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]