CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE BY E. HALFORD Ross, ESQ., M.R.C.S., 

 L.R.C.P., &c. 



I. A PRODUCT OF HUMAN INSANITATION i 



II. IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMON HOUSE-FLY ... 7 



III. SOME OTHER FLIES AND THEIR DIVERSE HABITS 16 



IV. MYIASIS AND THE CESTRID.E ... 26 



V. GENERAL LIFE HISTORY 33 



VI. STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE-FLY 43 



VII. DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF FLIES ... 49 



VIII. NATURAL ENEMIES OF FLIES 53 



IX. DISSEMINATORS OF DISEASE 58 



X. REMEDIAL MEASURES; CREMATION OF REFUSE ... 64 



XI. CONTROL WITHL\ THE HOUSE 71 



XII. SERVICE AND UTILITY OF FLIES 78 



XIII. A CAMPAIGN OF EFFECTIVE WARFARE, CON- 

 CLUSION 84 



APPENDIX 



DESCRIPTION OF THE WINGATE FLY CHART ... 89 



TABLE OF WING CELLS AND VEINS 93 



GLOSSARY INDEX OF TERMS USED 94 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SIXTY FAMILIES 95 



NUMBERED LIST OF FAMILIES WITH DESCRIPTIVE 



NOTES AND REFERENCES 108 



ANALYTICAL TABLE OF FAMILIES 113 



