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THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF MAN 



9. Lucilia ccesar, Linn. 



[This golden-green fly usually lays its eggs on decomposing 

 organic matter; now and again it lays its eggs in wounds on 

 man. F. V. T.] 



10. Sarcophaga carnaria (L.), 1758. 



The larva of this common fly has been repeatedly observed in the 

 nasal cavity, the conjunctiva, the external meatus, on the prepuce and 

 anus, in the vagina, in ulcers and in the intestine of man (Guyot, Grube 

 Legrand, &c.) 



FIG. 282. The Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia casar, Linn.). 



ii. Sarcophaga magnified, Schiner, 1862. 

 Syn. : Sar. wohlfahrti, Portschinsky, 1875. 



Spread over the whole of Europe, but is particularly frequent in Russia. 

 The larvae live in ulcers and the canals and cavities of man that are 

 directly accessible from the exterior. In these situations they cause symp- 

 toms similar to those set up by Lucilia macettaria. Little children are 

 especially attacked in the Protectorate of Mohilew (Wohlfahrt, Gerstacker, 

 Portschinski, &c.). 



[This fly is viviparous. The fly varies from 10 to 30 mm. in length, 

 and is of a general ash-grey colour ; the thorax with three dark stripes, 

 the abdomen light grey with three black spots on each segment ; legs 

 black ; base of wings yellow. It also attacks animals and birds, especially 

 ,._F. V. T.] 



