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INDEX. 



148; in India, 73, 120; in Java, 

 34, 204 ; in Mauritius, 53 ; in 

 S. Africa, 133 ; in the Sudan, 28 ; 

 in Egypt, distribution of, 44 ; in 

 Zanzibar, 41, 50 ; and plague, 34, 

 49, 63, 73, 206, 209 ; on rats, 

 relation between flea and plague 

 curves, 204 ; on rats in the 

 U.S.A., 48 ; method of collecting 

 on rats, 75; on birds, 118; on 

 dogs, 3; on fowls, 3, 118, 148, 

 158, 232; bionomics of, 43, 232; 

 effect of temperature on, 9 ; 

 remedies against, 3, 124, 158 ; 

 destroyed by Clayton process of 

 fumigation, 71 ; cresol against, 

 84, 197; killed by hydrocyanic 

 gas, 104; killed by liquid of 

 Malinin, 105; not affected by 

 corrosive sublimate, 151 ; Herpe- 

 tomonad parasites of, 144; con- 

 veying Dipylidium caninum to 

 dogs, 139; experiments with 

 Leishm.ania and, 28 ; not carriers 

 of pellagra, 102 ; possibly trans- 

 mitting cholera germs, 43 ; rela- 

 tion of, to poliomyelitis, 215. 

 Flies, biting, and disease, 31 ; 

 biting domestic animals, measures 

 against, 37 ; (see House-flies). 

 Florida, mosquitos and malaria in, 

 32 ; new Tabanidae from, 25 ; 

 biology of Musca domestica in, 

 125; Ixodes scapularis attacking 

 dogs in, 4. 

 Flour, damaged by sulphur dioxide 



fumigation on ships, 71. 

 fluviatilis, Johanseniello. 

 folliculorum, Demodex. 

 Foot and mouth disease, and flies in 



Russia, 29. 

 Forcipomyia bicolor, sp. n., in Brazil, 

 82. 

 ,, squamitihia, sp. n., in 



Brazil, 82. 

 ,, squamosa, sp. n., in 



Brazil, 82. 

 Formaldehyde, as a bait for house- 

 flies, 165; for fumigating ships, 72. 

 Formalin, as a bait for house-flies, 



163; against lice, 232. 

 Formosa, Dermanyssus muris in, 

 228 ; malaria-carrying Anophe- 

 lines of, 102; PJdebotomus not 

 recorded from, 113; plague and 

 rats in, 100. 

 formosaensis , Anopheles, 

 fossuvi, Amhlyomma. 

 Fowls, parasites of, in the U.S.A., 

 38, 155, 158 ; parasites of, in 

 Australia, 129, 230; fleas on, in 

 Hawaii, 118 ; lice on, in Canada, 

 186; attacked by Argas persicus 

 in Astrachan, 68 ; parasites of, 

 in Mauritius, 53, 221 ; Cimex 



columbaria on, 184 ; Echidna- 

 phaga gallinacea on, 3, 148, 232 ; 

 measures against parasites of, 

 55, 149, 158, 186; attacked by 

 Mydaea pici in Trinidad, 131 ; 

 Leiognathus morsitans, sp. n., pos- 

 sibly transmitting spirochaetosis 

 to, 140 ; never attacked by Gordy- 

 labia anthrapo^yhaga, 98; not in- 

 fected with kala-azar in the 

 Sudan, 28; not infected with 

 spirochaetes in S. Nigeria, 54. 

 Fowl Flea (see Echidnaphaga gal- 

 linacea). 

 Fowl Lice (see Menopon, lApeurus, 



and Goniocotes). 

 fawleri, Anopheles. 

 Foxes, Ixodes on, inGreatBritain, 24. 

 France, Glossina from Senegal bred 

 in, 77 ; parasitic otitis in ferrets 

 in, 6; ticks transmitting pii'o- 

 plasmosis to dogs in, 5. 

 fraternus, Tahanus. 

 freerae, Pyretapharus (see Anopheles 



fuliginosus). 

 frigidus, Ghrysaps. 

 fugax, Ghrysaps. 

 fuliginosus, Anojjheles {Nyssorhyn- 



chus) ; Melanotabanus. 

 Fumigation, with chinolein against 

 mosquitos, 2 ; against parasites 

 of fowls, 55; against Phlebotomus 

 in Chitral, 167; against rats and 

 plague in Havana, 64 ; of ships, 

 45, 71 ; with Clayton gas against 

 Gimex hemiptera, 50; with cresyl 

 against mosquitos, 17 ; with 

 hydrocyanic acid against fleas 

 and rats, 104; with cyanide 

 against bed-bugs, 58. 

 Fundtdus diaphamis, destroying 

 mosquito larvae in 

 New Jersey, 212. 

 ,, heUrocUtus macrolepida- 



tus, destroying mos- 

 quito larvae in New 

 Jersey, 212. 

 ,, majalis, destroying mos- 



quito larvae in New 

 Jersey, 212. 

 funestus, Anopheles {Myzamyia). 

 furcatus, Simulium. 

 furonis, Ghoriaptes cynatis. 

 furonis, Sarcoptes scabei. 

 fusca, Glossina. 

 fuscocej)halus , Culex. 

 fusci2)es, Glossina ; Paederus ; Ta- 



banus. 

 fuscivenasa, Palpomyia. 

 ftiscus, Culex tigripes. 



galilaeus, Tendipes. 

 gallinacea, Echidnaphaga (Sarcop- 

 sylla, Xestopsylla). 



