WARBLE FLY
(1) Egg, (2) Larva, (3 and 4) Chrysalides,
(5) Natural form of fly, (6) Magnified fly.
A peculiar natural defect is found in many South American goat skins, especially the Brazilian, which are often badly scratched by the animals rubbing themselves against cactus plants. Although, perhaps, more of an artificial than a natural defect, the scratches caused by cattle rubbing their hides against barbed wire constitute a serious, but easily avoidable, loss. Such a barbarous system of fencing ought never to be used.
A KIP CONTAINING 584 HOLES CAUSED BY THE WARBLE FLY
(The skin belongs to W. D. Mark & Sons, Hide Factors, Newcastle.)