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Psyche, Vol. XX, No. 1, February, 1913, pp. 38-40. Description and notes on a 

 parasite reared from housefly pupse. 



Stallman, G. p. Ants destroying larvae of flies. Mil. Surg. 31, No. 3, Septem- 

 ber, 1912. 



Tebbutt, Hamilton. On the influence of the metamorphosis of Musca domes- 

 tica upon bacteria administered in the larva stage. Jour. Hyg. Vol. 12, No. 4, 

 December, 1912. pp. 516-526. Concludes that "The possibility of flies becoming 

 infected from the presence of pathogenic organisms in the breeding ground of the 

 larvae may be considered as very remote." 



Terry, C. E. Extermination of the housefly in cities, its necessity and possi- 

 bility. Amer. Jour. Pub. Health, Vol. II, January, 1912, pp. 14-22. Danger in 

 cities without good sewage systems. Ground floors of stable stalls often worst breed- 

 ing places, sometimes two or more inches deep. Eggs and larvae under 14, 26, 36, 

 41 and 48 inches sterilized sand produced flies which harbored bacter.a with which 

 the food of the larvae was infected. 



Thompson, F. W. Housefly as carrier of typhoid infection. Jour. Trop. Med. 

 & Hyg. XV, No. 18, September 16, 1912. 



ToRREY, Jno. C. Bacteria and flies. Jour. Infec. Dis. March, 1912. The fly 

 as an agent in the spread of disease. Four hundred and s3venty to 4,400,000 

 organisms on surface of fl}', 16,000 to 28,000,000 organisms in intestine. Some of 

 these were fecal bacteria of the colon type; 13.1 per cent on the surface, 37.5 per 

 cent in the intestine. 



ToRREY, J. C. Numbers and types of bacteria carried by city flies. Jour. 

 Infec. Dis., 10 (1912), No. 2, pp. 166-177. Record-of numbers and kinds of bacteria 

 found. 



Washburn, F. L. The Minnesota fly trap. Circ. No. 24, August 12, 1912, 

 State Ento. Minn. Description of this trap in which bread and milk was used for 

 bait. (See also Jour. Eco. Ento. V, October, 1912, and Sci. N. S. 36, October 18, 

 1912.) 



How to make a flyless town. World's Work, 24: June, 1912, pp. 176-179. Things 

 necessary in a successful fly campaign. 



The fly and the surface privy'. Comment in Cal. Sta. Bd. Health. Vol. 7, May 

 1912, pp. 228-229. The danger from this source. 



Transmission of Trypanosoma hippicum by the housefly. Rep. Dept. Sanit. 

 Isthmian Canal Com. 1912, April, p. 41. 



Myiasis 



Austen, Ernest E. British flies which cause myiasis in man. Repf. Loc. 

 Gov., Bd. Pub. Health & Med. Sub. (n. s. No. 66) 1912, pp. 5-14. Notes on ten or 

 more species. Bibliography. 



BuscK, A. On the rearing of a Dermatobia hominis. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 14 

 (1912) No. 1, pp. 9-13. Records the breeding of this fly in human host. 



Cockayne, Intestinal myiasis. Lancet, January 20, 1912. Larvae of M. 

 domestica and Fannia (Homalonyia) canicularis found in bed where child slept. 



Hewitt, C. G. Fannia {Homalornyia) canicularis and F. scalaris. Paras. 5 

 (1912) No. 3, pp. 161-174. Bionomics of these fhes and their relation to myiasis. 



Hewitt, C. Gordon. An account of the bionomics and the larvae of the flies 

 Fannia {Homalornyia) canicularis L. and F. scalaris Fab. and their relation to myiasis 

 of the intestinal and urinary tracts. Rep. Loc. Gvt. Bd. Pub. Health & Med. Sub. 

 (n. s. No. 66) 1912, pp. 15-22, same in Parasit. V, No. 3, September, 1912. Gives 

 reason for change of generic name. Descriptions of the stages of the two species and 



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