CONTENTS

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I. The Louse (Pediculus)[1]
II. The Bed-Bug (Cimex lectularius)[23]
III. The Flea (Pulex irritans)[35]
IV. The Flour-Moth (Ephestia kühniella)[46]
V. Flies: The House-Fly (Musca domestica)[57]
VI. Flies: The Blue-Bottle (Calliphora erythrocephala) AND OTHERS[74]
VII. Mites: The Harvest-Mite (Trombidium)[87]
VIII. Mites: Endo-Parasitic Mites (Demodex, Sarcoptes)[97]
IX. Ticks: Argasidae, Ixodidae[112]
X. Leeches: The Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis)[123]
XI. Leeches: The Medicinal Leech (continued)[136]
XII. Leeches: Limnatis nilotica, Haemadipsa zeylanica[149]
Index[163]