CONTENTS Xvii 



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 SECTION 2 



ORDER EUCOPEPODA : CYCLOPS or WATER FLEAS. Genus Cyclops 705, 

 relation to disease development of Dracunculus medinensis in Cyclops 

 706. External and internal anatomy. Life history and bionomics, 709. 

 Literature, 709 ............. 705 



CHAPTER XI 



LABORATORY TECHNIQUE. The dissecting microscope 711. Method of making 

 cleared preparations 712, dissection of fresh material 714, needles 

 method of sharpening needles technique of dissection 715, saline solution 

 Perry's bile method 717. Permanent stained preparations of dissections 

 staining with haematoxylin and borax carmine section cutting special 

 precautions with insect tissues fixation of sections to the slide. The com- 

 bined paraffin and celloidin method razors, method of sharpening, 724. 

 The examination of the tissues for parasites, 726 . . . . . . 711 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE RELATIONS OF ARTHROPODA TO THEIR PARASITES * . . . 726 



INDEX i * t ... 747 



