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INDEX. 



paradoxa, GedoelsUa. 



Paraffin, a.srainst warble flies in 



Ireland, 34; against lice, 43, 204; 



as a deterrent to house-flies, 163; 



(see Kerosene). 



Paraguay, leishmaniasis in, 144, 



147. 

 Parasimulium (see Simulium). 

 Parnopes, parasite of Bembex ros- 



train, 195. 

 paruvipilosus, TricJiodedes. 

 Parus major, attacked by larva of 



Phormia azurea, 97. 

 parva, Lucania; Theileria. 

 parvicallosus, Tabanus. 

 Passer griseus, blood-sucking Muscid 



larva in nest of, 122. 

 Patagonia, Cephenoviyia grandis in, 



166. 

 pattoni, Ilerpetonionas ; Musca. 

 pecaudi, Trypanosoma, 

 pecorum, GastropMlus ; Trypano- 

 soma, 

 pectinata, Abies, 

 pectoralis, Libellula. 

 Pedicinus, confined to the lower 



monkeys, 3. 

 pedieuli, Herpetomonas. 

 Pediculoides ventricostis, attacking 



man, 44, 155. 

 Pediculus, parasite of man and 

 higher apes, 3. 

 ,, capitis, attacking man, 



remedies against, 43 ; 

 in Russia, 122 ; not 

 found to carry kala- 

 azar, 126 ; carrying 

 typhus, 201 ; effects of 

 temperature on, 226. 

 ,, cervicalis (see P. capitis). 



„ hominis (seeP.humanus). 



„ Jiumanus, transmitting 



plague in Java, 34 ; 

 measures against, 43, 

 113, 122, 123, 124, 

 146, 225, 226; not 

 found to carry kala- 

 azar, 126; carrying 

 typhus, 201 ; (see also 

 Lice). 

 ,, vestimenti (see P. Jiuma- 



nus). 

 Pellagra, relation of insects to, 102 ; 



in Barbados, 223. 

 Pelopia cygnus, from Palestine, 51. 

 penetrans, Dermatophilus (Sarco- 



psylla). 

 Penicillium, 90. 

 peniculata, Sarcophaga, 

 Pennyroyal, oil of, against lice, 201. 

 Periplaneta americana, 126 ; effect 

 of temperature on, 

 9 ; on shii)S, 44. 

 ,, ausiralasiae, 126. 



,, orientalis (see Blatta). 



pemiciosus, Phlehotomus. 



Persia, Ornithodorus tholosani caiTy- 



ing relapsing fever in, 124. 

 persicus, Argas. 

 perspicillaris, C}irysop)S. 

 Persians, Microfilaria, 

 pertinens, Tabanus. 

 perturbans, Taeniorliynchus {Coquil- 



lettidia) ; Culex. 

 Peru, mosquitos and sanitation in, 

 25 ; American leishmaniasis in, 

 148 ; mosquitos and malaria in, 

 224. 

 Peshawar Fever (see Sand-fly 



Fever). 

 petersi, Amblyomma. 

 Petrol, against ticks on dogs, 4 ; 



against lice on man, 43, 156. 

 Petroleum, against flies on domestic 



animals, 38. 

 phacochaeri, Ehinoestrus. 

 Phacochaerus, attacked by Auch- 

 meromyia, 98. 

 ,, aethiopicus (Wart- 



Hog), infested with 

 Phinoestrus phaco- 

 chaeri, 198; Choero- 

 myia bequaeiii in 

 burrows of, 199. 

 Phamirus iabanivorus (see Tele- 



nomus). 

 Phaonia signata, in houses, 89. 

 pharoensis, Anop>heles. 

 Pharyngobolus, parasite of ele- 

 phants in Africa, 99. 

 Pheidole m egacephala, attacking 



Echidnophaga gallinacea, 149. 

 Phenic acid, against pests of 



domestic animals, 51. 

 Phenyl, against Echidnophaga galli- 

 nacea on poultry, 221. 

 Philadelphia, measures against 

 mosquitos in, 128 ; hibernation 

 of house-flies in, 149. 

 Philaematomyia crassirostris, chem- 

 istry of saliva, 

 of, 42. 

 ,, insignis (see P. cras- 



sirostris). 

 Philippines, microfilaria in, 24 ; 

 mosquitos and malaria in, 65-67, 

 91, 213-215 ; breeding-places of 

 Ano])heles rossi in, 65 ; Kedani 

 fever in, 101; fleas from, 103; 

 Stomoxys calcitrans not transmit- 

 ting filaria of horses in, 173-174 ; 

 classification and synonymy of 

 mosquitos in, 229. 

 philippinensis. Anopheles. 

 Phlebototnus, new species of, 11; 

 distribution of, in 

 Algeria, 29 ; not 

 found in Zanzibar, 

 50 ; and sand-fly 

 fever, 86, 107, 113, 



