CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION i_3 



insects. 

 1. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 



vi line II, for Heilkunft read Heilkunst. 



1 8 line 2, for tarsi read tarsus. 6-56 



32 line 21, and legend under fig. 23, for C. (Conorhinus) 



abdominalis read Melanolestes abdominalis. 



47 legend under figure for 33c read 34. .atrodectus. Other 



92 line 22 and 25, for sangiusugus read sanguisugus. 



116 legend under fig. 83, for Graham-Smith read Manson. 



136 line 10, from bottom, insert "ring" after "chitin". 



137 line 3, for meditatunda read meditabunda. 

 145 line 7, from bottom, for Rs read Rj. 



158 line 20, for have read has. 



212 after the chapter heading insert "continued". 



219 line 10, from bottom, for Comohinus read Conorhinus. 



266 line I, fig. 158J refers to the female. 



272 line 5, insert "palpus" before "and leg". 



281 line 6, for discodial read discoidal. 



281 last line, insert "from" before "the". ^ qj. giant water- 



284 hne 5, for "tubercle of" read "tubercle or". i- . , , 



305 lines 19, 28,44, page3061inesi,9, 22, 27, 30, page307line7, ^emiptera reported 



page 309 lines 8, 1 1, for R^+j read M,+j. 



309 legend under fig. 168 add Bureau of Entomology. 



312 line 36, for "near apex" read "of M,+j.". 



313 r unni ng head, for Muscidffi read Muscoidea. 



314 line 29, for "distal section" read "distally M,+j". 



315 legend under fig. 172, for Pseudopyxellia read OrtheUia, 



for Lyperosia read Hamatobia, for Umbana read urbana. >isoning by nettling 



323 and 325 legends under the figures, add "After Dr. J. H. 



328 line 7 from bottom for Apiochata read Aphioch»ta. *^^^'' ^^°°^ plasma. 



CHAPTER III 



PARASITIC ARTHROPODS AFFECTING MAN 57-130 



Acarina, or mites. 



The TrombidiidaE, or harvest mites. > 



The Ixodoidea, or ticks. 



Argasidas. IxodidiB. Treatment of tick bites. 

 The mites. 



Dermanyssidae. Tarsonemidje. Sarcoptidce, the itch mites. Demode- 

 cidae, the follicle mites. 

 Hexapoda, or true insects. 

 Siphunculata, or sucking lice. 

 Hemiptera. 



