MUSCINM 



protection, and eucalyptus oil or a menthol spirit lotion can be 

 sprinkled on the coat collar to drive them away. 



Family Drosophilid^. 



This family includes the species Drosophila ampelophila Loew, 

 commonly called the fruit-fly, and found hovering over fruit in 

 houses; and as it is attracted by excrementum it must be regarded 

 as dangerous. There are a large number of species of Drosophila 

 known. 



Family Borborid^. 



This family includes Borhonts equinvis, a small fly sometimes 

 found in houses. 



MUSCOIDEA CALYPTRAT/E. 

 MUSCIN^, 



Musca Linnaeus, 1761. 

 Musca domestica Linn^us, 1761. 

 Musca : face in its lower part silky yellow; shot with blackish- 



FiG. 468. — Musca domestica Linn^us. (X6.) 



Scutellum grey, with black sides. Wings tinged pale- grey with 

 yellowish base. Legs blackish-brown. Abdomen yellowish, with 

 dorsal blackish-brown line, except the last segment, which is entirely 

 blackish-brown. Eyes separated by a wide frontal stripe in the 

 female, and near together in the male. Length, 6 to 7 milhmetres; 

 wing breadth, 13 to 15 millimetres. 



