CONTENTS xi 



HAPTER PAGE 



VI. The Relations op Climate and Life and Their Beabings on the Study 



OF Medical Entomologt 97 



VII. Diseases Borne by Non-Bitinq Flies 105 



Plant Organisms Carried by Non-Biting Flies 107 



Thallophyta: Fungi: Schizomycetes : Coecacese 107 



Thallophyta: Fungi: Schizomy cetes : Bacteriacese 109 



Thallophyta: Fungi: Schizomycetes : SpirillaceEe 115 



Summary op Plant Organisms 115 



Diseases of Unsettled Origin Probably Caused by Microorganisms 116 



Animal Organisms Carried by Non-Biting Flies 116 



Protozoa 116 



Sarcodina: Amoebina: Amoebidje 116 



Mastigophora: Protomonadina : Bodonidse 117 



Mastigophora: Polymastigina : Polymastigidse . . . . . 117 



Mastigophora: Binucleata: Leptomonidae .... 117 



Mastigophora: Binucleata: Trypanosomidse . . . . . . 119 



Mastigophora: Spirochsetacea: Spirochsetidse 119 



Neosporidia: Myxosporidia: Nosemidse .... 120 



Protozoa: Neosporidia: Myxosporidia: Thelohanidae 120 



Higher Organisms Carried by Flies 120 



Platyhelmia: Cestoidea: Cyclophyllidea: Tseniidse 120 



Platyhelmia: Cestoidea: Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae 120 



Platyhelmia: Trematcda: Malacotylea: Schistosomidse 120 



Nemathelminthes: Nematoda: Spiruridse 121 



Nemathelminthes : Nematoda: Ascaridae 121 



Nemathelminthes: Nematoda: Oxyuridae '• 121 



Nemathelminthes: Nematoda: Ancylostomidse 122 



Nemathelminthes: Nematoda: Trichosomidse 122 



Important General Text Books 123 



Special References 123 



VIII. Important Phases in the Life History op the Non-Biting Plies . . 126 



House Fly, Musca Domestica LiNN.«ius 127 



The Blue Bottle Flies of the Genus Calliphora 130 



The Sheep Maggots or Green Bottle Flies •. 131 



Other Screw V^orms and Blow Flies 132 



Other Excrement Breeders 135 



References 137 



IX. Common Flies and How to Tell Them Apart 138 



Table to Separate the Adult Flies 139 



The LARv.a! or Maggots 141 



Descriptions of Larvae or Maggots 141 



Table to Separate the Larvae (Maggots) 142 



Fannia canicularis Linnaeus and Fannia scalaris Fabricius 144 



Musca domestica Linnaeus 144 



Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus . 145 



Muscina stabulans Fallen 146 



Calliphora eryihrocephala Meigen 147 



Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus 148 



Liwilia sericata Meigen 148 



Chrysomya macellaria Fabricius 149 



SarcophagidcB 150 



Bibliography 151 



X. The Control of the House Fly and Related Flies 153 



Repressive Measures 153 



Striking the Source 153 



Manure . . 163 



