PARASITIC DISEASES. 



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Fig. 1236.— 

 Larva ol the 



Sheep - |ouse -' Fig. 1237 : -The Scab. 



In Figs. 1238 and 1239 we show representations of the sheep- 

 tick and sheep-louse, 

 the first of which may 

 be destroyed by the 

 dips recommended in 

 the Scab, ( and the sec- 

 ond by rubbing the 

 skin with sulphur 

 ointment or whale oil. 

 LUCILIA H'OMNIV- 

 ORAX, AND GLOS- 



Fig. 1238.— Sheep- 

 lick (Hippobosca). 



Fig. 1240.-, 

 Sheep-bug. 



Fig. 1239.— Sheep- 

 louse (Trichodectes). 

 SlNA MORSITANS. — In this connection we present accounts of two 



very singular insects not belonging to our own country, but which 



are terribly destructive to sheep as well as to men in other lands. 



The first, Lucilia Hontnivorax (the man-eating fly) (Fig. 1241), 



is found in French Guiana. It is a quarter or a third of an inch in 



length, of a golden green, , with the antennae brown, and the feet 



black, with dark-purple thorax and abdomen, and transparent wings. 



Fig. 1241.— Man-eating Fly 

 (Lucilia Homnivorax). 



Fig. 



1242. — Larva of the Lucilia Hom- 

 nivorax, or Man-eating Fly. 



This beautiful insect is said to be an assassin. M. Coquerel 

 says that it sometimes gets into the mouth of a convict in the peni-' 

 tentiary of Cayenne, when the latter is in an intoxicated condition, 



