Hon. James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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CONTENTS.
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| Introduction | [5] |
| Life history of the true house fly | [7] |
| Carriage of disease | [9] |
| Remedies and preventives | [10] |
| Natural enemies | [15] |
| What cities and towns can do | [15] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| 1. | The common house fly (Musca domestica); Puparium, adult, larva, and details | [5] |
| 2. | The biting house fly (Stomoxys calcitrans): Adult, larva, puparium, and details | [6] |
| 3. | A stable fly (Muscina stabulans): Adult, larva, and details | [7] |
| 4. | One of the blue-bottle flies (Phormia terrænovæ): Adult | [8] |
| 5. | The green-bottle fly (Lucilia cæsar): Adult | [8] |
| 6. | The little house fly (Homalomyia brevis): Adults and larva | [9] |
| 7. | The fruit fly (Drosophila ampelophila): Adult, larva, puparium, and details | [10] |
| 8. | The dung fly (Sepsis violacea): Adult, puparium, and details | [11] |
| 9. | The house centipede (Scutigera forceps): Adult | [14] |