INDEX 
ak a plates of metathorax of mosquito, 
Postnotum of mesotergum of mosquito, 57-58 
Postnotum of mosquito, 60 
Postnotum of mosquito, vestiture, 74 
Postscutellum. (See Postnotum.) 
Potassium permanganate. (See Permangan- 
ate of potash.) 
Potatoes, boiled, food of mosquitoes, 108 
PotuirrR, BEYER and PARKER. (See Parker; 
Beyer and Pothier.) 
Poultry, hosts of Culex pipiens and C. quin- 
quefasciatus, 106 
Prairie mosquitoes, habits of larve, 146 
Predaceous mosquito larve, 151-152 
Predaceous mosquito larve inhabiting bro- 
meliads, 148 
Predaceous mosquito larve inhabiting water 
in broken ends of bamboo, 149 
Predaceous mosquito larve, mode of captur- 
ing prey, 153-154 
Prescutum of mesotergum of mosquito, 57 
Proboscis, scale covering in mosquito, 74 
Proboscis of mosquito, early accounts of 
structure and mechanism, 20 
Proboscis of mosquito, structure, 37-50 
Proepimerum. (See Epimerum of pro- 
thorax.) 
Progne subis, enemy of mosquitoes, 178 
Progress of nations as affected by endemic 
disease, 326-328 
Prosopolepis, prothoracic lobes, 59 
Protergal lobe or plate of mosquito, 55 
Prosternum of mosquito, 57 
Protective and remedial work against mos- 
quitoes, 354-449 
Proteosoma, flagellate bodies, 106 
Proteosoma, parasites of birds, 189 
Proteosoma, parasite of birds and mosqui- 
toes, studies by Koch, 196-197 
Prothoracic lobes of mosquito, 59-60 
Prothoracic lobes, in mosquito, vestiture, 73 
Prothorax of mosquito, 55-57 
Protococcus ?, food of Anopheles larve, 150 
Protozoa, flagellate, food of Culex nigritulus 
larva, 151 
Protozoa, food of mosquito larve, 150 
Protozoan parasites of mosquitoes, 159-161 
Protozoan, ultra-microscopic, probable cause 
of yellow fever, 257-258 
Prout, Dr. W. T., on mosquitoes and Ocimum 
viride, 416 
Proventriculus, its homologue in mosquito, 
75, 76 
Pseudomyzomyia ludlowit. 
ludlowii.) 
Psorophora, beneficial habits of larve, 152 
Psorophora, claws, 64-65 : 
Psorophora eggs, disposal and hatching, 144 
Psorophora, eighth segment and its tergal 
and sternal plates in female, 68 
Psorophora, enemies of other mosquitoes, 167, 
402 
Psorophora, food of larve, 151 
Psorophora, habits of larve, 147 
Psorophora larve, when to find them, 185 
Psorophora larve, where to find them, 184 
Psorophora, length of pupal period, 155 
(See Anopheles 
513 
Psorophora, male genitalia, 70 
Psorophora, mouth-parts of larva, adaptation 
to predaceous habit, 96-97 
Psorophora, scales of legs, 74 
Psorophora, tip of abdomen, cerci, 68 
Psorophora, wing vestiture, 73 
Psorophora ciliata, cannibalistic habits of 
larvee, 168-169 
Psorophora ciliata, enemies of Anopheles and 
Culex larve, 167-169 
Psorophora ciliata, femora, 62 
Psorophora ciliata, mouth-parts of larva, 
adaptation to predaceous habit, 97 
Psorophora ciliata, structure of thorax, 55-59 
Psorophora discolor, larva, mode of feeding, 
breathing by means of gills, 153 
Psorophora discolor, wing vestiture, 73 
Psorphora (Janthinosoma) sayi, mouth-parts 
of larva, 97 
Psorophora signipennis, wing vestiture, 73 
Pulvilli absent in Culicide, 67 
Pumping organ of pharynx of mosquito, 75, 76 
Pupal period of mosquito, 155 
Purifying effect of mosquito larve upon wa- 
ter, 152 
Pyloric dilation of mosquito, 75, 76 
Pylorus of mosquito, 75, 76 
Pyrethrum carneum, synonym of Chrysan- 
themum marshallii, 368 
Pyrethrum powder as smudge against mos- 
quitoes, 367-369 
Pyrofume as fumigant against mosquitoes, 
371-872 
Quartan fever caused by Plasmodium ma- 
lariw, 189, 191 
Quarts, H. J., on drainage of California salt- 
marshes, 394-396 
Quinine as remedy for malaria, 194 
Quinine, a substance similar to it supposedly 
injected into human blood by mosquito, 
188 
Quinine, experiments in its use as remedy for 
malaria, 199-200 
Quininization. (See Cinchonization.) 
Quotidian fever, name for disease caused by 
Plasmodium falciparum, 191 
Rachionotomyia ceylonensis, scutellar spine, 
60 
Railroads and other conveyances as dis- 
tributors of yellow-fever mosquito, 299- 
301 
Railroads as carriers of mosquitoes, 345-352 
Rain puddles, muddy, larve of mosquitoes 
found therein, 148 
Rana pipiens tadpoles not enemies of mos- 
quito larve, 177 
Ranatra, enemy of Anopheles larve, 170 
Ranatra, enemy of mosquito larve, 165 
Ranatra fusca, enemy of mosquito larve, 165 
RASCHKE on respiratory system of mosquito 
larvee, 89-91 
Real estate, reduced value in mosquito-in- 
fested regions, 328-330 
Rearing methods in studying mosquitoes, 183- 
185 
Rearing mosquitoes, 181-182 
