124 PKEVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL WORK AGAINST MOSQUITOES. 



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Newport, R. I., mosquito exterminative measures Ill 



North Shore Improvement Association, drainage measures against mosquitoes 43, 111 



mosquito campaign 80-81, 84-86 



Ocimum minimum 26 



viride as deterrent against mosquitoes 26 



Ohio, reclaimed swamp lands 54 



Oil, crude. (See Kerosene.) 



Orange peel, dried, as smudge against mosquitoes 38 



Oscillatoria, deterrent effect on breeding of mosquitoes 29 



Oyster Bay, drainage measures against mosquitoes 43 



Panama, mosquito exterminative measures 93-95 



larvicide 79, 80 



Pans in poultry yard, breeding places of mosquitoes 19 



Pawpaw plant as deterrent against mosquitoes 24, 25 



Peat as deterrent against mosquitoes 27 



Pennyroyal, mutton tallow, black tar, and citronella as protection against mos- 

 quitoes and black flies 13 



oil, as protection from mosquito bites 12 



Peppermint, oil, as protection from mosquito bites 12 



Perch, pirate. (See Aphredoderus.) 



"Perch, " used to destroy mosquito larvae in water tanks 63 



Permanganate of potash, impractical mosquito larvicide 73 



Persian insect powder. (See Pyre thrum powder.) 

 Petroleum. (See Kerosene.) 



saponated, and iodin, as remedy for mosquito bites and wasp stings. 42 



Phinotas oil as mosquito larvicide 74, 77-78 



*' Phu-lo " plant, reported as repellent to mosquitoes 25-26 



*'Phul" plant 26 



Pipes, breeding places of mosquitoes 20 



Pitchers, breeding places of mosquitoes 20 



Plants and trees reported as deterrent against mosquitoes 22-30 



Poeciliidae. (See Top-minnows.) 



Ponds, ornamental, breeding places of mosquitoes 21 



Port Swettenham. (^iSee Federated Malay States.) 

 Potassium permanganate. (See Permanganate of potash.) 



sulphate. (See Sulphate of potash.) 



Psorophora, enemies of other mosquitoes 62-63 



Puget Sound, tide marsh reclamation 54 



Pumpkinseed. (See Sunfish, common.) 



Pyrethrum dnerarisefolium, cultivation 30-31 



powder, as smudge against mosquitoes 30-32 



roseum, cultivation 30 



Pyrofume as fumigant against mosquitoes 34-35 



Rain-water barrels and tanks, screening against mosquitoes 18-19 



Reclaimed swamp lands, value 53-62 



Reclamation work of United States Government 55 



Remedies for mosquito bites 41-42 



Resin, carbolic acid, and caustic soda as mosquito larvicide 79 



Ridnus communis. (See Castor-oil plant.) 



Rio de Janeiro, mosquito exterminative measures 95-98 



Roach, enemy of mosquitoes 66 



Roof gutters, breeding places of mosquitoes 19 



Salamanders, enemies of mosquitoes 62 



