against scabies of 

 stock in U.S.A., 76; against 

 sheep pests in Queensland, 87 ; 

 against Tricliodectes spliaero- 

 cephalus in Australia, 17. 

 Dipylidium caninum, conveyed to 



dogs by fleas, 139. 

 Dirofilaria immitis, in dogs, in the 

 Far East, 5 ; carried 

 by Anopheles maculi- 

 pennis, 5. 

 „ repens, Anopheles mactdi- 



pennis probable carrier 

 of, 5 ; carried by Stego- 

 myia fasciata, 5. 

 dispar, Chrysops ; Lebias. 

 distinct a, Eaematopota. 

 distinctum, Simidium. 

 ditaeniatus, Tabanus. 

 diurna, Ilicrofilaria. 

 Dogs, parasites of, 4, 5 ; lice on, in 

 Mozambique, 96 ; ticks on, in 

 Mauritius, 221 ; attacked by 

 Dermatobia hominis in South 

 America, 130; Echidnophaga 

 galUnacea on, 148 ; Olfersia mac- 

 leayi on, in Australia, 17 ; 

 Ehipicephalus sanguineus on, 53, 

 110; experiments with Cordy- 

 lobia anthropophaga on, 98; not 

 attacked by Cordylobia rodhaini. 



