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INDEX. 



in Java. 34 ; in Madras, 73 ; in 

 New Orleans, 48, 179; in New 

 South Wales, 206 ; in Zanzibar, 

 49. 

 Plague, pneumonic, in Annam, 100. 

 Plasmoses, of cattle in Eliodesia, 



164. 

 playfairi, EaplocMlus. 

 pluvialis, Aniliomyia ; Eaematopota. 

 poicilia, Finlaya. 



Poliomyelitis, Stomoxys calcitrans, 

 a possible carrier of, 171 ; re- 

 lation bet^\een fleas and, 215. 

 Pollenia rudis, causing intestinal 

 myiasis in man, 152 ; in 

 Quebec, 155; frequent- 

 ing houses, 89, 175, 184. 

 ., stygia, bionomics of, 14 ; 

 infesting sheep in Aus- 

 tralia, 14, 15, 159, 184. 

 Polypedilum genesareth, sp. n., from 

 Palestine, 51. 

 „ tiberiadis, sp. n., from 



Palestine, 51. 

 Poona, Pldeboiotmis scarce in, 166. 

 porcus, Poiamochaerns. 

 Port Darwin, Siegomyia scutellaris 



in. 30. 

 Potamochaerns porcus, Oestrids in- 

 festing, 146. 

 Potassium arsenate, against house- 

 flies, 170. 

 ,, cyanide, fumigation with 

 against bed-bugs, 58 ; 

 against rats and 

 plague, 64. 

 ,, permanganate, 72; against 

 Stomoxys calcitrans, 22. 

 „ sulphide, against fleas 

 on dogs, 3. 

 Potatoes, extract of, against ticks, 76. 

 Poultry Tick (see Argas pcrsicus). 

 poweri, Siegomyia. 

 praegrandis, Choerowyia. 

 pretoriensis. Anopheles. 

 Principe, Qlossina palpalis nearly 



exterminated in, 125. 

 Prociophyllodes trisetosns, sp. n., on 



Siurnella magna, 128. 

 p roducti corni s , Tab an us. 

 prolixus, Pliodnius. 

 Protomacleaya alhocentralis (see 



OcJderotaius). 

 proxima, PacTiionotomyia. 

 PseudacantJwcera sylverii, synonyms 



of, 82. 

 psendoharhirostris. Anopheles. 

 Pseudoctdicoidcs cincius, attack- 

 ing man in Florida, 163. 

 Pseudolfersia macidaia, iu Quebec, 



155. 

 Pseudomysomyia (see Anopheles). 

 Pseudopyrellia {Orthellia) cornicina, 



in Quebec, 155. 

 fscudoscuiellaris, Siegomyia. 



Pseudoiaeniorhynchus conopas var. 



giblini (see Taeniorhynchus). 

 Psorophora, larvae of, preying on 

 Anopheles larvae, 78. 

 „ ciliata, in Philadelphia,. 



128. 

 Psoropies communis, life-history of, 

 in South Africa, 133; infesting- 

 man and rabbits, 226. 

 Psorojytes communis var. ovis,. 



caiising scabies in sheep, 150. 

 Psychodidae, absent from Zanzibar,. 

 50; and Pappataci fever, 139;. 

 frequenting houses, 175. 

 Pteropus voeltzkowi (Flying Fox),. 

 Cyclopodia greeffl on, in Zanzibar,. 

 48. 

 pubescens, Trichodecies. 

 pubis, Phthirius. 

 punctipes, Simulium. 

 pudicws, Chrysops. 

 pulchellus, Bhipicephalus. 

 pulcherrimus. Anopheles (Cellia). 

 Ptdex conepati, sp. n., on Conepaius- 

 suffocans in Brazil, 82. 

 „ irritans, in Egypt, 45 ; Her- 

 petomonad para- 

 sites of, 144. 

 ,, ,, var. bahiensis, on 



man in Brazil, 82.. 

 pullaius. Anopheles, 

 pulverulenium, Simulimn. 

 Puma, attacked by Bermaiobia 



hominis in S. America, 131. 

 pungens, Aegophagam yia. 

 punctcdissimus, Bhipicephalus. 

 punciatus, Ophiocephahis. 

 punciipennis. Anopheles, 

 punciulatus. Anopheles, 

 purpureus, Ehinoestrus. 

 putorium, Pycnosoma. 

 Pycnosoma albiceps, in Somaliland,, 

 136; in Zanzibar, 50- 

 ,, . bezzianum, causing 



myiasis in cattle, 98. 

 ,, dux, 98 ; infesting sheep. 



in Hawaii, 159. 

 „ margincde, in Somali- 



land, 136; in Zan- 

 zibar, 50. 

 „ megacephcda, AArongly 



identified, 98. 

 ,, putorium, believed to 



spread amoebic dysen- 

 tery, 98 ; in Zan- 

 zibar, 50. 

 „ rufifacies, infesting slK>ep 



in AustraUa, 14, 15,. 

 159, 185. 

 „ varipes, on sheep in 



Australia, 185. 

 pygargus, Damaliscus. 

 Pygiopsylla ahcdae, transmitting, 

 plague in Java, 34 ; not common, 

 on rats in Java, 205. 



