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 Notonectidae or back-swimmers. Belostomidae or giant
water-bugs. Reduviidae, 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 larvae.
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 Trombidiidae, or harvest mites.
The Ixodoidea, or ticks.
Argasidae. Ixodidae. Treatment of tick bites.
The mites.
Dermanyssidae. Tarsonemidae. Sarcoptidae, the itch mites.
Demodecidae, the follicle mites.
Hexapoda, or true insects.
Siphunculata, or sucking lice.
Hemiptera.
The bed-bug. Other bed-bugs.
Parasitic Diptera, or flies.
Psychodidae, or moth flies. Phlebotominae. Culicidae, or
mosquitoes. Simuliidae, or black-flies. Chironomidae, or
midges. Tabanidae, or horse-flies. Leptidae or
snipe-flies. Oestridae, or bot-flies. Muscidae, 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 larvae.
Coleoptera, or beetles.
Dipterous larvae causing myiasis.
Piophila casei, the cheese skipper. Chrysomyia macellaria,
the screw-worm fly. Calliphorinae, the bluebottles.
Muscinae, the house or typhoid fly, and others.
Anthomyiidae, the lesser house-fly and others.
Sarcophagidae, 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 role 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 Spirochaetoses 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.
Spirochaetosis of fowls.
Other spirochaete 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