INDEX 



Abyssinia, relapsing fever, 44; tape- 

 worm infections, 240; Ornitho- 

 dorus savignyi, 361, 368, 369. 



Acanlhaspis sulcipes, and endemic 

 goitre in Africa, 382. 



Acanthocephala, 199; 283-285. 



Acanthocheilonema perstans, see Fi- 

 laria perstans. 



Acarina, 324; 331-333; see also 

 mites. 



Acid, resistance of maggots to, 522. 



Acne, relation of Demodex to, 347. 



Adaptations, of parasites and hosts, 

 14-15. 



Aden, phlebotomus fever outside 

 range of Phlebotomus papatasii, 

 470. 



Aedes, intermediate host of Filaria 



bancrofti, 301. 



calopus, and yellow fever, 70, 72, 

 443; 443-448; and dengue, 

 183, 448; time of activity, 436, 

 444; food preferences, 436; 

 description, 443-444; habits, 

 444; breeding, 444-447; habits 

 of larvae, 446; flight and dis- 

 tribution, 447-448. 

 pseudoscutellaris, intermediate host 



of Filaria, 301, 450. 

 sollicitans, migrations, 435. 

 spenceri, habits, 436. 



Africa, relapsing fever, 42, 43; yaws, 

 63; yellow fever, 69; spiro- 

 chaetal bronchitis, 73B; kala- 

 azar, 77; importance of sleep- 

 ing sickness, 93; distribu- 

 tion of Trypanosoma gambiense 

 and T. rhodesiense, 98; malaria, 

 147-148; blackwater fever, 161; 

 Schistosoma hcematobium, 213, 



Schistosoma mansoni, 217; 

 Gastrodiscoides in horses, 229; 

 Watsonius watsoni, 229; Hyme- 

 nolepis nana, 242; Tcenia 

 africana, 245; Diphylloboth- 

 rium latus, 246; Sparganum 

 mansoni, 252; Necator ameri- 

 canus, 255; Physaloptera mor- 

 dens, 282; Ternidens deminutus, 

 283; (Esophagostomum apio- 

 stomum, 283; (E. stephano- 

 sto:num, 283; Filaria perstans, 

 307-308; Loa loa, 308, 489; 

 Chrysops with larval filariae, 310 

 489; Onchocerca volvulus, 310; 

 Dracunculus medinensis, 311; 

 aquatic leeches, 317; tick 

 paralysis, 358-359; Ornitho- 

 dorus moubata, 360; Argas r0- 

 flexus, 364; Otiobius meg- 

 nini, 365; Amblyomma hebrceum, 

 367; Cimex hemipterus, 373; 

 Triatoma rubrofasciatus, 381; 

 Acanthaspis sulcipes, 382; Xenop- 

 sytta, 417; chigger, 419; malaria- 

 carrying Anopheles, 441; oil 

 films for mosquito larvae, 459; 

 Phlebotomus papatasii, 470, 471; 

 tsetse flies, 490, 492; Glossina 

 morsitans, 493, 499; Glossina 

 palpalis, 498; other species of 

 Glossina, 500-501 ; destruction 

 of wild game, 503-504; blood- 

 sucking maggots, 511-513; skin 

 maggots, 513, 516-519. 

 African relapsing fever, relation of 

 ticks to, 8, 43-46; importance, 

 42; transmission, 43-44, 360- 

 361; in Persia, 44; severity, 

 47. 



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