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INDEX. 



Psoroptes communis var. oris, life- 

 liistoiy of, aud remedies, 157. 



Psych odidae, iu Gold Coast, 93. 



Psychoda alter nata, 134. 

 ,, phaloenoides, 134. 



Pternistes, 117. 



Pteromalidae, parasitising Stomoxys 

 cnlcitriDis, 22. 



Pteromalas dynaster (see Dihra- 

 choides). 



pulcheJlus, Ehipicephalus. 



Pulex irritans, 17; transmitting 

 Leishmania infantum in dogs, 

 36; killed by naphthaline oint- 

 ment, 62; larval habits of, 131 ; 

 experiments with kala-azar and, 

 177 ; not found in Madras, 184. 



Pumpkins, Stomoxys calcitrans 

 breeding in, 89. 



punctipen n is, A nopheles. 



punctolateralis, Stegomyia. 



punctulata, Anopheles. 



punctum, Sepsis. 



pungens, Culicoides. 



putris. Them ira. 



Pygiopsylla ahalae, transmitting 

 mitigated plague, 115. 



Pyrethrum powder, against flies, 

 "^111. 



Pyretophorus, (see Anoj)heles). 



Python, PMebotomus ininutus var. 

 africanus on, 59. 



quadrimaculatus, A nopheles. 

 quodrisetosa, Helicobia. 

 Quarantine, against plague, 83 ; 



against Texas fever, 1026 ; 



against East Coast fever, 55, 56, 



140. 

 Queen Blow-fly (see Phormia re- 



gina). 

 Queensland, mosquitos in, 12 ; 



Chalcid parasite of sheep maggot 



fly in, 94 ; spirochaetosis of fowls 



in, 116. 

 Quinine, against malaria, 1, 5, 13, 



27, 41, 47, 48, 97, 130, 168. 

 quinquecinctus, Tahanus. 

 qii i nq u efasciat u s , Cm lex. 

 quinquepunctatus, Ochlerotatus {Aedi' 



morphus). 



Eabbits, ticks on, 102, 102n ; 



negative to Texas fever, 1026 ; 



Trypanosoma vespertiUonis not 



pathogenic to, 174. 



radicnin, Anthomyia. 



Padioculex clavipalpus (see Mimo- 



myia chamberlaini). 

 JRasbora, enemy of mosquito larvae, 

 154. 

 „ daniconius, destroying 



mosquito larvae in 

 Madras, 194. 



Rats, and fleas, 18; transmission 

 of Herpetomonas ctenocephali and 

 6. pattoni in, 54, 201 ; inoculated 

 with Trypanosoma gambiense and 

 T. rhodesiense, 58 ; and plague, 

 60, 115, i2S ; Xenopsylla cheopis 

 on, 3, 175 ; Indian spp. of Xenop- 

 sylla on, 95 ; mitigated plague in, 

 115; experiments with Glossina 

 and, 75, 139 ; negative to Texas 

 fever, 102b ; Glossina palpalis 

 not attacking, in Principe, 123; 

 Argas sp. on, in St. Vincent, 129 ; 

 bodies resembling Bartonia bacil- 

 Uformis in, 144; Trypanosoma 

 vesjjertilionis not pathogenic to, 

 174 ; Ctenocejyhalus felis on, 175 ; 

 CeratophyUus fasciatus on, 190; 

 hydrocyanic acid gas against, 

 196 ; artificial epidemic against, 

 a failure, 18. 



Eat Fleas, in St. Lucia. 13 ; and 

 plague, 18, 34, 60, 128, 137, 189; 

 in Colombo, 38 ; mice infected 

 with Herpetomonas pattoni from, 

 201 ; (see also CeratophyUus and 

 Xenopsylla). 



Rat -proof receptacles, for house - 

 refuse in Shanghai, 189. 



Recurrent fever, relation of exan- 

 thematous typhus to, 90; trans- 

 mission by crushed lice, 91 ; 

 transmitted by lice, 132, 150, 170, 

 194; in Tonkin, 170; in India, 

 194; latent period of spirilla in 

 lice infected with, 165, 200. 



Red Poiiltry Mite (see Dermanyssus 

 gallinae). 



Redtail Gadfly (see Gastrophilus 

 haemorrhoidaUs). 



Reduviids, blood-sucking (see Tria- 

 toma and Bhodnius). 



Redwater, in cattle, 150. 



Reedbuck, Glossina pallidipes and, 

 32 ; and trypanosomes, 77, 84. 



regina, Phormia. 



Relapsing fever, imported from 

 B.E. Africa into Somaliland, 8, 

 9 ; in French Congo, 79 ; in 

 Bukoba, German East Africa, 124. 



repens, Dirofilaria. 



Reptiles, Phlebotonins feeding on, 

 42. 43, 58, 184, 186, 199. 200; 

 Glossina niorsitans on, 75, 95, 

 142. 



Resin, in mixtures against flies, 101, 

 179; directions for use against 

 East Coast fever, 163. 



reticulatas, Dermacentor. 



Reviews :- Da Costa, Sleeping sick- 

 ness, 13; Russell, The Flea, 17 ; 

 Graham - Smith, Non - blood - 

 sucking Flies in relation to Dis- 

 ease, 19, 166 ; Fantham & Porter, 

 Minute Animal Parasites, 150. 



