INDEX

Abscess, 178 Acanthia, 87 Acariasis, 58 Acarina, 23, 58, 131, 259 Acarus dysenteriæ, 132 Accidental parasites, 131, 132, 134 Aedes, 194, 293 Aedes calopus, 182, 201, 205, 206, 208 Aedes cantator, 101 Aedes sollicitans, 101 Aedes tæniorhynchus, 101 Aerobic bacteria, 152 Æstivo-autumnal, 186 African Relapsing Fever, 230 Akis spinosa, 177 Alternation of Generations, 175 Amblyomma, 264 Amblyomma americanum, 67 Amblyomma cajennense, 67 American dog tick, 228 Amœboid organism, 189 Anisolabis annulipes, 177 Anterior poliomyelitis, 241 Anopheles, 194, 291 Anopheles crucians, 199 Anopheles maculipennis, 182 Anopheles punctipennis, 198 Anopheles quadrimaculatus, 197 Anopheline, 192 Anthocoris, 279 Anthomyiidæ, 300 Anthomyia, 138 Anthrax, 165 Antipruritic treatment, 72 Ants, 42 Aphiochæta, 295 Apis mellifica, 36 Arachnida, 258 Araneida, 6 Argas, 64 Argas persicus, 63, 235, 237 Argasidæ, 62 Argopsylla, 317 Argus, 259 Arilus, 284 Arthropods, poisonous, 6 Asopia farinalis, 177 Assassin-bugs, 31, 219 Auchmeromyia, 117 Automeris io, 47 Avicularoidea, 12 Babesia, 226 Babesia bovis, 223 Babesia ovis, 225 Babesiosis, 221-222 Bacilli, 170 Bacillus icteroides, 202, 205 Bacillus pestis, 166 Bacillus typhosus, 153 Back swimmers, 30 Bdellolarynx, 304 Beauperthuy, Louis Daniel, 2 Bed-bug, 86, 88, 90, 173, 219-220 Bed-bug, cone-nosed, 92 Blister beetles, 54 Belostoma, 28, 277 Belostoma americana, 31 Belostomatidæ, 30 Bengalia, 314 Bird-spiders, 10 Black death, 1, 166 Black flies, 33, 104, 247 Black heads, 80 Blaps mortisaga, 134 Blepharoceridæ, 286 Boophilus, 264 Boophilus annulatus, 67, 223-225 Bot-flies, 112 Blue bottle flies, 140 Brill's disease, 238 Brown-tailed moth, 48 Bruck, 34 Buthus quinquestriatus, 21 Cabbage butterfly, 56 Calliphora, 136, 140, 312 Calliphora erythrocephala, 141 Calobata, 296 Camponotinæ, 43 Cancer, 254 Cantharidin, 54 Cantharidin poison, 55 Canthariasis, 134 Capsidæ, 280 Carriers, simple, 4, 144 Carriers of disease, 144 Carrion's fever, 253 Caterpillar rash, 45 Cat flea, 172 Cattle ticks, 222 Causative organism, 170 Cellia, 291 Centipedes, 25, 257 Ceratophyllus, 120, 316 Ceratophyllus acutus, 123 Ceratophyllus fasciatus, 122, 172, 213 Ceratopogon, 108 Cheese-fly, 137 Cheyletus eruditus, 271 Chigger, 60, 70 Chigoes, 126 Chilopoda, 25, 257 Chiracanthium nutrix, 18 Chironomidæ, 107 Chorioptes, 270 Chrysomelid, 55 Chrysomyia, 136, 308 Chrysomyia macellaria, 117, 140 Chrysops, 294 Chylous dropsy, 179 Chyluria, 178 Cicadidæ, 55 Cimex L., 278 Cimex boueti, 92 Cimex columbarius, 92 Cimex hemipterus, 91, 220 Cimex hirundinis, 92 Cimex inodorus, 92 Cimex lectularius, 87, 219 Citheronia regalis, 44 Clinocoris, 87 Coleoptera, 134, 274 Comedons, 80 Complete metamorphosis, 80 Compressor muscle, 20 Compsomyia, 117 Cone-nosed bed-bug, 92 Conjunctivitis, nodular, 52 Conorhinus, 282 Conorhinus megistus, 93, 219-220 Conorhinus rubrofasciatus, 220 Conorhinus sanguisugus, 32, 92 Copra itch, 72 Cordylobia, 118 Coriscus, 280 Coriscus subcoleoptratus, 32 Creeping myasis, 112 Crustacea, 257 Cryptocystis, 176 Cryptotoxic, 54-55 Cteniza sauvagei, 13 Ctenocephalus, 120, 172, 213, 317 Culex, 194, 201, 293 Culex pipiens, 35, 98 Culex quinquefasciatus, 180 Culex sollicitans, 200 Culex territans, 101 Culicidæ, 33, 97 Culicin, 34 Culicoides, 109, 288 Cyclops, 183, 257 Cynomyia, 136, 311 Dance, St. Vitus, 8 Dancing mania, 8 Deer-flies, 110 Definitive host, 192 Demodecidæ, 78 Demodex, 259 Demodex folliculorum, 78 Dermacentor, 262 Dermacentor andersoni, 67, 228 Dermacentor occidentalis, 227 Dermacentor variabilis, 67 Dermacentor venustus, 24, 228 Dermanyssidæ, 68 Dermanyssus, 266 Dermanyssus gallinæ, 68 Dermatitis, 72, 77, 85 Dermatobia, 115, 298 Dermatobia cyaniventris, 163 Dermatophilus, 317 Dermatophilus penetrans, 60, 126 Diamphidia simplex, 55 Dimorphism, 65 Direct inoculators, 4 Diplopoda, 25, 257 Diptera, 33, 94, 274 Dipterous Larvæ, 135 Dipylidium, 175, 221 Dipylidium caninum, 4, 175-176 Dog flea, 172 Dracunculus, 257 Dracunculus medinensis, 182 Drosophila, 296 Dum-dum fever, 220 Dysentery, 154 Ear-flies, 110 Earwig, 177 Echidnophaga, 317 Echinorhynchus, 185 Elephantiasis, 178-179 Empoasca mali, 33 Empretia, 46 English Plague Commission, 171 Epeira diadema, 18 Epizootic, 170 Eristalis, 137, 295 Essential hosts, 4, 165 Eumusca, 307 European Relapsing Fever, 233 Euproctis chrysorrhœa, 48 Eusimulium, 286 Facultative parasites, 131 Fannia, 136, 138, 145, 300 Federal Health Service, 169 Fever, lenticular, 237 African Relapsing, 230, 234 Carrion's, 253 dum-dum, 154 European Relapsing, 233 pappatici, 96 red water, 220 Rocky Mt. Spotted, 226 three day, 96 Typhus, 237 Filaria, 178, 221 immitis, 182 Filariasis, 178 Flannel-moth larvæ, 44 Fleas, 119, 166, 213 cat, 172 dog, 172 human, 172, 176 rodent, 123, 172 rat, 171 Flesope, 125 Formaldehyde, 91 Fomites, 199, 204 Fulgoridæ, 28 Fumigation, 320 Gamasid, 68 Gangrene, 129 Gastrophilus, 113, 297 Giant crab spiders, 13 Giant water bugs, 30 Gigantorhynchus, 185 Glossina, 117, 297, 303 Glossina morsitans, 214, 217 palpalis, 215, 217, 218 Glyciphagus, 267 Grain moth, 69 Grocer's itch, 72 Guinea-worm, 182 Habronema muscæ, 156, 183 Hæmatobia, 166, 304 irritans, 146 Hæmatobosca, 304 Hæmatomyidium, 288 Hæmatopinus spinulosus, 213 Hæmatopota, 294 Hæmatosiphon, 279 Hæmoglobinuria, 222 Hæmozoin, 189 Harpactor, 284 Harvest mites, 60 effect of, 59 Head-louse, 173 Helminthiasis, 138 Helophilus, 295 Hemiptera, 27, 86, 273-275 Heteropodidæ, 13 Heuchis sanguinea, 55 Hexapod larvæ, 58 Hexapoda, 27, 80, 258 Hippelates, 297 Hippobosca, 285 Histiogaster, 269 spermaticus, 132 Homalomyia, 136, 138, 300 Honey bee, 36 poison of, 37 Hornets, 43 Horn-fly, 137, 304, 308 Horse-fly, 110, 165 House-fly, 137-139, 144, 183 control of, 156, 160 Human flea, 124 Host, definitive, 175 intermediate, 175 primary, 175 Hyalomma, 264 ægypticum, 224-225 Hydrocyanic Acid Gas, 318 Hydrotæa, 300 Hymenolepis diminuta, 176 Hymenoptera, 36, 275 Hypoderma, 113, 298 diana, 113 lineata, 113 Hypopharynx, 80 Immunity from stings, 39 Incomplete metamorphosis, 80 Infantile paralysis, 162, 241 splenic, 220 Direct inoculation, 164 Insects, 258 blood-sucking, 170 Intermediate host, 192, 203 Intestinal infestation, 112, 133 myasis, 137 Isosoma, 69 Itch, 73-74 mite, 73 Norwegian, 77 Ixodes, 260 ricinus, 66, 225 scapularis, 66 Ixodidæ, 64-65 Ixodoidea, 62 Janthinosoma lutzi, 116 Jigger, 60 Johannseniella, 110, 288 Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 36 Julus terrestris, 25 June bug, 185 Kala-azar, 220 Karakurte, 14 Katipo, 14 King, A. F. A., 3 Kircher, Athanasius, 1, 8 Kissing-bug, 31 Labium, 29, 80 Labrum, 28, 80 Lachnosterna, 185 Lælaps, 266 Lagoa crispata, 45 Lamblia intestinalis, 154 Langer, Josef, 37 Larder beetles, 135 Latrodectus, 12, 14, 17 mactans, 15 Leishmanioses, 220 Lenticular fever, 237 Lepidoptera, 274 Lepidopterous larvæ, 134 Leprosy, 252 Leptidæ, 112 Leptis, 295 Leptus, 60, 273 Lice, 80 Linguatulina, 258 Liponyssus, 265 Lœmopsylla, 172, 317 Lone star tick, 228 Louse, body, 84 crab, 85 dog, 176 head, 82 pubic, 85 Lucilia, 136, 312 Lycosa tarantula, 10 Lycosidæ, 10 Lyctocoris, 279 Lygus pratensis, 33 Lymphangitis, 67 Lymph scrotum, 178 Lyperosia, 304 Lyperosiops, 305 Macloskie, 34 Maggots, rat-tail, 137 Magnes sive de Arte Magnetica, 8 Malaria, 186 Malmigniatte, 14 Mandibles, 28, 80 Mange, 73-75 Margaropus, 237, 264 annulatus, 223 Masked bed-bug hunter, 32 Mastigoproctus giganteus, 19, 80 Maxillæ, 28 Meal infesting species, 135 Melanin granules, 189 Melanolestes, 280 picipes, 32 Mena-vodi, 14 Mercurialis, 1 Merozoites, 190 Metamorphosis, 80 Miana bug, 63 Microgametoblast, 192 Midges, 107 Migratory ookinete, 192 Millipedes, 25, 257 Mites, 23, 58 Monieziella, 269 Mosquitoes, 33, 97, 178, 196, 250 treatment for bites of, 34, 36, 102 Musca, 137, 307 domestica, 139, 145, 146, 157, 162 Muscidæ, 117 Muscina, 137, 146, 307 stabulans, 140 Mutualism, 57 Myasis, 112, 135 intestinal, 135-140 nasal, 141 Mycterotypus, 287 Myiospila, 146, 307 Myriapoda, 25, 132, 257 Nagana, 165, 214 Nasal infestation, 114, 133 Necrobia, 135 Nematode parasite, 182 Nepa, 28 Nephrophages sanguinarius, 132 Nettling insects, 43 larvæ, poison of, 53 Neurasthenia, 89 Nits, 86 North African Relapsing Fever, 234 Norwegian itch, 77 No-see-ums, 109 Notœdres, 269 cati, 78 Notonecta, 28, 277 Notonectidæ, 30 Nott, Dr. Josiah, 2 Nuttall, 34 Occipital headaches, 138 Oecacta, 288 Oeciacus, 279 Œsophageal diverticula, 35 Oestridæ, 112, 136 Oestris ovis, 113 Oestrus, 298 oocyst, 192 ookinete, 192 Opsicoetes personatus, 32 Opthalmia, 155 nodosa, 52 Oriental sore, 221 Ornithodoros, 65, 260 moubata, 220, 230 Orthotylus flavosparsus, 33 Ornithomyia, 286 Oroya, 253 Oscinus, 297 Otiobius, 259 megnini, 65 Otodectes, 271 Pangonia, 294 Pappatici fever, 96 Parasimulium, 286 Parasite, 3, 57, 131, 134, 182 accidental, 3, 131, 134 facultative, 3, 57, 131 nematode, 182 stationary, 57 temporary, 57 true, 3 Parasitism, accidental, 134 Pathogenic bacteria, 152 organisms, 144, 164 Pawlowsky, 81 Pediculoides, 267 ventricosus, 69, 72 Pediculosis, 81 Pediculus, 275 corporis, 84, 233, 238 humanus, 82, 173 Pellagra, 162, 246 Pernicious fever, 186 Pest, 166 Phidippus audax, 19 Philæmatomyia, 306 Phisalix, 13, 43 Phlebotomus, 289 papatasii, 94 verrucarum, 254 vexator, 95 Phora, 295 Phormia, 136 Phormictopus carcerides, 13 Phthirus pubis, 85, 275 Phortica, 296 Pieris brassicæ, 56 Piophila, 297 Piophila casei, 136, 137 Piroplasmosis, 222 Plague, 166 bubonic, 166, 169, 170 pneumonic, 167 Plasmodium, 186 Platymetopius acutus, 33 Plica palonica, 83 Pneumonic, 166 plague, 167, 173 Poisoning by nettling larvæ, 53 Poison of spiders, 7 Pollenia, 308 rudis, 146, 147 Primary gland, 28 Prionurus citrinus, 20 Prosimulium, 286 Protocalliphora, 136, 312 Protozoan blood parasite, 165 Pseudo-tubercular, 52 Psorophora, 293 Psoroptes, 270 Psychodidæ, 94 Pulex, 120, 124, 126, 172, 317 cheopis, 172 irritans, 124 penetrans, 126 serraticeps, 120 Pulvillus, 150 Punkies, 109 Pycnosoma, 308 Rasahus, 280 thoracicus, 32 Rat fleas, 120, 124, 171 Rat louse, 213 Red bugs, 70-72 Reduviidæ, 31 Reduviolus, 280 Reduvius, 282 personatus, 32 Redwater fever, 222 Relapsing fever, 230, 233 Rhiœstrus nasalis, 115 Rhipicentor, 264 Rhipicephalus, 264 Rhizoglyphus, 269 Rhodnius, 281 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, 226 spotted fever tick, 67 Russian gad-fly, 115 St. Vitus's or St. John's dance, 8 Salivary syringe, 28 Sand-flies, 109, 250 Sanguinetti, 11 Sarcophaga, 136, 142, 143 Sarcophila, 302 Sarcopsylla, 317 penetrans, 126 Sarcoptes, 270 minor, 78 scabiei, 73 Sarcoptidæ, 72 Scabies, 72, 73, 74, 75 Scaurus striatus, 177 Schaudinn, 34 Schizont, 189, 190 Scholeciasis, 134 Scolopendra morsitans, 26 Scorpions, 20 poison of, 21 Screw worm fly, 140 Sepsidæ, 296 Sepsis, 136, 297 Shipley, 34 Sibine, 46 Silvius, 294 Simple carriers, 4, 144 Simuliidæ, 33, 104 Simulium, 247, 249, 286, 321 pictipes, 104 Siphonaptera, 119, 274, 316 Siphunculata, 80, 275 Sitotroga cerealella, 69 Skippers, 137 Sleeping sickness, 166, 215 Snipe-flies, 112 Solpugida, 22 Spanish fly, 54 Spermatozoa, 192 Spinose ear-tick, 65 Spirochæta, 35 berberi, 234 duttoni, 234 Spirochætosis, 235 Sporozoite, 189 Spotted fever, 67, 226 Squirrel flea, 123 Stable-fly, 137, 160, 163, 165 Stegomyia, 182, 293 calopus, 206 fasciata, 206 Stomoxys, 137, 305 calcitrans, 117, 146, 160, 161, 165, 242 Straw-worm, 69 Stygeromyia, 305 Sucking stomach, 35 Sulphur ointment, 77 Surra, 165 Symbiosis, 57 Symphoromyia, 112, 295 Tabanidæ, 110 Tabanus, 110, 166, 294 striatus, 165 Taenia, 175 Tapeworm, 4, 176 Tarantella, 8 Tarantism, 8 Tarantula, 10 Tarsonemidæ, 69 Tarsonemus, 267 Tenebrionid beetles, 127 Tersesthes, 110, 288 Tetanus, 129 Tetranychus, 273 Texas fever, 220-223 Three-day fever, 96 Tick, 23, 226 bites, Treatment of, 68 fever, 230 paralysis, 67 Treatment, Bee stings, 36, 41 Bites of, Bed-bugs, 90, 93 Blackflies, 107 Buffalo flies, 107 Bugs, 31, 33 Centipedes, 26, 27 Chiggers, 127 Chigoes, 127 Fleas, 127 Harvest mites, 61 Jiggers, 129 Lice, 83, 85 Mosquitoes, 34, 36, 102 Phlebotomus flies, 97 Sand flies, 96, 107, 109 Scorpions, 22, 23 Spiders, 19 Ticks, 61, 68, 72 Ticks, ear, 65 Blister beetle poison, 55 Brown-tail moth rash, 45 Cantharidin poison, 55 Caterpillar rash, 45 Ear ticks, 65 House fly control, 156, 160 Itch, 77 Itch, grocer's, 72 Lice, 85 Nasal myasis, 143 Rocky Mt. spotted fever, 228, 229 Rash, caterpillar, 45 Scabies, 77 Sleeping sickness control, 218 Spotted fever, 228, 229 Stings, bee, 36, 41 Typhus fever, prophylaxis, 239 Trichodectes canis, 176 Trichoma, 82 Trineura, 295 Trochosa singoriensis, 11 Trombidium, 60, 273 True insects, 80 Trypanosoma, 35 Trypanosoma, brucei, 165 Trypanosoma cruzi, 219 Trypanosoma lewisi, 213 Trypanosomiases, 212 Trypanosomiasis, 165, 219 Tsetse flies, 117, 166, 214, 219 Tsetse flies disease, 165 Tuberculosis, 155 Tumbu-fly, 118 Tydeus, 271 Typhoid, 155 Typhoid fever, 154 Typhus, 237 Typhus fever, 237 Tyroglyphus, 72, 131, 268 Dr. Tyzzer, 49 Uranotænia, 292 Vancoho, 14 Varicose groin glands, 178 Verruga peruviana, 253 Vescicating insects, 54 Wanzenspritze, 29 Warble-flies, 112 Wasps, 43 Whip-scorpions, 19 Wohlfahrtia, 143, 302 Wolf-spiders, 10 Wyeomyia smithii, 101, 293 Xenopsylla, 172, 317 Xenopsylla cheopis, 171, 124 Xestopsylla, 317 Yaws, 2 Yellow fever, 196, 203, 205