INDEX. 



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lasiophfhalvius, Tabonus. 

 Lasiopygn callitricha, not experi- 

 mtMitally iiii'ectcd with Leish- 

 Diania, 28. 

 laticallosus, Tabanus. 

 laiifrons, CalUphora. 

 latipes, Simulium. 

 latus, Trichodectes. 

 laveroni, Tabanus. 

 leachi , Hae7naj)hysal is. 

 Lead arsenate, ineffective in bait 



against house-flies, 220. 

 Lebias dispar, destroying mosquito 



larvae at Karachi, 152. 

 Lebistes reticidattis, in Barbados, 69. 

 lectularms, (Jimex (Acanthia). 

 Leeches, not conveying Leishmania 



donovani, 127. 

 Leeward Islands, Anopheles argyro- 

 tarsis in, 97 ; Dermatobia hominis 

 probably absent from, 130. 

 Legislation, advocated for com- 

 pulsory dipping against Melo- 

 phagus ovinus in Wyoming, 175 ; 

 against lice in New South Wales, 

 17 ; against scabies in sheep in 

 the U.S.A., 150 ; against sheep 

 scab in New South Wales, 87 ; 

 against ticks in the U.S.A., 60, 

 185; against plague in California 

 26; against ticks in Rhodesia, 20; 

 proposed against yellow fever in 

 India, 71; permitting destruction 

 of game in Natal, 222. 

 Leiognathus bacoti, distribution of, 

 47. 

 ,, morsitans, sp. n., on 



fowls, probably trans- 

 mitting spirochae- 

 tosis, 140. 

 Leishmania, in man and dog in 

 Turkestan, 201 ; in dogs in North 

 Africa, 5 ; relation of lizards to, 

 143, 230; transmitted to man by 

 Ctenocephalus canis, 5 ; and insect 

 flagellates, 69, 154; in Turkestan 

 and Bokhara, 124; experiments 

 in transmission of, in the Sudan, 

 28 ; not carried by bed-bugs in 

 Turkestan, 202. 

 Leishmania, American, carriers of, 

 in Paraguay and 

 Brazil, 147, 148. 

 „ donovani, not conveyed 



by leeches, 127. 

 „ tropica, carried by 



Phlebotomus minutus 

 afrieanus at Biskra, 

 144; probable carrier 

 and reservoir of, in 

 Northern Africa, 231. 

 Lemon Grass, oil of, against lice, 



201. 

 Lepidotomyia lineata, in Papua, 

 153. 



lepidum, Amblyomma. 



le ports, JIaem aphysalis. 



leprae, Musca. 



Leprosy, believed to be carried by 

 Dermatophilus penetrans, 103; 

 possibly disseminated by Musca 

 domestica, 120. 



Leptocera, in Montana, 62. 



Leptopsylla musctdi, on 31 us rattus 

 in S. Africa, 134 ; on rats in 

 Egypt, 44. 



Leptus autumnalis (Harvest Mite), 

 on man, 44. 



leuciscus, Hylobafes. 



Leucomyia albitarsis, in Papua, 

 153. 



Leucomyia australiensis var. papuen- 

 sis, in Papua, 153. 



leucosphyrus. Anopheles. 



leucostomus, Tabanus. 



lewisi, trypanosoma. 



Libellula, destroying Haematopotam 

 Russia, 196; predaceous 

 on Glossina lyalpalis, 

 199. 

 ,, pectoralis, 184. 

 ,, quadrimacidata, destroy- 

 ing mosquitos in Russia, 

 183. 



Lice, on man and apes, 3 ; infesting 

 fowls in Canada, 186 ; in India, 

 120; in the Sudan, 28; in the 

 U.S.A., 38 ; measures against, 

 on man, 43, 80, 105, 113, 114, 

 118, 122, 123, 124, 145, 146, 151, 

 156, 183, 189, 201, 203, 204, 225, 

 226, 232 ; effects of tempera- 

 ture on, 156, 201, 203, 225, 226 ; 

 methods of destroying, on do- 

 mestic animals, 4, 96, 114, 127, 

 142, 170 ; legislation against, in 

 New South Wales, 17; remedies 

 against, on fowls, 158; formula 

 of contact insecticide for, 189; 

 experiments with Leishmania 

 and, 28 ; transmitting exanthe- 

 matous typhus, 26, 33, 43, 59, 

 201 ; transmitting plague in 

 Java, 34 ; and reciu-rent fever, 

 43, 59, 101; not carriers of 

 pellagra, 102; not found to con- 

 vey kala-azar, 126. 



Lichtenstein's haartebeeste, Gedoel- 

 stia cristata in, 99. 



Lime-sulphm- dip, field test for, 76. 



Lininophora sepiemnotata, hiber- 

 nating in houses, 89. 



linealis, Cidex {Culicelsa). 



lineata, Hypoderma. 



lineola, Tabanus. 



Linognathus {Haematopinus) vituli, 

 on cattle in Australia, 17; on 

 cattle in Mozambique, 96. 



Lipari Islands, destruction of dogs 

 to control leishmaniasis in, 5. 



