GENERAL INDEX. 



A. 



Abdomen, of larva, 8, 9 ; of adult insect, 13, 14 ; scale structure of, 17 ; examination 

 of, 29. 



Aedeomyia, genus, 17. 



Aedeomyina, sub-family, 5, 6, 17. 



Aestivation, 55. 



Air-sacs, 12. 



Aldrichia, genus, 18, 19, 61, 112 ; error, 17, 19, 34, 112. 



Anal cell of wing, 15. 



" Anopheles," 6 ; eggs of, 7, 8, 38 ; larva of, 8, 9, 10, 11, 35, 36 ; pupa of, 13 ; collec- 

 tion of, 22 ; mounting of adults, 28 ; of larvae, 34 ; examination of, 28 ; 

 identification of, 30, 34, 38 ; synoptic table of adults, 32 ; of larvae, 37 ; 

 differences between male and female, 13 ; scale structure of, 16, 17, 18 

 19 ; classification of, 18, 19, 59 ; distribution and prevalence of, 41 ; 

 relative abundance of, 43, 53, 54 ; habits of, 41 ; distance of flight of, 

 45 ; hibernation of, 44 ; migration of, 45 ; mode of spread of, 47 ; 

 breeding grounds of, 48 ; food of adults, 54 ; of larvae, 57 ; nocturnal 

 habits of, 54 ; as carriers of filarise, 55, 81 ; length of life of, 55 ; swarm- 

 ing of, 55 ; position when resting, 56 ; in relation to malaria, 4::, 47, 48, 

 53, 54. 



Anopheles, genus, 18, 19, 20, 64. 



Anophelina, sub-family, 5, 6, 18. 



Antennae of larva, 9, 36 ; of adult, 13 ; in identification, 13, 28. 



Arribalzagia, genus, 18. 



B. 



Balancer hair, 123. 



Balancers, 3. 



Basal hair, 10, 36, 123. 



Bot-flies, 4. 



Blood worms, 12. 



Blue bottle flies, 4. 



Breeding grounds, as factors in distribution of species, 42 ; as factors in prevalence of 



adult insects, 43 ; as factors in distance of flight of adults, 46 ; selection of, 



by different species, 48 ; of Indian species, 50. 

 Breeding out larvae, 25. 



c. 



Cecidomyidoe, 4 ; characters of, 5. 

 Cellia, genus, 18, 65. 

 Cells of wing, 15. 



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