24 NEW YORK STATE VVSEITU 



size I ::::r Howard has . :ri : 7 r : r . 5 is likely to be disease 



Thr— insecif rarely enter the house unless '." :::fi rv 



rued fruit. The latter should be hen 1. 



^ -: r-ir from injury, and stored in the cellar .re 



: : .ratively inaccessible to the flies, as soon a? cor. r t : 7 tse 



smaii flies can eis:* . 'zt irstroyed v ::h frt^ mm powder. 



enlaised, Ast bead still 

 anoie ehSafrged (jaSser 



Wc^l 



This hg^t-brown, rapidly running, sprawly l^ged centipede 

 arouses more or less aversion and terror through ^^rrfiension- 

 Like other centipedes, ir is capable of inflicting a somewhat poison- 

 ous bite though, as \ t:.\- :r is only too glad to escape. The house 

 centipede has beco"ie e.. established in the dwellings of Albany, 

 X. Y.. and is presumably more :r rss 1: n dant in other cities of 

 the State. It is beneficial "in thi: :: is -z-.ns-n to prey upon house 

 flies, cockroaches and other inse::~ I:s ^'r^e-re in a house should 

 be welcomed, since it is capable : ~ : ^ niury aside from a 



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