The Fly. 



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The fly has very large compound eyes that make its 

 head look very broad. The house-fly has short, feathery 

 antemiee. Its tongue is large and broad at the end. 



The abdomen is very short and broad in front. It is 

 covered with hairs. We can see only four or five rings. 



Fig. 2. 



The thorax is nearly as large as the abdomen. It is 

 covered with hair. It is joined to the head by a small 

 neck. The legs are all nearly the same size. The feet 

 have two claws and two little light-colored cushions. 



Fig. 3. 



The little oashion, bo deeply cleft that it looks like two, has on 

 its anifaoe hairs that pour ont a sticky liqnid by whioh the fly olings 

 when walking npside down. 



The antenose of the honse fly are nanally in alooholio speoimens 

 bent down olosely again9t the faoe, bat with the feathery bristles 

 projeoting more or less, so that one is apt to mistake them for the 



