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.