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INDEX. 



Leishmania, not found on the 

 Amazon, 131 ; causing canine 

 Kala-azar in Tunis, 145 ; found 

 in mice, 160. 



Leishmania americana, in man in 

 British Honduras, 109. 



Leishmania tropica, found in Bagh- 

 dad boils in Mesopotamia, 102 ; 

 experiments with geckos and, 

 146. 



Leishmaniasis, of dogs in France, 

 79. 



leonis, Sarcoptes scahiei. 



lepidopus, Ceratopogon. 



leprae, Bacillus. 



Leprosy, possibly transmitted by 

 Demodex folliculonim, 127, 142. 



Leptoconops spinosipes, sp. n., from 

 New Guinea, 154. 



Leptomonas, dog flea infected with, 

 145 ; Tarentola mauritanica in- 

 fected with, in Timisia, 145. 



Leptotila verreauxi, Hippoboscid 

 on, in British Guiana, 129. 



Leptotrombidium akmmisM (see 

 Trombidium). 



Leptus alcamushi (see Trombidium). 



Leptus autumnalis, in Formosa, 

 182 ; believed to be the larva of 

 a species of Trombicula, 87. 



Lepus arcticus canus, fleas found on, 

 in Arctic Regions, 196. 



Lesticocampa, percentage of, in 

 Panama Canal Zone, 127. 



Lesticocampa moralesi, sp. n., from 

 Guatemala, 105. 



Lesticocampa trichopus, sp. n., in 

 Brazil, 105. 



leucogaster, Onychonomys. 



leucosphyrus. Anopheles {Neomy- 

 zomyia). 



leucostoma, Ophyra. 



lewisi, Trypanosoma. 



Lice, measures against, on domestic 

 animals, 92, 95, 175, 179 ; 

 measures against, on man, 8, 27, 

 62, 74, 75, 172, 176 ; infesting 

 poultry, in Mauritius, 134 ; iso- 

 lation of virus of trench fever 

 from excreta of, 94 ; trans- 

 mitting Trypanosoma lewisi in 

 rats in New Zealand, 47 ; and 

 typhus, 8, 45, 68, 133, 139, 157, 

 158 ; identity of organisms 

 causing typhus fever in, 68 ; 

 not infected with Biclcettsia melo- 

 phagi, when fed on sheep, 68 ; 

 not found to carry Spirochaeta 

 icterohaemorrhagiae, 72 ; trans- 

 mitting Volhynian Fever, 77 ; 

 transmitting disease to pigs, 62 ; 

 effect of laundering on, 66, 164 ; 

 bionomics of, 70 ; reactions of, 

 to light and colour, 72. 



Light, reactions of lice to, 72. 



Lime Hypochlorite, experiments; 



with, against Psychoda alternata, 



24. 

 Lime -sulphur, in dips for mange on 



domestic animals, 92, 104, 166. 

 Limnophora septemnotata, hiber- 

 nating in houses in Britain, 71. 

 Limosina sylvatica, breeding in 



manure in British Isles, 191. 

 lineatum, Hypoderm a. 

 lineatus, Culicoides. 

 lineola, Tabanus. 

 Linognathiis pili ferns, L. selosus 



confused with, 195. 

 Linognatlws setosus, on white fox 



in Alaska, 195. 

 Linseed Oil. addition of, to petro- 

 leum against mosquito larvae, 2. 

 Lipoptena, pupiparous habits of, 



174. 

 Lipoptena cervi, infesting red deer 



in Germany, 59. 

 Liquor Calcis Sulphuratae, against 



mites causing scabies in man, 



162. 

 Lizards, attacked by Amblyomma 



dissimile in British Guiana, 71. 

 Llamas,ticks infesting, in Argentina,. 



11. 

 loa, Filaria [Microfilaria). 

 Loemopsylla cheopis (see Xeno- 



psylla). 

 Lonchaea vaginalis, breeding in. 



manure in British Isles, 191. 

 London, breeding places of mos- 



quitos in, 190. 

 London Docks, outbreak of Pedi- 



culoides veniricosus at, 161. 

 longiareolata, Theobaldia. 

 longicaudatus, Grossocephahis. 

 longiceps, Pedicinus. 

 longipalpis, Glossina. 

 Lophoceratomyia, new species of,. 



in crab holes in Australia, 176. 

 Lophoceratomyia eairnsensis, in 



Queensland, 139. 

 Louping-ill, in sheep, transmission 



of, by ticks in British Isles, 17,, 



147. 

 loxodontis, Cobboldia. 

 Lucilia, 40. 

 Lucillia caesar, in Korea, 142 ;. 



seasonal prevalence of, in Mary- 

 land, 10 ; sense reactions of , 56. 

 Lticilia sericata, infesting sheep in 



Australia, 100, 124; seasonal 



prevalence of, in Maryland, 1 •; 



in New Zealand, 1 07 ; parasitised 



by Nasonia brevicornis, 100. 

 hidlowi. Anopheles ; Culex. 

 lugubris, Bhopalopsyllus ; Tabanus.. 

 luJcisi, Anopheles, 

 lunatus, Damaliscus. 

 hisitanicus, Phlebotomiis. 

 luteola, Auchmeromyia. 



