INDEX. 



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Phlebofomas minutus africanus, in 

 Tropical Africa, 58 ; 

 believed to trans- 

 mit Biskra sore, 

 199, 200; feeding 

 on a python, 59. 

 „ nigerrhnus, 201. 



„ papatasii, 59, 201 ; 



carrying sand-fly 

 fever in Corsica, 4 ; 

 in Egvpt, 100; in 

 India,'l43, 158, 165, 

 166; breeding 

 places of , 37 ; carry- 

 ing sand-fly fever, 

 43, 165 ; in Biskra, 

 199. 

 ,, perniciosus, 201 ; and 



sand-fly fever in 

 Malta, 165. 

 „ sylvestris, in India, 



158. 

 „ verrucarum, transmit- 



ting verruga in man, 

 49, 59 ; and lizards 

 in Peru, 186. 

 „ vexator, habits of, 42, 



43. 

 Phormia regina, bionomics of, in 



Massachusetts, 16. 

 Pigs, and Glossinapalpcdis, in Prin- 

 cipe Island, 15, 123, 206; inocu- 

 lated with Trypanosoma anna- 

 mense, 42 ; not infected with 

 trypanosomiasis in the Gold 

 Coast, 94; AmUyomma ameri- 

 canmn on, 102a ; not susceptible 

 to Texas fever, 102&. 

 Pigeons, ^lenopon biseriatuni and 

 31. pallidum on, 21 ; not sus- 

 ceptible to Texas fever, 1026 : 

 not susceptible to spirochaetosis, 

 161 ; Lynchia carrying Eaema- 

 proteus of, 186. 

 piliferus, Haematopinus. 

 pilosus, Ixodes. 

 Pine, 97. 

 Pineapple, mosquitos breeding in, 



24. 

 Piophila casei, 19, 134. 

 pipienS; Gulex. 

 pipistrelli, Cimex. 

 Pi roplasm a arge nt inum , anaplasmo - 

 sis associated with, 

 172. 

 ,, higentinum, causing 



Texas fever, 101 ; cat- 

 tle infected with, 137; 

 anaplasmosis a s s o - 

 ciated with, 172. 

 „ hovis, 113. 



,, canis, 113. 



,, ejui, 113. 



„ ovis, 113. 



Piroplasmosis, of cattle, caused by 

 ticks, 57, 113, 119, 143, 202; 

 ticks transmitting, found on 

 Enonymus verrucosus, 97 ; of 

 horses transmitted by ticks, 98, 

 119; immunisation of cattle 

 against, in Rhodesia, 177. 



Plague, carried by fleas, 17, 34, 60 ; 

 and rats in Jamaica, 18; in 

 Gold Coast, 93 ; in the Philip- 

 pines, 128; in rats, in Java, 

 115; in the East, 189; control 

 measures against, 127, 128, 196. 



pli nthopyga, SarcopJwga. 



Plummer's Island, 42. 



plurinotata, Stomoxys. 



Poliomyelitis, 20; conveyed to 

 monkeys by Stomoxys calcitrans, 

 26 ; experiments with Lyperosia 

 irritans and, 202. 



PoUenia rudis, 19, 134 ; attacked by 

 ScatopJiaga stercoraria, 56. 



Poly acanthus, destroying mosquito 

 larvae, 154. 



Popea palau-anensis, sp. u., from the 

 Philippines, 70. 



Porcupine, Argas brumpti on, 51. 



Portugal, kala-azar and fleas in, 

 177. 



Potash soap, against mosquitos, 80, 

 81. 



Potassium bichromate, against flies, 

 100. 



Potassium cyanide, against flies, 179. 



Potassium iodide, against Mai de 

 Caderas, 110. 



Poultry (see Fowls). 



Poultry mites (see Dermanyssus 

 galUnae and Cnemidocoptes 

 mutans). 



'prasinopleurus, Culex. 



Principe Island, Glossina palpalis 

 in, 14, 122, 123 ; sleeping sickness 

 in, 13, 121, 123, 206; measures 

 against Glossina palpalis in, 141, 

 205, 206. 



Prionops, possible enemy of 6r/os- 

 sina morsitans, 104. 



proclivis, Tabanus. 



prolixus, Ehodnius. 



Prosimulium nmtatum, sp. n., 167. 

 ., pecuarum, on cattle in 



U.S.A., 167, 177. 



Proteosoma of Indian Sparrow, 186. 



Protozoal parasites, 150. 



pseudopictus, A nopheles. 



pseudopunctipennis, Anoplieles. 



PseudopyrelUa cornicina, experi- 

 mentally parasitised by Spalangia 

 muscidarum, 22. 



pseudoscutellaris, Stegomyia. 



pseudotaeiiiatas, Ochlerotatus. 

 Pseudotaeniorliynchus samoaensis, 



sp. n. from Samoa, 51. 

 Psorophora, in Florida, 78. 



