312 [line 36], for "near apex" read "of M1+2".
313 running head, for Muscidæ read Muscoidea.
314 [line 29], for "distal section" read "distally M1+2".
315 legend under [fig. 172], for Pseudopyrellia read Orthellia, for Lyperosia read Hæmatobia, for Umbana read urbana.
[323] and [325] legends under the figures, add "After Dr. J. H. Stokes".
328 [line 7 from bottom] for Apiochæta read Aphiochæta.
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I]
[INTRODUCTION] [1-5]
[Early suggestions regarding the transmission of disease by] [insects.] [The ways in which arthropods may affect the health of man.]
[CHAPTER II]
[ARTHROPODS WHICH ARE DIRECTLY POISONOUS] [6-56]
[The Araneida, or Spiders.] [The tarantulas.] [Bird spiders.] [Spiders of the genus] [Latrodectus.] [Other venomous spiders.] [Summary.] [The Pedipalpida, or whip-scorpions.] [The Scorpionida, or true scorpions.] [The Solpugida, or solpugids.] [The Acarina, or mites and ticks.] [The Myriapoda, or centipedes and millipedes.] [The Hexapoda, or true insects.] [Piercing or biting insects poisonous to man.] [Hemiptera, or true bugs.] [The Notonectidæ or back-swimmers.] [Belostomidæ or giant] [water-bugs.] [Reduviidæ, or assassin bugs.] [Other] [Hemiptera reported as poisonous to man.] [Diptera; the midges, mosquitoes and flies.] [Stinging insects.] [Apis mellifica, the honey bee.] [Other stinging forms.] [Nettling insects.] [Lepidoptera, or butterflies and moths.] [Relief from] [poisoning by nettling larvæ.] [Vescicating insects and those possessing other poisons] [in their blood plasma.] [The blister beetles.] [Other] [cryptotoxic insects.]
[CHAPTER III]
[PARASITIC ARTHROPODS AFFECTING MAN] [57-130]
[Acarina, or mites.] [The Trombidiidæ, or harvest mites.] [The Ixodoidea, or ticks.] [Argasidæ.] [Ixodidæ.] [Treatment of tick bites.] [The mites.] [Dermanyssidæ.] [Tarsonemidæ.] [Sarcoptidæ, the itch mites.] [Demodecidæ, the follicle mites.] [Hexapoda, or true insects.] [Siphunculata, or sucking lice.] [Hemiptera.] [The bed-bug.] [Other bed-bugs.] [Parasitic Diptera, or flies.] [Psychodidæ, or moth flies.] [Phlebotominæ.] [Culicidæ, or] [mosquitoes.] [Simuliidæ, or black-flies.] [Chironomidæ, or] [midges.] [Tabanidæ, or horse-flies.] [Leptidæ or] [snipe-flies.] [Oestridæ, or bot-flies.] [Muscidæ, the] [stable-fly and others.] [Siphonaptera, or fleas.] [The fleas affecting man, the dog, cat, and rat.] [The true chiggers, or chigoes.]
[CHAPTER IV]
[ACCIDENTAL OR FACULTATIVE PARASITES] [131-143]
[Acarina, or mites.] [Myriapoda, or centipedes and millipedes.] [Lepidopterous larvæ.] [Coleoptera, or beetles.] [Dipterous larvæ causing myiasis.] [Piophila casei, the cheese skipper.] [Chrysomyia macellaria,] [the screw-worm fly.] [Calliphorinæ, the bluebottles.] [Muscinæ, the house or typhoid fly, and others.] [Anthomyiidæ, the lesser house-fly and others.] [Sarcophagidæ, the flesh-flies.]
[CHAPTER V]
[ARTHROPODS AS SIMPLE CARRIERS OF DISEASE] [144-163]
[The house or typhoid fly as a carrier of disease.] [Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable-fly.] [Other arthropods which may serve as simple carriers of] [pathogenic organisms.]
[CHAPTER VI]
[ARTHROPODS AS DIRECT INOCULATORS OF DISEASE GERMS] [164-174]
[Some illustrations of direct inoculations of disease germs] [by arthropods.] [The rôle of fleas in the transmission of the plague.]
[CHAPTER VII]
[ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS] [175-185]
[Insects as intermediate hosts of tape-worms.] [Arthropods as intermediate hosts of nematode worms.] [Filariasis and mosquitoes.] [Other nematode parasites of man and animals.]
[CHAPTER VIII]
[ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA] [186-211]
[Mosquitoes and malaria.] [Mosquitoes and yellow fever.]
[CHAPTER IX]
[ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA] [212-229]
[Insects and trypanosomiases.] [Fleas and lice as carriers of Trypanosoma lewisi.] [Tsetse-flies and nagana.] [Tsetse-flies and sleeping sickness in man.] [South American trypanosomiasis.] [Leishmanioses and insects.] [Ticks and diseases of man and animals.] [Cattle tick and Texas fever.] [Ticks and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever of man.]
[CHAPTER X]
[ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA][(Continued)] [230-240]
[Arthropods and Spirochætoses of man and animals.] [African relapsing fever of man.] [European relapsing fever.] [North African relapsing fever of man.] [Other types of relapsing fever of man.] [Spirochætosis of fowls.] [Other spirochæte diseases of animals.] [Typhus fever and lice.]
[CHAPTER XI]
[SOME POSSIBLE, BUT IMPERFECTLY KNOWN CASES OF][ARTHROPOD TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE] [241-256]
[Infantile paralysis, or acute anterior poliomyelitis.] [Pellagra.] [Leprosy.] [Verruga peruviana.] [Cancer.]
[CHAPTER XII]
[KEYS TO THE ARTHROPODS NOXIOUS TO MAN] [257-317]
[Crustacea.] [Myriapoda, or centipedes and millipedes.] [Arachnida (Orders of).] [Acarina or ticks.] [Hexapoda (Insecta).] [Siphunculata and Hemiptera (lice and true bugs).] [Diptera (mosquitoes, midges, and flies).] [Siphonaptera (fleas).]
[APPENDIX]
[Hydrocyanic acid gas against household insects] [318-320] [Proportion of ingredients.] [A single room as an example.] [Fumigating a large house.] [Precautions.]
[Lesions produced by the bite of the black-fly] [321-326]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] [327-340]
[INDEX] [341-348]