Table of Contents 



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The Fiat-Footed Flies and the Big-Eyed Flies 



(Families Platype^idce and Pipunculidce) . 149 



The Syrphus-Flies (Family Syrphidce) . . . 1 50 



The Thick-Headed Flies (Family Conopidce) . . 154 



The Bot-FIies ((Estridce) 155 



Life History of a Bot-Fly (Hypoderma lineata) 155 



The Tachina Flies (Family Tachinidce) . . . 1 58 



The Nimble Flies (Family Dexiidce) . . . 162 



The Flesh Flies (Family Sarcophagidce) . . . 163 

 The House Fly and Its Near Relations (Family 



Muscidce) 166 



Life History of the House Fly (Musca domes- 



tica) 167 



The Anthomyia Flies (Family Anthomyiidce ) . . 171 

 The Dung Flies (Families Scatophagidce and Met- 



eroneuridce) 173 



Families Helomyqidce, Phycodromidce and Sciomy- 



ijdce) 174 



Families Sapromy%idce, Lonchceidce and Ortalidce . 175 



The Fruit and Gall Flies (Family Trypetidce) . . 177 

 Families Micrope^idce, Sepsidce, Psilida and Diop- 



sidce 179 



The Salt Water Flies (Family Ephydridce) . . 182 



The Grass-Stem Flies (Family Oscinidce) . . 183 



The Little Fruit Flies (Family Drosophilidce) . . 185 



Families Geomy^idce, Agromy^idce and Borboridce . 187 



The Bird-Ticks (Family Hippoboscidce) . . . 188 



The Bat-Ticks (Family Nycteribiidce) . . . 190 



Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 191 



Life History of the Cat and Dog Flea (Pulex 



serraticeps) 193 



The Caddis-Flies (Order Trichoptera) .... 195 



Table of Families ........ 197 



Family Phryganeida . . . . . . 198 



Family Limnephilida 199 



Family Rhyacophilidce 200 



Family Hydroptilidce . . . . . 201 



Family Sericostomatida 202 



Family Leptoceridce 203 



Family Hydropsychidce 204 



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