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Show Enemies of Household Pest. Among the enemies of the house fly, including fungus diseases, protozoa, nematodes, mites, spiders, the house centipede, parasitic Insects, birds, and fly-catching rats, Mr. H. E. Ewlng of Corvallls, Ore., describes in Entomological Entomo-logical News a strange parasite which attaches Itself to tho ventral body wall of the fly. It belongs to the gcmasld j family, and as it feeds It hangs on In a manner nicely calculated not to throw the fly out of balance In flying. |