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[The larvae above referred to as attacking a Toad were doubtless 

 those of Lucilia sylvarum, Mg. (family Muscida) , one of the common 

 greenbottle flies. Such cases are not uncommon, and entomological 

 literature contains a number of records of the destruction of Toads by 

 the maggots of this fly. It would appear that the eggs are deposited 

 on the Toad's back, and that the larvas on hatching make their way 

 into the creature's eyes or nostrils. Toads are sometimes attacked in 

 a similar manner by the larvaa of blowflies (Calliphora), cf. L. Gr. 

 Guthrie, "On a Toad killed by the Larvae of Blow-Flies," 'Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine,' 1892, pp. 9-12. — E. E. Austen (Brit. 

 Mus., South Kensington).] 



