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PTILOCERA, Macq. 

 P. americana, Macq. 



The Taohinid fauna of New Jersey, will, when studied, 

 develop many times the number of species above listed. The 

 imperfection of the list is caused not only by the fact that few of 

 the species are recorded from New Jersey, but also because the 

 entire family is very incompletely worked up. 



Family DEXIDJE. 



DEXIA, Meigen. 

 D. cerata, Walk. 



D. harpasa, Walk. 

 D. punctata, R. Desv. 



SERICOCERA, Macq. 

 S. pictipsnnis, Macq. 



MELANOPHORA, Meigen. 

 M. r or alls, Linn. 



MICRO PHTH ALMA, Macq. 

 M. nigra, Macq. 



Family SARCOPHAGIDJE. 



SARCOPHAG-A, Meigen. 



S. earnaria, Linn. 



Caldwell, common Crane. 

 S. consobrina, R. Desv. 

 S. georgina, Wied. 



Family MUSCIDJE. 



STOMOXYS, Geoffr. 

 S. caloitrans, Linn. 



Common everywhere in the State, and a great pest to cattle. 



