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INDEX. 



megacephola, CJhrysomyia (see Pycno- 



soma dux) ; Pheidole. 

 megista, Triaioma. 

 Melanoconion papuensis, in Papua, 



154. 

 ■J)! elanorheus, CepJialopJius. 

 Ilelanotahanus fuUginosus, sp. n., 



from Rio de Janiero, 82. 

 Ilelissomorjiha oestroides (see 



Adersia). 

 MelopJiagus ovinus. 111 ; on sheep, 

 17, 149; life-liistoiy and eradi- 

 cation of, 175; declared a dis- 

 ease in New South Wales, 17; in 

 Quebec, 155; in Ohio, 149. 

 Ilemnemyia, new genus proposed for 



Ano2)lieles hrevipalpis, 212. 

 Meningitis, caused by Ghrysomyia 

 macellariain Tropical America, 32. 

 Ilenolepsis tasmaniensis, in Tas- 

 mania, 37. 

 Menopon hiseriatuni (Large Fowl 

 Louse), on fowls, 149, 158, 186; 

 remedies against, 186. 

 Menopon pallidum (Common Fowl 

 Louse), on fowls, 38, 158, 186; 

 remedies against, 186. 

 Mentha pnlegium (Pennyroyal), oil 



of, against lice, 201. 

 Mercury ointment, against lice, 123. 

 Mesemhrinella, erroneously sup- 

 posed to cause myiasis in Brazil, 

 194. 

 Mesopotamia, mosquitos from, 211. 

 mesopotamiae. Anopheles sinensis. 

 Messina, Sand-fly fever and Phle- 



hotomus in, 107. 

 ■meteorica, Hydrotaea. 

 Meteorological conditions, elfects of, 

 on house-flies, 92 ; influence of, 

 on plague, 73 ; effect of, on 

 malaria and mosquitos, 40, 202. 

 mexicanus, Ghlorotahanus. 

 Mexico, mosquito -borne diseases in, 

 1 1 ; Cephenomyia attacking Cervus 

 mexicanus in, 166; Ghrysomyia 

 macellaria causing myiasis in, 

 159 ; Simulium rubicundulum in, 

 67 ; spiders' nest from, as a trap 

 for house- flies, 151 ; Dermatobia 

 liominis absent from plateaus of, 

 130. 

 micans, Morellia. 



Mice, inoculated with a Herpeio- 

 monas from Nepa, 68 ; fleas on, 

 in New South Wales, 206; 

 Ceratophyllus fasciatus trans- 

 mitting plague in, 63 ; Cimex 

 lectularius transmitting plague 

 in, 63, 64 ; resistant to infection 

 by Trypanosoma cruzi, 206. 

 Micraedes malayi, in Hong Kong, 



141. 

 mieroanmdatus, Culex (see C. 

 sitiens). 



Mierofilaria diurna, probably car- 

 ried by Chrysops 

 centurionis in Equa- 

 torial Africa, 33. 

 ,, nocturna, in man in 



Equatorial Africa, 

 33 ; in China, 24. 

 „ Persians, probably 



carried by Chrysops 

 centurionis in Equa- 

 torial Africa, 33. 

 3Iicrothromhidium gliricolens, sp. n., 



on Mus rattus in Calcutta, 228. 

 Military camps, control of house- 

 flies in, 162. 

 milleri, Tabanus. 

 milni, Culex sitiens. 

 Miltogramma, a parasite of Bemhex 



rostrata, 195. 

 mimeticus, Culex. 

 Mimomyia mimomyiaformis, in 



Zanzibar, 49. 

 mimomyiaformis , Mimomyia. 

 mimuhis, Culex. 

 minimus, Anopheles. 

 Jlfmioj?ter«s,fieason,in S.Africa, 134. 

 Minnesota, control of house-flies in, 



27. 

 minor, Sarcoptes. 

 minuta, Kirhia. 

 minutissima, Lophoceratomyia. 

 minutus, Phlebotomus. 

 Missouri, seasonal incidence of 



malaria in, 182. 

 Mites, attacking man, 135, 226 ; 

 on cats and dogs, 5 ; on fowls, 

 140, 158 ; on domestic animals, 

 5, 6 ; on rodents, in Egypt, 47 ; 

 on rabbits, 226 ; new species of, 

 parasitic on rats, 128, 228; and 

 disease, 138; infesting fleas, 34; 

 infesting house-flies, 174; reme- 

 dies against, 114, 158 ; in the 

 U.S.A., 38, 135, 155; carrying 

 Kedani fever in Japan, 101. 

 mitis, Chrysops. 

 mobii, Bembex. 

 modestus, Dermacentor. 

 Mole, Acari of, in Britain, 9. 

 molestum, Simulium. 

 molestus, Tydeus. 

 Molothrus, destroying Dermatobia 



hominis, 132. 

 Mombasa, plague -infected rats 



from, 49. 

 Monkeys, attacked by Dermatobia 

 hominis in South America, 131 ; 

 experiments with exanthematous 

 typhus and, 27, 59 ; lice infect- 

 ing, with recurrent fever in the 

 U.S.A., 59 ; not infected experi- 

 mentally with Leishmania, 28 ; 

 not infected experimentally with 

 tick-paralysis, 102; and yellow 

 fever, 69, 83. 



