HOUSE FLIES, CENTIPEDES, AND OTHER INSECTS. 



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THE CLOVER MITE. 



(Bryohia jyraiens'is CJarm.) 



The subject of this section is a very minute reddish mite, less than a 

 millimeter id length, which, particularly in the Miildle States, fre- 

 quently enters houses in enormous numbers in autumn, causing consid- 

 erable consternation and arousing very natural fears. Aside from the 



Fig, IB.—Bnjohia prateruns: a, female from above; b, same, A-ei)tral view, with legs removed: c 

 and d, tarsal claws; e, proboscis and ])alpi from below ; /, proboscis enlarged; (;, palpus enlarged; h, 

 one of the body scales; i, scale from outer cepiialo-thoracic prominence; j, scale from inner ceplialo- 

 tlioracic prominence; 1% serrate hair from basal joint of leg; I, same from penultimate joint : m. 

 spine of last joint— «, 6, greatly enlarged; c-in, still more enlarged (from liiley and Marlatt). 



