INDEX. 



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NOK, DR. GIOVANNI, investigations in 

 Italy on Stomoxys calcitrans and 

 Filaria labiato-papillosa, of the 

 ox, 148 (and notes). 



noxialis (Haematopota), 125. 



nyasae (Tabanus), 109. 



NY AS ALAND PROTECTORATE, list of 

 species, 189. 



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obscurefumatus (Tabanus), 94. 



obscurissimus (Tabanus), 69, 73. 



ochracea (Chrysozona (Haematopota)), 

 125. 



Ohomono, native name of Simulium 

 wellmanni, in Bihe, Angola, 30. 



OLD, DR. J. E. S., observations on 

 Pangonia in Nyasaland, 58. 



oldii (Pangonia), 57, 58. 



Olfersia, 164. 



ORANGE RIVER COLONY, list of species, 

 192. 



Oriental sore in Egypt, assertion by Dr. 

 A. Pressat as to apparent agency 

 of Phlebotomus in its dissemina- 

 tion, 18. 



Ornithoica, 164. 



Ornithomyia, 164. 



ovinus (Melophagus), 164. 



pallidipennis (Hsematopota), 127. 



Pangonia, table of divisions of genus, 

 54 (note) ; bloodthirstiness of 

 females, 56 ; number of described 

 Ethiopian species, 54 ; distribu- 

 tion of African species ; proboscis, 

 55. 



and disease, Pangonia and an- 

 thrax (in New Caledonia), 58. 



- life-history not yet observed, 58. 



adjuncta, 60. 



angulata, 60 ; differences from 

 P. conjuncta, 61. 



- barbata, 55. 



- beckeri, 63. 



- (Diatomineura) brunnipennis, 65. 



compacta, 61. 



centralis (Nyasaland), obser- 

 vations by Dr. J. E. S. Old, 62. 



conjuncta, 64. 



- (Corizoneura) distincta, a plague 

 of domestic animals in Gamoji, 

 Galla Land, North-East Africa, in 

 October (observations by Dr. R. E. 

 Drake-Brockman), 57. 



elongata, 59. 



fulvifascia, 55. 



gulosa, 62. 



Pangonia (Corizoneura) lateralis, 61. 

 magrettii, 64 ; P. magrettii and 

 disease in domestic animals, 58. 



oldii (Nyasaland), following 

 nswala antelope (^Epyceros me- 

 lampus) ; attacking man (obser- 

 vations by Dr. J. E. S. Old), 58. 



rostrata, 61 ; in Cape Colony 

 (Westermann's observations), 56, 

 62. 



riippellii, 64. 



- sucking blood on the wing 



(observations by Dr. H. A. Foy in 

 N. Nigeria), 56. 



and disease in domestic 



animals, 58. 



sexfasciata, 59. 



(Diatomineura) suavis, 65. 



zonata, 59. 



Pangoniinse (subfamily of Tabanidae), 

 names of African genera of, 41. 



" Pappataci " (Phlebotomus papatasii), 

 13, 15, 18. 



Pappataci fever, disseminated by Phle- 

 botomus papatasii, 18, 19 ; re- 

 semblance of, to dengue and 

 Mediterranean " Simple Continued 

 Fever ", 19 ; percentage of Austro- 

 Hungarian troops attacked by the 

 disease each summer in South 

 Herzegovina and Dalmatia, 19. 



par (Tabanus), 76. 



Parhsematopota, 66, 122 (note). 



cognata, 66, 122 (note). 

 PEARSON, DR. ARTHUR, on Tabanidae, 



other biting flies and sleeping 

 sickness, 40 (note). 



pertinens (Haematopota), 123, 126. 



Philaematomyia, 137 ; structure of 

 proboscis, 138 ; other characters of 

 the genus, 139 ; a connecting link 

 between Stomoxys group and non- 

 biting Muscidse, 139. 

 - insignis, 137, 138, 140. 



Phlebotomus (" Sand-flies "), appear- 

 ance and distinctive characters, 

 10 ; common in latrines in Herze- 

 govina, Egypt, Ashanti, and 

 Uganda, 15 ; distribution, 10 ; num- 

 ber of African species at present 

 uncertain, 19 ; habits, resting 

 attitude, silent flight ; essentially 

 nocturnal, attracted by artificial 

 light, 1 1 ; sometimes bite by day ; 

 usually bite indoors, rarely in the 

 open ; severity of and irritation 

 caused by bite ; penetrate or- 

 dinary mosquito-curtains, and 

 crawl under bed-clothes ; Hew- 

 lett's observations in India ; cattle, 

 dogs, frogs, and caterpillars 

 attacked as well as human beings, 

 12. 



