INDEX. 



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Fleas, in West Indies, 13, 175 ; in 

 Samoa, 83; in Gold Coast, 93; 

 in Philippines, 127; review 

 of book on, 17 ; Chinese trap for, 

 34; and kala-azar, 36, 153, 177, 

 184; occurring on rats in Co- 

 lombo, 38 ; and leprosy, 40, 79 ; 

 on poultry, 44 ; etfect of insecti- 

 cides on, 52, 62, 86, 196; mam- 

 mals infected with flagellates of, 

 54, 89, 201; method "of plague- 

 transmission by, 60 ; survival of 

 bacteria during metamorphosis 

 of, 61 ; bionomics of, 62-64, 131, 

 190 ; and plague, 60, 96, 115, 128, 

 189 ; characters for distinguish- 

 ing Indian, of genus Xeuojjsylla, 

 95. 



Flies (see House-flies). 



Florida, list of Diptera of, 78 ; 

 Ceratopogoninae sucking blood 

 of caterpillars in. 132; sore eye 

 and Hippelates in, 137; Trigo- 

 nometopiis from, 187. 



Fly maggots, inwoundsof camel, 152. 



foediis, Gimex {Clinocoris). 



folUculormn, Demodex. 



forbesi, Simulium. 



Forcipomyia erucicida, sp. n., suck- 

 ing blood of Erinnyis ello, 132. 



Forest malaria, controversy as to 

 carrier of, 43. 



Formaldehyde gas, ineffective 

 against flies, 57. 



Formalin, 62 ; against fowl jjara- 

 sites, 21 ; against flies, 57, 81, 

 111, 159, 179 ; as a spray against 

 mosquitos, 81. 



formicaria, Spalaiigia. 



Formosa, new Tabaims from, 81 ; 

 Mai de Caderas in, 109; Ano- 

 pheles sinensis carrying malaria 

 in, 133. 



Fowls, Argas persicus attacking, 9, 

 51, 102rt, 115, 116, 161, 175; 

 parasitic mites of, 21, 29, 44, 101, 

 182; lice on, 21, 44, 101; fleas 

 attacking, 44 ; Stomoxys biting, 

 117; probably not a host of 

 Argas brumpti, 51 ; methods of 

 eradicating parasites of, 21, 29, 

 44, 116, 138. 



Fowl Flea (see Ecliidnopliaga gal- 

 linacea). 



Fowl liice (see Ilenopon). 



Fow^ Mites (see Dermanyssus gal- 

 linae and Cnemidocoptes mutans). 



Fowl Tick (see Argas persicus). 



Foxes, Ixodes on, 102. 



Framboesia (yaws), probably trans- 

 mitted by Musca domestica, 83. 



France, bovine i)iroi:)lasmosis in, 

 143; AnojJheles in, 180; Stego- 

 myia fasciata in, 180; Cidex 

 lateralis in, 180. 

 (0141) 



franc iscamis , A no}) lieles . 



Francolins, 84, 117. 



fratellus, Tabaniis (see T. pahdus). 



frigidus Chrysops. 



fidriciiictus, Tabanns. 



fidvohirtus, SUbasoma. 



fiiliginostis. Anopheles ; Lasius. 



Fumigation, against fowl pests, 30 ; 

 against fleas, 52 ; against flies, 

 52, 111; against mosquitos, 52, 

 146; of vessels against plague, 

 127. 



Fundidus, against mosquito larvae, 

 78. 



funebris, Drosophila. 



funestus, Anopheles. 



f'urcatum, Parasinmlium. 



fuscipes, Olossina ; Spalangia ; 

 Tabanus. 



Galaxias, against mosquito larvae, 

 78. 



Galleria mellonella, larvae of, nega- 

 tive to tuberculosis, 54. 



galUnacea, Echidnophaga. 



gallinae , Geratophyllus. 



gallinarum, Spirochaeta. 



Game, Hippobosca on, 32 ; in rela- 

 tion to Glossina, 32, 37, 66, 74, 76, 

 77, 94, 96, 149, 150; trypano- 

 somes in, 33, 74, 77, 132, 186; 

 ticks on, 111 ; bots in, 91, 203. 



Gasoline, for killing fowl parasites, 

 44, 138. 



Gastrophilus asininus, in horses, 91. 

 ,, equi, protective meas- 



ures against, 166; 

 in Cape Colony, 203. 

 ,, haemorrhoidalis, o n 



horses in U.S.A., 

 138; on horses in 

 Russia, 166. 



Geckos, host of Phlebotomus minu- 

 tus, 43, 59, 200. 



Gedoelstia cristata, in Bubalis maior, 

 91. 



Geese, Argas persicus spreading a 

 disease of, 119. 



Gelechia gossypiella, preyed on by 

 Pedicidoides ventricosus, 163. 



gelidus, Culex. 



geniculata, Triatom a. 



Gentian violet, 142. 



Georgia, Texas fever tick eradicated 

 by fencing in, 1026. 



Germany, " Bornasche Krankheit " 

 in, 26; Culicidae in, 78, 100; 

 Simulium on cattle in, 146; 

 mosquito destruction in, 146; 

 malaria in, 168 ; anthrax in^ 

 169 ; investigations regarding 

 warble flies in, 198. 



gigantulus, Silvius, 



gigas, Goniocotes. 



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