INDEX 



275 



JARAROCA (Lachesis lanceolatus, L. 

 atrox), 266 



KIDNEYS, condition of, in ankylo- 



stomiasis, 152 



King cobra (Naja bungarus], 222, 255 

 Krabbea grandis, 53 

 Kraits (Bungarus), 257 

 Kupper (Echis carinatus), 259 



LABARRI A (Lachesis lanceolalus, L. attox], 



266 



Lachesis^ 260, 265 

 atrox (fer de lance), 265 

 , distinctive characters, 255 



gramineus, 261 



- lanceolatus (fer de lance), 266 



mutus (Bushmaster), 266 

 Leeches, 193 



Lethargy in ankylostomiasis, 146, 149 



Leucoyobia, 27 



Limnatis nilotica, 193 



Liver cirrhosis in trematode infection, 27 



, condition of in ankylostomiasis, 151 



Lizards, 221 



, enemies to snakes among, 269 



, snake-bite, 226 



Lungs, condition of in ankylostomiasis, 



ISI 



, infection by Paragonimus wester - 



mani, 23 



MALE fern, oil of, in infection with taenise, 



67 



Mammals as hosts, I 

 Mansonoides uniformis, 109 

 Manure, trematode infection from, 28 

 Maxilla in snakes, 225, 234, 260 

 Metastrongylus apri, 141 

 Metazoa, carriers of parasites, 3 

 , classification of, 5 

 , diseases due to, I 

 , genera and species, 6 

 , injurious, non-parasitic, 3 

 , nomenclature of, 7 

 , venomous, 4 



Meteorological conditions and growth of 

 parasites, I 



Metorchis, 25 



truncatus, 26 



Microfilaria, 122 



Miners, ankylostomiasis in, 160 



Miracidium of trematodes, 10 



Mollusca, 6 



Molluscs, carriers of parasites, I, 182 



Mongoose, destructive to snakes, 269 



Monostoma lentis, 17 



Monostomidce, 17 



Mosquitoes, 196, 198 



Musca domes t tea, 216 



Muscidse, 211 



Muscles, effect of trichina infection on, 



138 



Myiasis, 198 



, classification of diptera concerned 



with, 208 

 , dermal, 205 

 , intestinal, 203 

 , nasal, 200 



Naja bungarus (king cobra), 255, 257 



, shields of, 222 



, distinctive characters, 251, 252 



flava, 261 



hajc, 261 



melanoleuca, 261 



nigricollis, 261 



trepudians, 255 

 Nasal myiasis, 199 

 Necator americanus, 141 



, cause of ansemia, 156 



, descriptive characters, 142 



Nemathelminths, 73 

 Nematoda, 73 



parasitic in man, 174 

 Nematohelminths, 6, 8 

 Nematomorpha, 73 



Neurotoxins, toxic components of venom, 



239 



Nicotine in treatment of snake-bite, 248 

 Nose, myiasis of, 199 

 Notechis, distinctive characters, 253 

 , scutatus, 267 

 Nursing in ankylostomiasis, 154 



(Esophagostoma, 164 



