CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGES 



I. The House-fly 1-34 



II. Flies, other than the House-fly, that 



FREQUENT HOUSES 35-53 



III. Mosquitoes, their Habits and Disease 



Relations 54-83 



IV. Methods of destroying and repelling 



Mosquitoes 84-107 



V. The Common Bedbug 108-123 



VI. Cockroaches 124-143 



VII. Fleas 144-163 



VIII. Ants, their Activities and Invasions of 



the Household 164-188 



IX. Insects Injurious to Clothes and Car- 

 pets 189-226 



X. Insects Injurious to Cereals and Pre- 

 served Fruits .'..... 227-271 

 XL Insects Injurious to Meats, Cheese, and 



Condiments 272-299 



XII. Some Human Parasites 300-316 



XIII. Some Annoying Pests of Man . . . 317-346 



XIV. Some Troublesome Invaders of the House- 



hold . 347-385 



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