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Transcriber’s Note (continued)

Minor typographical errors have been corrected in this transcription. Other errors and unusual or variable spelling and hyphenation have been left unchanged except as noted below.

Page xvi — “Sargophaga” changed to “Sarcophaga” (Sarcophaga carnaria)

Page 27 — “features” changed to “feature” (Perhaps the most disagreeable feature)

Page 38 — “bubonic-plague” changed to “bubonic plague” (bubonic plague was associated first with rats)

Page 38 — “subtropical” changed to “sub-tropical” (in all tropical and sub-tropical countries)

Page 49 — “inself” changed to “itself” (The moth itself is a rather insignificant)

Page 65 — “Austin” changed to “Austen” (Dr. Monckton Copeman and Mr. E. E. Austen)

Page 75 — “housefly” changed to “house-fly” (F. canicularis, the ‘lesser house-fly,’)

Page 93 — “proboscis” changed to “hypo-pharynx” (presence of their hypo-pharynx in the skin)

Page 123 — “gentlemen” changed to “gentleman” (when an old gentleman had upset)

Page 126 — “has removed been” changed to “has been removed” (the right half of this organ has been removed to show)

Page 135 — “von Hinderberg” changed to “von Hindenburg” (General von Hindenburg)

Page 150 — “freshwater” changed to “fresh-water” (It is a fresh-water leech)

Page 152 — “preceeding” changed to “preceding” (See preceding figure.)

Page 158 — “underclothing” changed to “under-clothing” (they wriggle about under the under-clothing)

Page 163 — “Austin” changed to “Austen” (Austen, Mr. E. E.)

Page 163 — “lectularis” changed to “lectularius” (Bed-bug (Cimex lectularius))

Page 164 — “Ctenophalus” changed to “Ctenocephalus” (Ctenocephalus canis)

Page 164 — “Ebrard” changed to “Ébrard” (Ébrard, 131)

Page 164 — “Hirudi” changed to “Hirudo” (Hirudo medicinalis)

Page 164 — “Lemna” changed to “Henna” (Henna, 16)

Page 164 — “Limnalis” changed to “Limnatis” (Limnatis nilotica)

Page 164 — “vernustus” changed to “venustus” (Dermacentor venustus)

Page 166 — “Trombidum” changed to “Trombidium” (Trombidium (harvest-mite))

Page 166 — “Von Hinderberg” changed to “Von Hindenburg” (Von Hindenburg, General)

Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and placed before the Index.


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