British medical journal . TS ASD TTAK: FtlEg. tOCT. 24, I9I4 giub with distinct segments, decorated by numerousfeathery processes. It lives amongst decaying vegetationpud fruit, and also amongst fermenting animal matter and dejecta. Some-times they are foundin rotting grass. Aswe shall see later,tbey frequently passinto the human ali-mentary canal. , usually^ ^^ ^^fe_^^ known as the latrine ^^ /f I^^^Pb, >^ fly, is even com- / \ ^^f ^ ^ ^ J mouer than its con- gener, and the ex-ternal structuraldifferences areniiuute. As its nameindicates, it is foundas a rule breeding inhuman dej
British medical journal . TS ASD TTAK: FtlEg. tOCT. 24, I9I4 giub with distinct segments, decorated by numerousfeathery processes. It lives amongst decaying vegetationpud fruit, and also amongst fermenting animal matter and dejecta. Some-times they are foundin rotting grass. Aswe shall see later,tbey frequently passinto the human ali-mentary canal. , usually^ ^^ ^^fe_^^ known as the latrine ^^ /f I^^^Pb, >^ fly, is even com- / \ ^^f ^ ^ ^ J mouer than its con- gener, and the ex-ternal structuraldifferences areniiuute. As its nameindicates, it is foundas a rule breeding inhuman dejecta, andis thorefoic, as atyphoid carrier, much inore dangerous than V. cani-iiilai-is. Its larva is also more commonly found in thehnnian intestine. Then there are two species of largo flies known as blue-battles or blow-flies—Ca7/l;)7(om. eryihrocephala and The former of these is the more sides of its face arc golden yellow, set with blackhair; whereas in C. vomiioria the sides of the face are. Fig. 1—Latrine fly. Iannia p: S). Autenna. Head offemale, dorsal view. >ralural size,resEiag yositiou. One of these, LuciUa cacsar, is a marked nuisance tothose responsible for victualling a camp. Ihis green-bottle fly, like the Calliphora and the house-fly, belongs
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