576 INSECTA. 



capsule and as a rule with two or four oral hooks. The .pupae are 

 always barrel-shaped. 



Fam. Phoridae. Phoru, incraxsata Meig. Live as larva? iu Bee hives. 



Fam. Acalyptera. Try pet a- Cardui L., Tr. s'xjnata Meig., iu cherries. 

 Chlorous linrata Fabr. (Weizenfliege), Larvte in blades of grass. Scatopkaga 

 xtt'rcomria L., dung-flies, on dung heaps. Piopliila t-axci L., cheese-flies. 



Fam. Muscidae. Jlusra domcstica L., house-fly. M. r<v-.vr L. (Goldfliege). 

 J/. romiforiii L., the abdomen is of a shining blue colour. M. cadaver ina L.. 

 (Aasfliege). 'Sarcophaga carnarla L. (Fleischfliege). viviparous. To/china 

 jnqxiruni Fabr., T. (Chrysosoma) vir id-is Fall., T. grossa L., T. I arc arum L. The 

 larvas are parasitic, principally in caterpillars. 



Fam. Conopidae. Conojjx flavqx-s L., the larvre live in the abdomen of 

 Hymenoptera. C. riifipex Fabr. (in (Edipoda). 



Fam. Stomoxyidas. Sttmoxyx calcitrans L. (Stechfliege), resembles the 

 house-fly. 



Fam. (Estridae* (Biesfliegen). The proboscis is aborted. The females have 

 an ovipositor and lay their eggs or their living larvae (in which case the 

 ovipositor is absent) on certain places on Mammalia, r.tj.. in the nostrils of 

 Stags, or on the breast of the Horse. The larvfe with dentated body rings, 

 and frequently with oral hooks, live in the frontal sinuses, beneath the skim 

 and even in the stomach of certain Mammalia. Under the skin they produce 

 boils. Ilypoderma bovis L. //. Actceon 13r., on the Stag. //. tarandi L. 

 Dcrmtitobia hominls Goudot, on Ruminants, Fi'llda- (Jaguar) and Men in 

 South America. (Estms aiiribarbis Wied. The larvae are brought by the flies 

 into the nasal cavities of the Stag. Gastrus [GrastropMlus) equi Fabr. (fig. 

 477). The egg is deposited on the breast of the Horse, and licked off by the 

 latter. The larva, when hatched, attaches itself to the walls of the stomach by 

 its oral hooks, undergoes several moults, and is passed with the excrements 

 before the pupal stage. 



Fam. Syrphidae (Schwebfliegen). Si/rphtts pirastrl L., Eri.it alia tcnax L., 

 E. (eitnis Fabr. Larvae with respiratory tube, in sewers and stagnant water. 



Fain. Platypezidae (Pilzfliegeu). PI. lolctina Fall. 



Tribe 2. Tanystomata. The proboscis is usually long and has 

 stylif'orm predatory jaws. Larvae with, jaw sheath and hooked jaws. 



Fam. Dolichopodidae. Dolichopus pennatus Meig. D. nobll'datus L. 



Fam. Empidae (Tanzfliegcn). Empls tcxselata Fabr. 



Fam. Asilidae (Raubfliegen). Asilitx f/ermanicus L., ^1. erdbroniformis L., 

 Laphria ffibbosa Fabr. L.ffarti Fabr. 



Fam. Bombyliidas (Hummelfliegen). Anthrax ntorio Fabr. (sinuatits Fall.). 

 The larvae live in the nests of Mer/achile muraria and Osmia trlcornis. 

 BombyliMS major L., B. mcdiux L. 



Fam. Henopiidae. Heiwps yiblwxux L. (Mundhornfliege). Las'ta flavitai'x'm 

 Wied. 



Fam. Therevidae (X-ylot <>!''), (Stilettfliegen). Tltereca annidata Fabr. 

 Th.ph-bcja L.. Scenopinus fenestTolis L. 



Fam. Tabanidae (Gadflies). Proboscis short, horizontally projecting, and 

 provided with six or four (male) stylets and two-jointed palp. In the male 



* F. Brauer, " Monographic der (Estriden." Wien, 18G3. 



