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IN one of the rooms in the Science Schools lately built here, I have noticed, in the last week or so, great numbers of the large house-fly (Musca domestica) lying dead on the floor. Last Tuesday I saw one fall dead, but this is the only one. This morning I counted thirty-two in a space of about three square yards. I examined one under a microscope, and found that most of the small hairs on its body were covered with a yellowish powder. Can any of your readers give me any explanation of this?
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HARROVIAN The House-fly—A Query. Nature 12, 126 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012126a0
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