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INDEX 



of, 173 ; key to the Brazilian species of, 

 - 170 ; key to the Indian species of, 167 ; 

 key to North American species of, 167 ; 

 larva, 173 ; pictipes, 175 ; prestomum 

 of, 35; proboscis of, 28; reptans, 171, 

 172; striatum, 172. 



Siphonaptera, 4, 434 ; anatomy of (Ctenoce- 

 phalus felis as type), external, 436, see 

 also Sarcopsyllidae ; internal, 469 ; ana- 

 tomy, internal of larva, 459 ; bionomics of, 

 461 ; breeding and manipulation of, 467, 

 468 ; classification of, 446 ; cocoon of, 461 ; 

 collection and preservation of, 474 ; dissec- 

 tion of, 473 ; distribution of, on body of 

 host, 464 ; external genitalia of, female, 

 445, male, 444 ; food of larva, 460 ; found 

 on rats, 463 ; identification of, 475 ; larva, 

 459 ; length of life, 465 ; literature on, 475 ; 

 method of feeding, 462 ; nervous system 

 of, 472 ; oviposition in, 463 ; parasites of, 

 435 ; proboscis of, 437 ; pupa, 461 ; relation 

 to host, 461 ; reproductive organs of, 471 ; 

 respiratory system of, 472 ; salivary glands 

 of, 470 ; salivary pump, 471 ; seasonal 

 prevalence of, 465 ; segmentation of, 436 ; 

 spiracles of, 445 ; vestiture, 445. 



Siphonella, 162. 



Small cross- vein, 80. 



Smith, F., 336. 



Smith, T., 568. 



Snakes, method of manipulation, 649, 650. 



Solenopotes, 541, 544. 



Speiser, 405, 419, 513. 



Spelaeorhynchinae, 631 ; praecursor, 631. 



Spermatheca, see Reproductive organs, 

 female. 



Spermatophore, Acarina, 567 ; Ixodidae, 

 673. 



Spermatozoa, of Cimex, 522 ; of Diptera, 

 146. 



Sphaerocera, 311; subsultans, 311. 



Spider flies, 410. 



Spinose ear tick, 640. 



Spiracles, of Siphonaptera, 445 ; of Diptera, 

 96 ; see also Respiratory System ; Acarina, 

 567 ; Ixodidae, 576. 



Spiral thread, of trachea, 98. 



Spirochaeta culicis, 743 ; ctenocephali, 435 ; 

 duttoni, 570, 589 ; marchouxi, 570 ; ober- 

 meiti, 736 ; theileri, 570, 608. 



Squama, 78. 



Stanton, 161, 237. 



Stegomyia, 208, 215 ; africana, 219 ; distri- 

 bution of, 217 ; early stages of, 217 ; egg 

 of, 195 ; fasciata, 216, 217, 258 ; key to 

 common species of, 216 ; larva, 200 ; 

 pseudoscutellaris, 219 ; Filaria bancrofti 

 in, 219; scutellaris, 219, 263; sugens, 

 218. 



Stenina rotundata, 435. 



Stenopteryx, 406, 407. 



Stenoscutus, 211. 



Stephens, 53, 59, 61, 224, 227, 231. 



Sternellum, of Tabanus, 70. 



Sternopleura, 77. 



Sternopleural bristles, 92 ; suture, 76. 

 Sternum, 13, 70 ; of Siphonaptera,, 442, 443. 

 Stethomyia, 221 ; fragilis, 237; formosus, 



238 ; nimbus, 253 ; pallida, 238. 

 Stibasoma, 275, 294. 

 Stigmal plate, Ixodidae, 576, 666. 

 Stigmata, see Spiracles. 

 Stilbometopa, 406, 407. 

 Stiles, 498. 

 Stink apparatus, of Cimex, 523 ; of Rhyn- 



chota, 481. 

 Stipes, 20, 23. 

 Stockman, 569, 648. 

 Stomach, of mosquito, 111. 

 Stomach, 'sucking ', 104. 

 Stomodaeum, 21, 26, 100, 101. 

 Stomoxydinae, 360 ; buccal cavity, 51 ; key 

 to the genera of, 360 ; labial salivary glands, 

 58, see also under Stomoxys ; proboscis in, 

 51. 



Stomoxys, 19, 361 ; alimentary tract of, 117 ; 

 breeding technique, 367 ; calcitrans, 347, 

 363 J early stages of, 365 ; identification of 

 specijes of, 362 ; key to the Oriental species 

 of, 362 ; method of feeding, 367, 368 ; 

 number of eggs laid, 366 ; proboscis, 

 51 ; relation to disease, 364 ; reproductive 

 system, 137 ; thorax of, as type, 75. 

 Store box for Diptera, 415. 

 Strebla, 411. 

 Streblidae, 404,410. 

 Strickland, 435, 466, 665, 736. 

 Stuhlmann, 395. 

 Stygeromyia, 189, 371; maculosa, 372; 



sanguinaria, 372 ; woosnami, 372. 

 Style, 18. 

 Subcosta, 79. 

 Submarginal cell, 81. 

 Submental region, Orthorrapha, 66. 

 Submentum, 21. 

 Sub-oesophageal ganglia, 147. 

 Subpangonia, 293 ; grahami, 293 ; gravoti, 



293. 



Sub-scutal gland, 665. 



Sucking apparatus, Anoplura, 531, 532, 534 ; 

 Ceratopogon, 29; Cimex, 514 ; Conorhinus, 

 496 ; Diptera, 22 ; Hippobosca, 62 ; Mos- 

 quito, 32 ; Origin of, 22, 26 ; Pediculus, 

 see 531, 532, 534; Phlebotomus, 29; 

 Tabanus, 26. 

 Sucking stomach, 104. 

 Summers, 362. 

 Superior clasper, Culicidae, 87 ; Glossina, 



88 ; Tabanus, 87. 

 Supernumary cross-vein, 80, 193. 

 Supra-alar bristles, 91. 

 Supracoxal fold, 580. _8 



Supra-oesophageal ganglion,^147. 

 Surcouf, 273, 293, 419. 

 Sutures of thorax, Diptera, 76. 

 Swingle, 409. 

 Symphormyia, 306. 

 Syphon, of Mosquito larva, 201. 

 Syphonic index, 201. 

 Syrphidae, 309. 



